Meet Information
2012 STATE GROUP AA INDOOR TRACK MEET
Order of Events and Time Schedule
Liberty Universitys Tolsma Indoor Track Center
Saturday February 25 2012
8:00 am Certification of Shots and Poles at Event
Pole Vaulters weigh in at event. (they will be weighed in the clothing and shoes which they will compete) (helmets if applicable)
8:30 a.m. Coaches Meeting (site to be determined)
Field Events
9:30 a.m.
Girls Pole Vault
Girls Shot Put
Girls Long Jump
Boys Triple Jump
Boys High Jump
12:30 pm
Boys Pole Vault
Boys Shot Put
Boys Long Jump
Girls Triple Jump
Girls High Jump
Running Events
10:00 a.m. *Boys 55H Trials
10:15 a.m. *Girls 55H Trials
10:30 a.m. *Boys 55 Dash Trials
10:45 a.m. *Girls 55 Dash Trials
*Top 8 to finals.
11:00 a.m. National Anthem
11:05 a.m. Girls 4 X 800
11:35 a.m. Boys 4 X 800
12:05 a.m. Girls 55H Finals
12:15 a.m. Boys 55H Finals
12:25 a.m. Girls 55 Dash Finals
12:35 a.m. Boys 55 Dash Finals
1:00 p.m. Girls 4X200
1:20 p.m. Boys 4 X 200
1:40 p.m. Girls 1600
1:55 p.m. Boys 1600
2:15 p.m. Girls 500
2:40 p.m. Boys 500
3:00 p.m. Girls 1000
3:20 p.m. Boys 1000
3:35 p.m. Girls 300
3:50 p.m. Boys 300
4:10 p.m. Girls 3200
4:35 p.m. Boys 3200
5:05 p.m. Girls 4 X 400
5:25 p.m. Boys 4 X 400
6:00 p.m. Awards
The number of heats noted was our best guess when this schedule was prepared. We will not move events forward. We will NOT hold a running event to wait for a field event participant.
No athlete/coach/spectator is allowed on or inside the track unless directed there by meet management.
We hope to have Coaches boxes available for coaches to view field events.
2011-2012 VHSL Group AA State Indoor T&F Championships Qualifying Standards
Boys 55m Dash - 6.69
Girls 55m Dash - 7.55
Boys 300m Dash - 37.07
Girls 300m Dash - 43.31
Boys 500m Dash - 1:09.38
Girls 500m Dash - 1:22.17
Boys 1000m Run - 2:40.57
Girls 1000m Run - 3:12.65
Boys 1600m Run - 4:34.62
Girls 1600m Run - 5:29.00
Boys 3200m Run - 9:58.75
Girls 3200m Run - 11:51.71
Boys 4x200m Relay - 1:36.03
Girls 4x200m Relay - 1:51.01
Boys 4x400m Relay - 3:36.11
Girls 4x400m Relay - 4:20.25
Boys 4x800m Relay - 8:29.26
Girls 4x800m Relay - 10:09.42
Girls 55m Hurdles - 9.26
Boys High Jump - 6'1"
Girls High Jump - 4'11"
Boys Pole Vault - 12'0"
Girls Pole Vault - 8'9"
Boys Long Jump - 20'11"
Girls Long Jump - 16'7"
Boys Triple Jump - 43'0"
Girls Triple Jump 34'5"
Boys Shot Put - 46'6"
Girls Shot Put - 33'7"
2012 BOYS AND GIRLS STATE INDOOR TRACK & FIELD MEET INFORMATION
Coaches, please read the specific instructions for AA State Meet entry. It is a separate document.
The Group AA State Indoor Track Meet will be conducted at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia on February 25. This meet will be run on a 200-meter track Mondo Track. Each entry form submitted to Meet Management for the 2012 Boys and Girls Indoor Track and Field Championships must show the running event results, which have been converted, from the English System to the Metric System of measurement. All times must be converted to F.A.T.
ALL teams must submit to their Regional Directors, both the traditional VHSL hard copy of the entry form, and their
team entries in Hy-Tek Windows software format. The Hy-Tek entries could be on disc or by e-mail. Relay runners who are not running individual events must appear on the Hy-Tek entry and the VHSL hard copy.
Region I only can enter using Direct Athletics. Region I Coaches will need to follow instructions for Region I. Region IV will have special instructions provided by Steve Schmitt, your Regional Director. Failure to convert these entries by the director and/or coach will render the competitors INELIGIBLE.
ADMISSIONS: $10.00 for all day Saturday. No charge for pre-school children accompanied by a paying spectator. Each
participant will need his/her competitor's number for admission.
