Western Carolina University Invitational 2010

The meet will be an Invitational scored meet between High School Teams. Facility: The Western Carolina University facility is an 8-lane, 400m Beynon 1000 System. There are two PV, LJ/TJ runways with pits on either end. The facility also includes a 66' X 108' HJ apron with two HJ pits, one shot put and discus area inside the Track and one discus area located outside of the track. The facility has seating for approx. 1500 spectators. Spikes: Athletes may not use a spike any longer than 1/4". Entries: Each school will be allowed 3 entries per individual event and 1 relay for each relay event for both boys and girls. Please take into consideration starting heights in the pole vault and high jump, along with the board location in the long and triple jump when entering your athletes. These standards will not be changed. No exceptions will be made for any athlete. All entries will be done on line at www.slipstreamtiming.com or www.directathletics.com. Please be honest and fair when entering your athletes so that we may have the best competitive situation for all athletes involved, and no one is in an embarrassing situation. When entering athletes please take into account the time schedule, as we will not wait on athletes to leave one event to get to another event. Entry Deadline: Entries must be in by 6:00pm on Tuesday April 13, 2009. No entries will be accepted after this date and time. Please print off a copy of your entries once you have submitted them online. This will be your verification in case of a mistake. We will not make any additions on Saturday morning, unless it is a mistake of ours. Entry Fee: $10.00 per athlete up to seven athletes, after seven athletes the fee is $75.00 for a team. Boys and girls are considered separate teams. (Example: WCU boys-$75.00 and WCU girls-$75.00 for a school total of $150.00). Make checks payable to Western Carolina Track and Field. Cash will also be accepted. Entry fees can be paid at packet pick-up, but be aware that athletes will not be allowed to compete unless entry fee is paid before the start of the meet. The fee is based on the number of athletes that you enter in the meet, not the number that you bring to the meet. Scratches or Corrections(no additions): emailed to Coach Danny Williamson at dwilliams@email.wcu.edu by Thursday April 15 by 10:00am. Please be diligent in reporting scratches to avoid small flights or empty lanes. Packet Pick-Up: Will begin at 8:30am on Saturday Morning April 17, 2010. Packet Pick-Up will be located at the entrance to the WCU Track and Field facility in front of the black fence. Parking: Will be located in the lot directly across from the track. Drop offs can be made at the entrance to the track, but buses must move immediately after the drop. Timing: Timing for all running events will be fully automatic by Slipstream Timing. In the longer distance events we will attempt to get a time on everyone, but lapped runners could get lost in the shuffle, so plan to time them also. Athlete Check-In: All athletes must check in before the start of their event or they will be scratched from the event. Running Events will check in at the tent located behind the track building-enter through the black gate at the entrance to the track30 min. prior to the start of the event. Field Events will check in at the site of the event 30 min. prior to the start of the event. Relay Teams: All four runners must report to the starting line and then be escorted to the relay zones. Field Events: In the LJ, TJ, Shot Put and Discus each athlete will receive 4 attempts with all being measured. The best entries will be seeded with each other and be in the first flights. Starting Heights and Board Placements: The following guidelines will be used: We will not change these standards, so please enter athletes that can meet these requirements. Girls High Jump will start @ 4-6. Boys High Jump 5-8. Girls Pole Vault 8-0. Boys Pole Vault 11-0. Long jump boards are located 11-8 from the pit. Triple Jump Board for the girls will be placed @ 28-0. Triple Jump Board for the boys will be placed @ 34-0. Awards: 1st thru 3rd will receive medals for each event, this also includes relays. The top three teams with the highest team scores will also receive a team award. The sore will be computed on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 scoring system. Awards will be handed out as soon as the final results of each event are completed. Athletes will be called to the infield, please have athletes there to receive their awards. A coach may pick up an award for an athlete that is involved in another event at the time of the award presentation. Schedule: 11:00 - Field Events. Noon - Running Events. Awards Ceremony for team awards approx. 15 min. after the last event. Any concerns or problems prior to the meet can be directed to Danny Williamson @ (828) 227-2026. This number will also serve as the meet hotline in case of inclement weather. If the weather looks as if it will be a problem, we will make the decision to proceed or to cancel at 10:00pm on Friday night. Do not call before 10:00pm on Friday night April 16, 2010 as no-one will be in the office.
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