Meet Information
WPIAL AAA Section 7 Team Championship @ South Fayette
Start time for the girls pole vault will be 2:00pm. There will be a coaches' meeting to be held at approximately 2:30pm. All other events are scheduled to begin at 3:00 PM.
At the start of each event, teams will declare up to 5 athletes/event and 1 relay team. For field events, athletes will declare for an event upon checking in for that event. Athletes can only participate in up to 4 events (including relays). The High Jump and Pole Vault are limited to 4 athletes/event.
In the HJ and PV, the event will conclude once a winner is declared. Competitors will not continue to jump/vault for height. In the event of a tie for first place in the HJ or PV, athletes will be asked independently if they wish to continue with a jump-off for first place points.
All events will be conducted separately (girls followed by boys for all track events).
For all laned events, the fastest runner from each school will compete in the first heat, however, no runner will compete in a heat by themselves.
TIE-BREAKING PROCEDURES:
If two teams are tied in record OR score,...
The first tiebreaker among tied teams is head-to-head competition
Sportsmanship: The team with the fewest number of athlete and coach ejections/DQs.
If an athlete is disqualified from the meet, marks achieved / points earned up to that point are valid.
If a tie remains...total score for the day against all schools
If THREE or more teams are tied, the tie is broken by counting total points scored on the day against all teams.
Greater number of first place winners, including relays
Greater number of second place winners, excluding relays
Greater number of third place winners, excluding relays