COACHES MEETING: The coaches' meeting is set for February 25 at 8:30 am at a site yet to be determined. Coaches may pick up school kits at the table outside of the Track area. They will contain meet programs, competitors' numbers and nametags. (Two coachs passes will also be included in your team packets. If you have more than two coaches contact your regional meet director at the coaches meeting preceding the meet with their names.) Competitor Numbers and hand stamps will be used for Athletes to enter or re-enter the Track area.
FACILITY: The Tolsma Track Center is a 200-meter track. Only 1/4" pyramid spikes or flats may be used. No ground-down spikes are permitted. Any athlete using spikes other than the 1/4" pyramid spikes will be disqualified from this meet.
EQUIPMENT: Each team must furnish its own towels, shots and poles. Starting blocks will be furnished. Each contestant must wear proper track uniform, which shall consist of a jersey (with a number provided by VHSL), trunks and shoes as identified in rule 4-3 of the current rulebook. Dressing room facilities will NOT be available.
SHOT: Implement Certification will begin at 8:00 AM in the Shot Circle Area. Vaulters will certify their poles and weigh in
beginning at 8:00 am in the Pit Area. Vaulters must weigh in dressed as they will vault including shoes, helmets etc.
NOTE: THE SHOT USED IN GIRLS COMPETITION WILL BE 8 lbs. 13 oz. (4.0 kg). BOYS SHOT WILL BE 12 lbs.
Make sure uniform letters are given to the meet director upon your arrival to Field House.
AWARDS: Team Trophies (1st, 2nd, & 3rd) will be presented at the conclusion of the meet. Individual medals (1st-8th) will
be available to be picked up by athletes in infield after results are announced.
PARTICIPATION LIMITATIONS: A contestant may compete in any number of field events but shall be limited to participation in only three running events; except that a contestant who competes in the 3200M run, may compete in only one other running event on the same day as the 3200M run.
If a contestant is entered in a field event, which conflicts in the time schedule with a track event in which he is entered, he
shall make advance arrangements with the official in charge of the field event to postpone his trials until after the track event has been run. No track or field event will be held up to accommodate a contestant.
NOTE: Competitors shall be disqualified for an event if his/her coach, manager, attendant or any one associated with his/her team is on the infield (the track, the enclosure inside, or those areas designated only for officials and contestants actually
participating or preparing for an event.
ELIGIBLE TO STATE MEET: Entries may be only those contestants who placed first, second, third, fourth, fifth or sixth in a
Regional Meet or those contestants who were properly reported by the District or Regional Meet Director as having met the state qualifying standards at the District or Regional Championship Meets (trials or finals) or who met the state qualifying standard in a meet of 3 or more teams and who have submitted the State Standard Verification form to THE DISTRICT AND REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE. If an athlete qualifies by placing in the top six at the regional meet; they may enter as their seed time or performance into the state meet, their best time or performance achieved at any meet of 3 or more teams during the season (even if it doesnt meet the state standard) so long as it is legitimately verifiable by their District and Regional
Meet Director.
SEEDING: Seeding for all events shall be done on the basis of marks attained in district and regional meets, marks attained
in meeting the state qualifying standard submitted on a verification form, or the fastest verifiable mark attained during the season by an athlete who finishes in the top 6 at their regional championship.
CONFIRMATION OF ENTRIES: Contestants from a school will be confirmed for the meet unless the coach by faxes or emails his or her scratches by Monday, February 20th, 1:00 PM. Any scratches in any running event after Monday, February 20th, 1:00 PM will disqualify any individual from all running events.
REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND DIRECTOR - Boys and Girls
Region I Don Samuels samuelsd@wjcc.k12.va.us W (757) 259-3622
Region II Jerry Cutright runjc@juno.com W (540) 874-5436
H (540) 894-3128 ext. 1119
Region III Rod Camden rodcamden@comcast.net W (434) 239-4311
H (434) 522-3726
Region IV Steve Schmitt steveschmitt@juno.com H (540) 951-8642
C (540) 808-8661
REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES: Joe will provide you with the Meet File for Hy-Tek Meet Manager.
Please compile your regions state entries in Hy-Tek Meet Manager Format. Forward your regions entries (after
you have checked for accuracy) via e-mail.
In Meet Manager, go to File, Export, Meet Manager Merge of Same Meet. Save to a disc, and attach in an email to
Joe C. Curcio: CoachjoeTF@aol.com
Please send your entries by 6:00 PM Sunday, 2/19; Joe will email a confirmation that he received the file. Regions, running their Region Meets early can send the meet file to Joe anytime prior to that Time and Date.
