Meet Information
AS OF 4/17/2018 THE COUGAR MIDDLE SCHOOL INVITATIONAL IS CANCELLED DUE TO THE LACK OF INTEREST. WE NEEDED 6 FULL TEAMS AND ONLY HAD 3 COMMIT. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY PROBLEMS THIS MIGHT CAUSE.
MEET INFO BELOW
IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON ATTENDING PLEASE REGISTER YOUR TEAM BY WEDNESDAY APRIL 11TH. YOU MAY ADD ATHLETES UNTIL THE CLOSING.
Cougar Middle School Invitational
Covington
High School is pleased to announce the Inaugural Cougar Middle School
Invitational to be held at Burton Field attached to Covington High School.
Date:April 21, 2018
Time: Coachesmeeting at 10:00
FieldEvents @ 10:30
RunningEvents @ 12:00
Eligibility:
6th 7th and 8th grade students are allowed to participate.
Entries:
Each school is allowed three
entries per event. Only one relay per event per team will be allowed. VHSL
rules regarding event limitations will apply. All athletes must belong to their
school team and must be accompanied by a coach from that school. Entries are
due by Wednesday, April 18th, 2018 at midnight.Entries should be done on Milestat.If you need directions I can send those to you.
FYI:We are limiting the meet to 10-12 teams as we
have a pretty small venue to seat spectatorsIf there are several schools enter who only have a limited number of
entrants, I will expand the number. Please confirm with Coach Sullins before
entering anyone online.
DO NOT
ENTER ON MILESTAT UNTIL YOU HAVE CONTACTED COACH SULLINS
(rsullins@covington.k12.va.us)
Entry Fee:
$75 per
gender. (So boys and girls $150) Team is 7 individuals.
Individuals
$10, Relays: $20.
Make checks out to:
Covington Track and Field
Mailing Address:
Covington High School
c/o Ray
Sullins
606 S. Lexington Ave
Covington,
VA 24426
Spectators
There will be an admission
fee of $5 for all spectators. Children under 10 are free.
Please be
advised we don't have a ton of seating so you should bring chairs if possible.
Also, please make parents aware that there are
several areas where people like to set behind the fence.The spectator fee covers the entire facility.
Location:
Covington High School, 606
S. Lexington Ave, Covington, VA
Bus Parking:
Buses should drop athletes
off at the field by the high school and then park at the football field.
Awards:
The first 3 places will
receive medal, 4th-6th will receive ribbons.
The first and second place
teams will receive a trophy.
Scoring:
The first six places will
score. The standard point distribution of 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1 in each event will
count towards the overall team score.
Seeding:
All Running Events are
finals.No heats!
We will run slowest to fastest
Hurdles:
300 Hurdle height will be 30
for both boys and girls.
Field Events:
All field events are finals.
Long jump/Triple jump will receive 4 jumps.
Field event seeding will be
least to greatest.
High Jump:
The five-alive will be used
if more than 10 jumpers.
Throws:
All throwers will be given
four (4) measured throws.
NO WEIGH-IN
All implements thrown will
be in-house. You may warm up with your own implement.
Boys/Girls Shot weight- 4K
Boys/Girls Discus- 1K
Spikes:
Spikes no longer then inch
will be allowed. Immediate disqualification will result if longer spikes are
used. Coaches, please help us with this!
Concession Stand:
There will be a concession stand for all student-athletes, parents, spectators.
We must have 6 teams committed by April 11th to have the meet.