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# What are seed marks and how do I review them?

> Seed-mark submission modes and how to approve or reject them from the Results page.

<Note>
  **Must know**

  * Available on plans that include **Competitions** (defaults off) — if you don't see it, ask your Uplifter contact.
  * Entries created through public checkout arrive **auto-approved**, so they skip the review step.
  * Seed-mark review is manual: any mark awaiting a decision appears on the **Results** page, where you approve or reject it yourself.
</Note>

A seed mark is a qualifying or seeding time or mark an athlete submits at registration. In the competition builder you decide, per category, whether to collect one:

* **None** — no seed mark collected.
* **Manual Entry** — a seed mark is collected and held for your review. You approve or reject it.

You set this per category on the **Results** step. In the **Seed Marks (Registration)** section, tick a category to put it in Manual Entry, leave it unticked to keep it at None, or use the **All** / **None** buttons to set every category at once. (When you later edit an existing competition, the same per-category control appears on its **Results** tab labeled **Require Seed**.)

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the Results page">
    Go to **Athletes → Results** and select the competition, then the event/category.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review submitted marks">
    Entries needing a decision appear with a pending status and the submitted seed mark shown alongside them.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Approve or reject">
    Approve or reject each pending seed mark. Approving flips the entry to approved; rejecting marks it rejected.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Each entry moves through pending, approved, and rejected states as you review it. Remember that publicly registered entries arrive already approved.

**Related:** [Set up competition categories and events](/club/events-competitions/set-up-competition-categories) · [How do I record competition results?](/club/events-competitions/record-competition-results) · [What happens when an athlete outside my club registers?](/club/events-competitions/external-athlete-competition-registration)