Anyone experiencing Difficulty can contact:
JOE C.CURCIO
AA State Director
CoachjoeTF@aol.com
H (540) 586- 2163
C (434) 942-7126
School (540) 297- 7151 or 7089
Fax (540) 297-2982
Order of Events and Time Schedule
Liberty Universitys Tolsma Indoor Track Center
Saturday February 25 2012
8:00 am Certification of Shots and Poles at Event
Pole Vaulters weigh in at event. (they will be weighed in the clothing and shoes which they will compete) (helmets if applicable)
8:30 a.m. Coaches Meeting (site to be determined)
Field Events
9:30 a.m.
Girls Pole Vault
Girls Shot Put
Girls Long Jump
Boys Triple Jump
Boys High Jump
12:30 pm
Boys Pole Vault
Boys Shot Put
Boys Long Jump
Girls Triple Jump
Girls High Jump
Running Events
10:00 a.m. *Boys 55H Trials
10:15 a.m. *Girls 55H Trials
10:30 a.m. *Boys 55 Dash Trials
10:45 a.m. *Girls 55 Dash Trials
*Top 8 to finals.
11:00 a.m. National Anthem
11:05 a.m. Girls 4 X 800
11:35 a.m. Boys 4 X 800
12:05 a.m. Girls 55H Finals
12:15 a.m. Boys 55H Finals
12:25 a.m. Girls 55 Dash Finals
12:35 a.m. Boys 55 Dash Finals
1:00 p.m. Girls 4X200
1:20 p.m. Boys 4 X 200
1:40 p.m. Girls 1600
1:55 p.m. Boys 1600
2:15 p.m. Girls 500
2:40 p.m. Boys 500
3:00 p.m. Girls 1000
3:20 p.m. Boys 1000
3:35 p.m. Girls 300
3:50 p.m. Boys 300
4:10 p.m. Girls 3200
4:35 p.m. Boys 3200
5:05 p.m. Girls 4 X 400
5:25 p.m. Boys 4 X 400
6:00 p.m. Awards
The number of heats noted was our best guess when this schedule was prepared. We will not move events forward. We will NOT hold a running event to wait for a field event participant.
No athlete/coach/spectator is allowed on or inside the track unless directed there by meet management.
We hope to have Coaches boxes available for coaches to view field events.
2011-2012 VHSL Group AA State Indoor T&F Championships Qualifying Standards
Boys 55m Dash - 6.69
Girls 55m Dash - 7.55
Boys 300m Dash - 37.07
Girls 300m Dash - 43.31
Boys 500m Dash - 1:09.38
Girls 500m Dash - 1:22.17
Boys 1000m Run - 2:40.57
Girls 1000m Run - 3:12.65
Boys 1600m Run - 4:34.62
Girls 1600m Run - 5:29.00
Boys 3200m Run - 9:58.75
Girls 3200m Run - 11:51.71
Boys 4x200m Relay - 1:36.03
Girls 4x200m Relay - 1:51.01
Boys 4x400m Relay - 3:36.11
Girls 4x400m Relay - 4:20.25
Boys 4x800m Relay - 8:29.26
Girls 4x800m Relay - 10:09.42
Girls 55m Hurdles - 9.26
Boys High Jump - 6'1"
Girls High Jump - 4'11"
Boys Pole Vault - 12'0"
Girls Pole Vault - 8'9"
Boys Long Jump - 20'11"
Girls Long Jump - 16'7"
Boys Triple Jump - 43'0"
Girls Triple Jump 34'5"
Boys Shot Put - 46'6"
Girls Shot Put - 33'7"
2012 BOYS AND GIRLS STATE INDOOR TRACK & FIELD MEET INFORMATION
Coaches, please read the specific instructions for AA State Meet entry. It is a separate document.
The Group AA State Indoor Track Meet will be conducted at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia on February 25. This meet will be run on a 200-meter track Mondo Track. Each entry form submitted to Meet Management for the 2012 Boys and Girls Indoor Track and Field Championships must show the running event results, which have been converted, from the English System to the Metric System of measurement. All times must be converted to F.A.T.
ALL teams must submit to their Regional Directors, both the traditional VHSL hard copy of the entry form, and their
team entries in Hy-Tek Windows software format. The Hy-Tek entries could be on disc or by e-mail. Relay runners who are not running individual events must appear on the Hy-Tek entry and the VHSL hard copy.
Region I only can enter using Direct Athletics. Region I Coaches will need to follow instructions for Region I. Region IV will have special instructions provided by Steve Schmitt, your Regional Director. Failure to convert these entries by the director and/or coach will render the competitors INELIGIBLE.
ADMISSIONS: $10.00 for all day Saturday. No charge for pre-school children accompanied by a paying spectator. Each
participant will need his/her competitor's number for admission.
