Concorde District Spring Track Championships 2019

Concorde District Outdoor Track and Field Championship

Date:May 16 & 17, 2019

Director: Terri Towle, DSA (Westfield HS) (tktowle@fcps.edu)

Site: Westfield High School

Entry Deadline: Sunday, May 12th. Your Mile Stat entry serves as your official entry form.

Your entry is due into Mile Stat by 1pm onSunday, May 12. Please double check your entries before sending them!

Performance list will be sent to all head coaches at 9pm Sunday night.

Scratches: We will continue with blind scratches, all scratches are due Monday, May 13thby 2:00 PM - Late scratches will not be accepted. Monday May 13th at 2pm - your entries are FINAL, thus all athletes will be declared at that time. There will be an information meeting Monday, May 13that 7 PM at Westfield High School.

Entries :Each school may enter three individuals in each event.However,a school may enter more than three individuals in an event provided that all individuals entered in that event meet the District Standard.

*****IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPAL'S VOTE IN JUNE OF 1996...THERE IS NO LONGER ANY REQUIREMENT FOR DUAL MEET PARTICIPATION BY AN ATHLETE.THE NEW RULE IS:EVERY ATHLETE ENTERED IN THE DISTRICT MEET, MUST BE ENTERED WITH A LEGITIMATE, VERIFIABLE TIME, HEIGHT, OR DISTANCE IN THAT EVENT, WHICH WAS ACHIEVED AT SOME TIME DURING THIS CURRENT SEASON IN AN OFFICIALLY SCHEDULED MEET.Request for an exemption to this rule must be made in writing to the meet director by noon on May 3rd.

Admission:$7.00

Equipment:Each school will provide its own batons, shot, discus, and vaulting poles.Starting blocks will be provided.

Rules:2019 edition National Federation Rule Book and the 18-19 edition of the VHSL handbook.

Note:The one minute rule will apply for all field events.

Scoring:10-8-6-4-2-1

Calls for Events:First Call - 15 minutes prior to the scheduled time of event

Second Call - 10 minutes prior

Third Call - 5 minutes prior

Athletes should report at First Call.In events run by heats, all starters must report to the clerk at the check-in area before the first heat is run.Failure to report at the time will result in a scratch.Each individual declared for participation must actually participate.

Scratches:Each contestant in a running event shall report to the clerk of the course by the third call. Failure to report by the third call will result in a scratch. All individuals declared for participation at the deadline set by the director will have those events count toward their participation limit as specified in rule 84-4-7(10) whether they compete in them or not. (The deadline is the scratch deadline of 2pm Monday May 13th. ) If an athlete is excused from an event by the certified trainer on site, or a physician, that athlete will be eligible for any and all other events entered unless the certified trainer or physician determines that the athlete's health would be in danger with any further participation. No event in the meet is to be delayed because a participant is engaged in another event. If a contestant is entered in a field event, which conflicts with 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 event will be delayed to accommodate a contestant competing in a field event.

Individual Participation: In one meet, 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 3200 meter run may compete in no more than one other running event.In any meet held over two days, a contestant competing in the 3200 meter run may compete in two additional running events as long as only one of the two additional races is contested on the same day as the 3200 meter run.

Uniforms:Please read and know the Uniform rules related to Section 3 Article 1-7.Team members shall wear the school uniform.A competitor must be in the proper track uniform and wearing his contestant number before he will be permitted to compete.Number, when worn, shall be attached to the front of the uniform.

Control of the Field:Each coach is asked to keep his/her squad in the stands or on the hill.The infield, the track (once the meet starts) and the building are off limits except when an individual is competing or warming up.Athletes are only allowed in the locker room portion of the building. Violation could result in disqualification.

Awards:Individual medals for all events will be awarded after the event is completed.Team awards will be presented as soon as all results have been tabulated after the 1600 meter relay

Concorde District May 16 & 17 2019 -

Field Event Team Assignments*

High Jump: Chantilly

Pole Vault: Westfield

Boys Long Jump/Triple Jump: Centreville

Girls Long/ Triple Jump: Oakton

Shot Put: Westfield

Discus: Madison

Concorde District Track & FieldChampionship

Thursday, May 16th and Friday, May 17th

Thursday, May 16th

4:00 PM Coaches Meeting

Weigh-in Shot/Discus

Certify Pole Vaulter Weights

4:30 PM

Girls Shot

Boys Discus

Girls Long Jump

Boys Long Jump

Girls High Jump

Girls Pole Vault, followed by Boys Pole Vault

(all events are Girls followed by Boys)

6:00 PM 100 Meter Dash Preliminaries - if needed

6:20 PM 100/110 Meter High Hurdle Semifinals

6:40 PM 100 Meter Dash Semifinals

7:00 PM 3200 Meter Relay Finals

7:20 PM 200 Meter Dash Preliminaries

Friday, May 17th

4:00 PM Coaches Meeting

Weigh in Shot/Discus

4:30 PM Girls Discus

Boys Shot Put

Girls Triple Jump

Boys Triple Jump

Boys High Jump

6:10 PM National Anthem

(all events are Girls followed by Boys)

6:15 PM 100/110 Meter High Hurdle Finals

6:25 PM 100 Meter Dash Finals

6:35 PM 1600 Meter Run (Sections on Time)

7:05 PM 400 Meter Relay (Sections on Time)

7:25 PM 400 Meter Dash (Sections on Time)

7:45 PM 300 Meter Intermediate Hurdle (Sections on Time)

8:15 PM 800 Meter Run (Sections on Time)

8:35 PM 200 Meter Dash Finals

8:45 PM 3200 Meter Run (Sections on Time)

9:15 PM 1600 Meter Relay (Sections on Time)

9:40 PM Team Awards

The meet will not run ahead.If the meet falls behind we will try to keep approximately the same time between events as listed above, but will not try and rush ahead to get back on schedule.We want the athletes to have an appropriate amount of time between their events.