Meet Information
Welcome
to the 2023 Metro Conference Track
and Field Championship Meet
Welcome to the campus of Southeast Guilford
High School and the 2023 Metro Conference Track and Field Championship Meet. Coach
Tyre and the Southeast Guilford track and field staff are honored to host
this annual event. We hope your team has a wonderful experience today and
put on thegreatest
performances of their lives.To insure that the meet is run in a
professional manner that showcases the verybest in track and field in North Carolina,
please read the following details and share these with your athletes prior
to the meet. Please read closely and share
with your athletes, coaches, parents, and supporters.
1. There is no charge for parking for buses and/or patrons.
2. Results will be posted live by Rhodes Race Timing at www.rrtiming.com.
3. When
you get to Southeast, come to the entrance between the gym and tennis courts. Drop
your athletes and coaches off in the parking lot directly behind the home side
of the stadium. Go pass the Cultural Arts Building and when you see the beige
mobile units to your right and brick building on the left, turn left on the
road and go to the stop sign. Take a right and park at the baseball field
parking area.
4. Southeast Guilford is a GOFANS
School.No cash or checks will be
accepted. Credit or Debit Cards and Apple or Google Pay can be used to purchase
tickets. (Please share this information with your parents.)
5. An Athletic Trainer will be on site.
6. All implements will be inspected at the light pole across from the
main entrance. Meet management will NOT be providing implements.
7. All persons participating in the Pole Vault will be weighed and
have poles verified prior to competition. Pole Vault weigh-ins and pole
inspection will take place outside of the Lacrosse Field House beside the pole
vault area.
8. All athletes are to be in proper uniform in accordance with the
sanctioning body and rules:
National Federation (NFHS) and NCHSAA. Note: The NFHS has made it nearly impossible to
violate the uniform rule. However, make sure that meet officials can tell what
school you are representing by logos, school name, school colors, etc. Athletes
should not have on any attire that has another sport written on it or anything unrelated
to sport. EX. It doesn't have to have track written on it, but it can't
have Football, Cross Country, NASA Moon Landing Team etc.
The 2023 NFHS rule book has
significantly reduced the wording to reflect the "relaxed" uniform rules. These
are in Article 4-3 of the 2023 NFHS Rule Book. Please review this
section with your athletes if you have not already done so. Pay particular
attention to 4-3, Article 2A that relates to relay teams. It states "all relay
and cross country team members must wear uniforms clearly indicating, through predominant
color, school logo, and color combination of all outer garments worn as a uniform
that members are from the same team". All
coaches should have their 2023 NFHS Rule Book or have it downloaded to your
phone on the NFHS app.
9. The 10-minute check-in /check-out rule will
be in effect. If an athlete is in a field
event and gets a
First call for a running event, they
should check out of their field event and check-in at the Clerk's Table
and then return to the
field event. Event judges will be instructed to allow athletes to go
"out
of turn" if necessary. The Clerk will be instructed not to
"hold" athletes competing in field
events. It is the responsibility of the coach and the athlete to report to the
starting line for their event.
If they are in a running event, they need to
report back to the event within 10 minutes of the conclusion
of their heat. They can check-out for
fifteen (15) minutes maximum. (Five minutes prior to the event,
10 minutes following.) Athletes competing in
2 or more field events simultaneously will have to go
"back and forth. "They will need to
check-out and report immediately to their next event. (Officials
will give them time to change shoes if the
need shall arise.) Athletes cannot lose an attempt if competing in
then
return to the field event. Event judges will be instructed to allow athletes to
go "out of turn" if necessary.
The Clerk will be
instructed not to "hold" athletes competing in field events. It is
the responsibility of the coach
and the athlete to report
to the starting line for their event. If they are in a running event, they need
to report
back to the event within 10 minutes of the conclusion of their
heat. They can check-out for fifteen (15) minutes
maximum. (Five minutes prior to the event, 10 minutes following.)
Athletes competing in 2 or more field events simultaneously will have to go
"back and forth." They will need to check-out and report immediately
to their next event. (Officials will allow them time to change shoes if the
need shall arise.) Athletes cannot lose an attempt if competing in another
field event. STARTING
THE FIELD EVENTS AN HOUR BEFORE THE RUNNING EVENTS SHOULD MINIMIZE SOME OF THIS.
10. All protests should be
filed with the Referee, on the proper "Protest/Appeal Form." Protest
forms can be
picked up at the Meet
Management table.
11. We will have a scratch meeting as
part of the coaches meeting. This is being done in case there are
enough scratches that it allows the
timers to reseed and eliminate a heat.
