May 6th & May 8th
Rules
A. General
1. The entry fee for the championship meet is $125.00 unless you
have previously paid $300.00 for the three meet plan. The
2. All contestants must be listed on the eligibility sheet
submitted for the Delco relay carnival.
Additions must be submitted on official school letterhead and signed by
your school principal or athletic director. The deadline for the eligibility sheet and
payment of the fee is at the seeding meeting.
3. Medals will be awarded to the top 6 places in each event. Please inform your athletes that we will try
to award the medals in a ceremony immediately after the event is finished.
Parents are invited to participate.
4. Team scoring will be: 10
- 8 - 6 - 4 - 2 - 1
5. Team trophies will be awarded to the 1st and 2nd place teams.
6. In the case of ties, the competitors will flip a coin for the
existing medal.
7. Each school will be permitted 2 automatic entries in each event
plus 1 more if all 3 have met the qualifying standards set for this meet. See
qualifying standards, page 3.
8. Athletes may not be entered nor compete in more than 4 events.
9. Spikes allowed will be Ό or less only. Clerks should check spikes at all times.
B. Track
events
1. Trials will be held in all events except the 3200 meter run and
the 3200 meter relay. The objective of
the seeding and setting of heats will be to advance to a final of 12 teams or
runners, except for the 100m and the 100m hurdles which will have semi-finals
to advance to a final of 12, advancement will be by place first, then time.
2. The 200m dash, 400m dash and the 300 intermediate hurdles will
be run in lanes all
the way. The intent of the seeding will be to seed by time in lanes 4-5-3-6-2-7.
3. The 400m relay will be run in lanes all the way with a 2 turn
stagger, while the 1600m relay will be run as a 3 turn stagger with the second
runner breaking for the pole after the 3rd turn.
4. Two heat finals will be run slow heat, then fast heat.
C.
1. 3 qualifying trials will be given in all events except the high
jump & pole vault. The best 7 competitors will advance to the finals in
which all finalists will be given 3 more attempts in reverse order of finish in
the trials. All attempts count toward final placement.
2. High jump & Pole vault
a. Trials and finals will be held for
the high jump and pole vault on Thursday at 4:00 p.m.
b. High jumpers will start at 44
and the bar will be raised in 2 increments until the bar reaches 5. It will then be raised 1" at a time.
c. Pole vaulters
will start at 7 and the bar will be raised in 6 increments.
d. Starting heights may be changed
due to weather conditions.
e. The 1 1/2 minute rule will be observed
until there are 6 jumpers remaining.
f. Only 3 consecutive misses will
eliminate a jumper.
3. Hard surfaces will be used for the long jump, triple jump, high
jump and pole vault, spikes no longer than Ό may be used.
4. A 1 ½ minute time limit will be used in all field events.
5. The 10 minute time limit will be in effect when a competitor
leaves one event for another. The
competitor must check out with the official.
6. Open pit jumping
will be used in the long and triple jump trials. The pit will be open for 75
minutes. The 10 min. rule will be in effect for finals.
7. Throwers will be seeded from worst to best and throw in this
order for the trials.
8. Second jumps under: long
jump -12, triple jump - 27 and second throws under: shot - 24, discus -
60 javelin -60 will not be measured.
D. Seeding
rules and regulations
1. Coaches must submit 3 x 5 index cards for each track &
field event that they wish to enter. On
the card you must have the following:
a. Event
a. Athletes name
b. School name
c. Seed time /
height / distance
d. Place performed
e. Date performed
f. Relay names do
not have to be on entry cards for trials. Cards with actual relay runners must
be turned
in for finals.
2. The seeding meeting will be held at Ridley HS on Tues., May 4th in Room B309, beginning
at 7:00 pm all fees,
forms, and entries
must be handed to Bill Coren by 7:30 p.m.
on this date.
Coaches are encouraged
to stay and participate in seeding the meet. A coach or school representative
must attend this meeting.
3. Any competitor may be scratched at any time prior to the
trials, but no substitution may be made.
You may not scratch a competitor that has qualified to move on.
4. Implements for the weight events will be supplied or chosen by
the association; the javelin, however, may be other than that of the association.
5. The executive committee will act as the games committee. The meet director will be Bill Coren and the referee will be Mike McMillen.
6. Any changes in the meet structure that would be necessary for
the safety and health of the competitors will be made by the executive
committee.
7. Do not convert times when entering. If your have run yards, enter it as yards; if
you have run meters, enter it as meters.
The seeding committee will do all conversions.
Qualifying standards for
3rd entries
Each team will have 2 automatic entries in each event plus 1 more
if all 3 have met these qualifying standards:
Event Metric standard
100 13.0
100 hurdles 17.5
300
hurdles 50.5
200 27.1
400 63.0
800 2:30
1600
5:38
3200
13:00
long
jump 15'6"
triple
jump 33'0"
high jump 4'6"
shot put 29'0"
discus
85'0"
javelin
90'0"
pole
vault 7'6"
Order of events
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Track
events
300 meter hurdles
Trials and finals
100 meter dash
1600 meter run
javelin / shot put
400 meter dash
400 meter relay triple
jump
100 meter hurdles
800 meter run
high jump
200 meter dash
10 min. break
pole vault
1600 meter relay
All of the above are trials advancing to a Saturday final, except
for the 100m and 100m hurdles which will advance to a Saturday semi-final.
Track
events
6:00 - 100 meter
hurdles (3 heats of 6 / semi-finals) Trials and finals
6:20 - 100 meter
dash (3 heats of 6 / semi finals)
6:30 - 3200
meter relay (finals) 5:30 discus
6:50 - 300 meter
hurdles (2 heats of 6 finals)
7:15 - 400 meter relay (12
team finals) 5:30 long jump
7:20 3200 meter run (slow
heat finals)
7:40
P.M. All events are finals
7:40 - 100 meter
dash (2 heats of 6 finals)
7:45 - 1600
meter run (final - 12 runners)
8:00 - 400 meter
dash (2 heats of 6 finals)
8:10 - 100 meter
hurdles (2 heats of 6 finals)
8:25 - 800 meter
run (final - 12 runners)
8:35 - 200 meter
dash (2 heats of 6 finals)
8:45 - 3200 meter run (fast heat finals)
9:00 - 1600
meter relay (12 team finals)
Medals will
be awarded following the completion of each event. Parents will be invited to
participate in the ceremony.
Delco results
and records will be posted at http://www.oocities.org/haventrack