UNC Asheville High School Classic 2025

UNC Asheville High School Classic

When: April 19, 2025

Where:  Karl Straus Track, UNC Asheville 

ENTRY & FEES

4 entries per gender in all individual events.

2 entries per gender in all relays.

$175 per gender ($350 FULL TEAM Boys & Girls), $45 per athlete for TEAMS of fewer than 7 athletes. Entry

deadline is Monday, April 14 at 11:59 p.m. (ET) and must be made through nc.milesplit.com

Make checks payable to UNC Asheville Athletics (Track & Field). 

MAIL TO:   

 UNC Asheville Athletics (Track & Field)

One University Heights, CPO #2600

 Asheville, NC 28804-8516

You may bring payment the day of the meet at Packet Pick-Up.

 Race assignments will be posted Wednesday, April 16 at nc.milesplit.com

Direct all questions to UNCA High School Classic meet director, Neil Young at 828-250-2318, nyoung5@unca.edu

Scratches/Pre-Meet Coaches Meeting Virtual Call

Submit all scratches to Neil Young nyoung5@unca.edu by Tuesday, April 15 at 7 p.m.

===Coaches Meeting Call will be held on Thursday, April 17 at 7:30 p.m.===

UNC Asheville HS TF Classic Coaches Mtg

Thursday, April 17 7:30 - 8:30pm

Google Meet joining information:

Video call link:

https://meet.google.com/mwi-egbz-yyx

Or dial: (US) +1 316-512-2917 PIN: 896 799 925# 

Packet Pick-Up

High school packet pick-up will be held on Friday, April 18 beginning at 3 p.m. and Saturday, April 19 beginning at 6 a.m. and will be located at Timing Tower across from the grandstands. 

Event Check-In

Running Events: Entrants must check in with the meet clerks 45 minutes prior to the start of the scheduled event. Athletes failing to report at this time will be scratched. Heats and flights may be reseeded at check-in.

We will be contesting the 2000 meter Steeplechase. 

Field Events: Entrants must report to the event site 45 minutes prior to the start of the scheduled event. Athletes failing to report at this time will be scratched. Pole vaulters must check in two hours in advance of their event for

weigh-in. They will be allowed on the runway 1 hour prior to the start of the event.

Coaches' areas will be designated.

Practice & Warm-Up Area

All warm-ups must be conducted on the grass within the Team Camp area.

Spike Check

To preserve the race condition of the track surface, Mondo and Athletic Facilities recommends that all participants

use three-sixteenth (3/16) although quarter (1/4) inch sized spikes are accepted. 

Spike Check will be conducted at the station outside the track gate entrance by the Throwing Area. 

Protests

Protests must be filed in writing at the clerk's tent within 30 minutes of the conclusion of the event following the

incident or decision. A $50 fee will be charged for all protests.

Team Camps

Team camps can be set up around the Warm-Up area in the upper field from the track near Soccer Facilities.

Athletic Trainers

Athletic trainer tents will be set up outside the track near the 300-meter hurdle starting line.  

UNC Asheville trainers will be on hand to assist any athletes in need.

Scoring & Awards

The meet will be scored in one division with the top 8 places accruing points in the traditional 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1

format for each event.                             

    MEET SCHEDULE