12. No headwear is to be worn during the event, warm-ups or in the
competition area. Religious
headwear is not considered a hair device
13. In the field events, there will
be four (4) attempts; No Finals. The Head Judge in each field event is to
inspect that all participants are in
proper uniform before competing.
14. Starting Heights:
Girls High Jump: 4'4" Girls Pole Vault: 5' 0"
Boys High Jump: 5'4"Boys Pole Vault: 7' 0"
15. In the field events,
all First Flight legal throws and jumps will be measured.
Second Flight throws
and jumps will have their first legal attempt
measured. All other attempts must meet a minimum
mark in order to be measured. In throws
and jumps with a single flight, the minimum standard will
apply on the second attempt, or the
first successful attempt.
Boys' Shot Put: 37'
0"Boys' Discus
Throw: 95'0"
Boys' Long Jump: 19'0"Boys' Triple Jump: 37'0"
Girls' Shot Put: 25'
0"Girls' Discus Throw: 60'0"
Girls' Long Jump: 14'0"Girls' Triple Jump: 30'0"
16. All running events will check in at the white tent near the Pole Vault area and
receive their hip
numbers. HIP
NUMBERS ARE TO BE WORN ON THE LEFT HIP!
17. Athletes may come on the
infield to warm up once the first call is made and you have checked in at
the tent. After finishing their
competition athletes should return to their team area. ATHLETES WILL
NOT BE ALLOWED TO LINGER ON THE INFIELD
AFTER COMPLETING THEIR EVENT!
18.The only people on the infield
should be (1) athletes warming up after checking in (2) meet officials
and (3) coaches. Spectators may watch in the LJ/TJ/Pole Vault Area and the
Discus Area. NO
SPECTATORS ON THE INFIELD!
19. All
relay instructions will be given in the clerking tent. Athletes will
be expected to go directly
to the starting line
or proper exchange zone.
20. MAKE SURE TO SCRATCH ANY
ATHLETE AT THE COACHES MEETING THAT YOU DO
NOT WANT TO COMPETE IN AN EVENT. IF AN ATHLETE ATTEMPTS TO COMPETE IN
ANOTHER EVENT AFTER NOT COMPETING IN AN
EVENT THAT THEY WERE NOT
SCRATCHED IN, THEY WILL BE DISQUALIFIED
FOR THE MEET. Ex. I had to pull one of
my
athletes out of the 4 x 100 Relay at the
2017 Regionals because he missed the Men's Triple Jump and
had not been scratched. If I had not taken him out of the 4 x 100, my relay team would have
been disqualified.
21. Athletes are not to have cell phones in competition areas. This
includes field events, on the infield, or on the
track. Meet officials and
coaches of athletes are asked to do a lot of preventive officiating in this
area. Please go
to https://www.nfhs.org/media/6892897/nfhs-track-and-field-pre-meet-notes_2023_final.pdf. Look on page 7
and 8. This covers
what is allowed and what is not. I will try to make copies for
meet officials
We are looking forward to a
great meet. If we can be of service to you, please do not hesitate to call on
us.
Alton Tyre, Meet Director
and Facility Manager
2023 Metro Track & Field
Championship Meet
2023 Metro Conference Track and Field Championship Meet
Southeast Guilford High School
Wednesday May 3, 2023
Time Schedule
4:00 PM Stadium Opens and Packet-Pick-Up
4:15 PM Pole Vault Weigh-ins (Pole Vault Area)/Implement Inspection/Weigh-in (Light Pole Across from Main Entrance)
4:25 PM Coaches Meeting at Mid-Field
Field Events
5:00 PM Girls Long Jump (followed by Triple Jump)
5:00 PM Boys Long Jump (followed by Triple Jump)
5:00 PM Girls Discus Throw (followed by Boys)
5:00 PM Boys Shot Put (followed by Girls)
5:00 PM Girls and Boys Pole Vault (Starting Height Girls 6'0"/Boys 7'0")
5:00 PM Girls High Jump (followed by Boys) (Starting Height Girls 4'4/Boys 5'4")
Running Events: Girls followed by Boys
4 x 800 Relay
100/110 Meter Hurdles
100 Meter Dash
4 x 200 Meter Relay
1600 Meter Run
4 x 100 Meter Relay
400 Meter Dash
300 Meter Hurdles
800 Meter Run
200 Meter Dash
3200 Meter Run
4 x 400 Meter Relay
COACHES VOTE/AWARDS PRESENTATION
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