Meet Information
General Information
Bus/Van Parking- Team arrival begins at 7:45am. All school vehicles should park in the football stadium parking lot (adjacent to the Turf Field Lot).
Admissions- Spectator admission will be as follows: Adults: $6.00 and Students: $3.00
**NOTE** All persons, (participants, coaches, and spectators) must enter through the main entrance gate located at the track. NO person is permitted to enter the facility through any other location other than the main gate.
Participant Seating- All team tents may be placed around the track BUT NOT IN THE STANDS.
Concessions- Concession stand will be open. Shirts will also be on sale. T-shirts will be sold for- $15.00
Spikes- No spikes longer than allowed on the track. Spikes over will hinder performance and possibly tear the surface as per track manufacturer specifications.
Blocks- all blocks will be provided by Whitehall High School.
Trainer- Trainers will be on site
Throwing events- take place out front of the bus garage. The bus garage is located down the road from the track.
FAT TIMING
Events Time Schedule
**We will try to keep meet moving, so times may change slightly**
Track Events:
9:30am Girls/Boys 4x800 Meter Relay
9:45am Girls 100 meter hurdles
10:00am Boys 110 Meter Hurdles
10:15am Girls 100 meter dash
10:30am Boys 100 meter dash
10:45am Girls 1600 Meter Run
11:00am Boys 1600 meter run
11:15am Girls 400 meter dash
11:30am Boys 400 meter dash
11:45am Girls 4x100 meter relay
12:00pm Boys 4x100 meter relay
12:15pm Lunch Break: 30 minutes, might change depending on how the meet is moving along
Girls 300 meter hurdles
12:45pm Boys 300 meter hurdles
1:00pm Girls 800 meter run
1:15pm Boys 800 meter run
1:30pm Girls 200 meter dash
1:45pm Boys 200 meter dash
2:00pm Girls 3200 meter run
2:15pm Boys 3200 meter run
3:00pm Girls 4x400 meter relay
3:15pm Boys 4x400 meter relay
3:30pm Girls tanker relay
3:45pm Boys tanker relay
4:00pm
Field Events: (Pit A is next to High jump, pit b is next to pole vault)
Girls Discus, Boy Javelin 9:30am Girls and Boys Triple Jump (OPEN PIT - Boys PIT A, Girls PIT B) 9:30am Girls P.V. (70) - Boys H.J. (54) 9:30am
Boys Shot Put (Open Circle) 9:30am
Girls Javelin, Boys Discus 12:30pm Girls and Boys Long Jump (Open PIT - Girls PIT A, Boys PIT B) 12:30pm Boys P.V. (100) - Girls H.J. (44) 12:30pm
Girls Shot Put (Open Circle) 12:30pm Team Awards 4:30pm
Rules and Regulations
All contestants must meet P.I.A.A. eligibility requirements.
No competitor may compete in more than 4 events. Please impress upon your athletes the importance of reporting to the clerk at the seeding benches in the infield immediately upon hearing the first call for the event, so that events can be setup without delaying the meet. Please remind athletes that are involved in field events at the time of first call for a track event that they ASK THE FIELD EVENT OFFICIAL TO BE EXCUSED TO REPORT FOR THE RUNNING EVENT. THEY ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR REPORTING BACK TO THAT OFFICIAL IMMEDIATELY AFTER THEIR RUNNING EVENT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
In the field events (Shot put, Javelin, Discus, Long, and Triple Jumps) contestants will be given 3 attempts. The best performance of these 3 attempts will count.
In the high Jump and Pole Vault, a contestant will be eliminated after 3 misses at the same height.
Opening Heights: Boys PV 10 - Girls PV 7 - Boys HJ 54 - Girls HJ 44HJ and PV will be run in A 5 alive order
Pole Vault sheets are not required: there will be no weigh-ins
3 hour open pits for Long Jump, Triple Jump and Shot Put
A box alley start will be used for the 800 meter, 1600 meter and 3200 meter (also the 4x800 relay if necessary)
A three turn stager will be used for the 4x400 meter relay
Depending of the amount of competitors the 800 meter run may be split into 2 heats There will be only 1 heat of the 1600 and 3200 meter run
Scoring for all events including the relays:
The first 8 places will score in the meet.
The scoring system will be as follows 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1
Tanker relay is not included in scoring, but there will still be medals for them (There is a mens tanker and a female tanker)