Meet Information
THE COLONIAL FORGE SHOWCASE IS BACK!!!!! We would like to invite you and your team to the Colonial Forge Showcase meet, to be held this year Saturday April 8th at our track in Stafford, VA. 2011's meet saw the recording of 28 National Elite and 135 Milestat Elite performances as defined by Milestat.com. While full information is included in this packet, we wanted to direct your attention to a few things that we feel make our meet stand out from the rest.
College/Professional
Time Schedule: One of the biggest challenges as a high school coach at a meet, especially with large teams, can be getting your athlete's to the right place at the right time. Much like a college or professional meet, we set a time schedule once we have received all the entries and do our best to follow it as close as possible. This helps
all the athletes to plan out their pre-race routine and hopefully helps alleviate some of the "when should I warm up?" questions for you as a coach. We have included a preliminary projected time schedule and will publish a finalized time schedule once all entries have been received.
Entry/Payment
Options: We understand that every team has different needs when it comes to entries for weekend invitationals. As such, we have provided two ways to enter our meet: a team entry fee and an individual entry fee. If you are looking to bring an entire team, you can use the team entry fee and receive a certain number of entries per event for a discount. If you are only looking to bring a small number of athletes, you can use the individual entry fee to
save money. The individual entry fee may also be used for teams that would like to enter additional athletes in an event over the amount of slots they were given.
Make Checks Payable:
c/o Van Green
550 Courthouse Road
Stafford, VA 22556
Coach's Hospitality: There will be a coach's hospitality room open throughout the meet. All coaches must have a wrist band to enter.
ATMOSPHERE: Music. Top competition. Fast times. We try to encourage a "big time" atmosphere to bring out the best in each athlete and help them to prepare for Championship Season.
We have tried hard to design an invitational with you and your athlete's in mind. Should you have any questions or suggestions, please contact using any of the information listed below. We look forward to seeing you and your teams the first weekend in April.
-The Colonial Forge Coaching Staff
Entry Information
All entries will be done through Milestat.com. The deadline for entries will be Wednesday April 5th at noon
The general entry fee is $125 per school per gender and includes:
o 1 team entry per relay
o 2 individual entries in each field event
o 3 individual entries in each running event
You may also enter more individuals/relays for an additional fee:
o $5 individual/$15 per relay
Please make all checks payable to:
Colonial Forge Track & Field
Seeding/Field
Event Format: Trials will be run in the 100m Dash and 100/110m Hurdles with top 8 times advancing to the finals. All other running events will be run as TIMED FINALS slow to fast. Field Events will be FINALS ONLY with 4 attempts per Individual. All field events outside of the vertical jumps will be done in an open pit format for one hour or until all athletes have competed (whichever is shorter). Opening heights and progressions in the vertical jumps will be posted after all entries are received.
Concession Stand: There will be a full concession stand for all athletes, parents, and spectators.
ORDER OF EVENTS
8:15 AM Gates Open for Teams
9:00 AM Tracks Open
9:30 AM Coaches Meeting
Field Events 11:00 AM
First Round of Field Events
(LJ/TJ/SP/Discus: 4 Attempts)
Girl's Shot Put, Boy's Discus, Girl's Triple Jump, Boy's Long Jump, Girl's High Jump, Boy's Pole Vault
12:00 PM
Second Round of Field Events
(LJ/TJ/SP/Discus: 4 Attempts)
Boy's Shot Put, Girl's Discus, Girl's Long Jump, Boy's Triple Jump, Boy's High Jump, Girl's Pole Vault
11:00 AM Running Events
11:00 AM Girls 100m Hurdles (Trials) (Top 8 Times Advance to Finals)
11:10 AM Boys 110m Hurdles (Trials) (Top 8 Times Advance to Finals)
11:20 AM Girls 100m Dash (Trials) (Top 8 Times Advance to Finals)
11:30 AM Boys 100m Dash (Trials) (Top 8 Times Advance to Finals)
11:40 AM Girls 4 x 800m Relay
11:55 AM Boys 4 x 800m Relay
Break after 4 x 800m Relay - To Allow Field Events to finish
Running events Start at 1:00 PM (Everything will be Timed Finals) (Heats will run slow to Fast)
1:00 PM Girls 100m Hurdles
1:10 PM Boys 110m Hurdles
1:20 PM Girls 100m Dash
1:30 PM Boys 100m Dash
1:35 PM Girls 1600m
1:50 PM Boys 1600m
2:00 PM Mixed Throwers 4 x 100m Relay
2:05 PM Girls 4 x 100m Relay
2:10 PM Boys 4 x 100m Relay
2:25 PM Colonial Forge Senior Recognition
2:35 PM Girls 400m Dash
2:50 PM Boys 400m Dash
3:05 PM Girls 300m Hurdles
3:20 PM Boys 300m Hurdles
3:35 PM Girls 800m
3:50 PM Boys 800m
4:00 PM Girls 200m Dash
4:10 PM Boys 200m Dash
4:20 PM Girls 3200m
4:40 PM Boys 3200m
5:10 PM Girls 4 x 400m Relay
5:20 PM Boys 4 x 400m Relay
5:35 PM Team Awards