COACHES MEETING: The coaches' meeting is set for February 25 at 8:30 am at a site yet to be determined. Coaches may pick up school kits at the table outside of the Track area. They will contain meet programs, competitors' numbers and nametags. (Two coachs passes will also be included in your team packets. If you have more than two coaches contact your regional meet director at the coaches meeting preceding the meet with their names.) Competitor Numbers and hand stamps will be used for Athletes to enter or re-enter the Track area.
FACILITY: The Tolsma Track Center is a 200-meter track. Only 1/4" pyramid spikes or flats may be used. No ground-down spikes are permitted. Any athlete using spikes other than the 1/4" pyramid spikes will be disqualified from this meet.
EQUIPMENT: Each team must furnish its own towels, shots and poles. Starting blocks will be furnished. Each contestant must wear proper track uniform, which shall consist of a jersey (with a number provided by VHSL), trunks and shoes as identified in rule 4-3 of the current rulebook. Dressing room facilities will NOT be available.
SHOT: Implement Certification will begin at 8:00 AM in the Shot Circle Area. Vaulters will certify their poles and weigh in
beginning at 8:00 am in the Pit Area. Vaulters must weigh in dressed as they will vault including shoes, helmets etc.
NOTE: THE SHOT USED IN GIRLS COMPETITION WILL BE 8 lbs. 13 oz. (4.0 kg). BOYS SHOT WILL BE 12 lbs.
Make sure uniform letters are given to the meet director upon your arrival to Field House.
AWARDS: Team Trophies (1st, 2nd, & 3rd) will be presented at the conclusion of the meet. Individual medals (1st-8th) will
be available to be picked up by athletes in infield after results are announced.
PARTICIPATION LIMITATIONS: A contestant may compete in any number of field events but shall be limited to participation in only three running events; except that a contestant who competes in the 3200M run, may compete in only one other running event on the same day as the 3200M run.
If a contestant is entered in a field event, which conflicts in the time schedule with a track event in which he is entered, he
shall make advance arrangements with the official in charge of the field event to postpone his trials until after the track event has been run. No track or field event will be held up to accommodate a contestant.
NOTE: Competitors shall be disqualified for an event if his/her coach, manager, attendant or any one associated with his/her team is on the infield (the track, the enclosure inside, or those areas designated only for officials and contestants actually
participating or preparing for an event.
ELIGIBLE TO STATE MEET: Entries may be only those contestants who placed first, second, third, fourth, fifth or sixth in a
Regional Meet or those contestants who were properly reported by the District or Regional Meet Director as having met the state qualifying standards at the District or Regional Championship Meets (trials or finals) or who met the state qualifying standard in a meet of 3 or more teams and who have submitted the State Standard Verification form to THE DISTRICT AND REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE. If an athlete qualifies by placing in the top six at the regional meet; they may enter as their seed time or performance into the state meet, their best time or performance achieved at any meet of 3 or more teams during the season (even if it doesnt meet the state standard) so long as it is legitimately verifiable by their District and Regional
Meet Director.
SEEDING: Seeding for all events shall be done on the basis of marks attained in district and regional meets, marks attained
in meeting the state qualifying standard submitted on a verification form, or the fastest verifiable mark attained during the season by an athlete who finishes in the top 6 at their regional championship.
CONFIRMATION OF ENTRIES: Contestants from a school will be confirmed for the meet unless the coach by faxes or emails his or her scratches by Monday, February 20th, 1:00 PM. Any scratches in any running event after Monday, February 20th, 1:00 PM will disqualify any individual from all running events.
REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND DIRECTOR - Boys and Girls
Region I Don Samuels samuelsd@wjcc.k12.va.us W (757) 259-3622
Region II Jerry Cutright runjc@juno.com W (540) 874-5436
H (540) 894-3128 ext. 1119
Region III Rod Camden rodcamden@comcast.net W (434) 239-4311
H (434) 522-3726
Region IV Steve Schmitt steveschmitt@juno.com H (540) 951-8642
C (540) 808-8661
REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES: Joe will provide you with the Meet File for Hy-Tek Meet Manager.
Please compile your regions state entries in Hy-Tek Meet Manager Format. Forward your regions entries (after
you have checked for accuracy) via e-mail.
In Meet Manager, go to File, Export, Meet Manager Merge of Same Meet. Save to a disc, and attach in an email to
Joe C. Curcio: CoachjoeTF@aol.com
Please send your entries by 6:00 PM Sunday, 2/19; Joe will email a confirmation that he received the file. Regions, running their Region Meets early can send the meet file to Joe anytime prior to that Time and Date.
Anyone experiencing Difficulty can contact:
JOE C.CURCIO
AA State Director
CoachjoeTF@aol.com
H (540) 586- 2163
C (434) 942-7126
School (540) 297- 7151 or 7089
Fax (540) 297-2982