Site of Meet:Harrisonburg High School

1001 Garbers Church Road

Harrisonburg VA, 22801

Directors:Ryan Ritter, Athletic Director Broadway High School, 540-246-1998

Brad Erney, Coach, Broadway High School, berney@rockingham.k12.va.us

Darrell Zook, Coach, Broadway High School

Teams: Broadway, Brookville, Charlottesville, Fluvanna, Fort Defiance, Heritage, Liberty Bedford, Liberty Christian, Monticello, Rockbridge, Rustburg, Spotswood, Staunton, Turner Ashby, Waynesboro, Wilson

Entry Information:Entries are due by 6:00 pm on Sunday, May 21

• Entries will be done online through Milestat. Following the closing of entries on May 21, each school will receive an email of their entries. Backup VHSL forms should be submitted by e-mail to Brad Erney at berney@rockingham.k12.va.us

• Final scratches will be taken at the coaches meeting. Only scratches can be made at that time.

• Individual Entries:

• Any student placing top 6 in their district meet (among Class 3 schools) or any student having met the regional standard in a meet with 4 or more teams qualifies for the Regional Championship meet.

• Relay Teams:

• Any relay team placing top 3 in their district meet (among Class 3 schools) or having met the regional standard in a meet with 4 or more teams qualifies for the Regional Championship meet. Please make sure that any athlete you may want to use on a relay is entered in the relay on Milestat or is entered in an individual event. It helps to have all possible participants in the computer ahead of time.

• Verification of Entry Performances:

• All performances should be verified using MileStat. 

• Any performance that is not verified on MileStat will require a VHSL verification form including the athletes name, performance, name of the meet, date of the meet and a signature from the meet director. This form needs to be e-mailed to Brad Erney (berney@rockingham.k12.va.us) prior to the entry deadline. 

• All times submitted must be F.A.T.

• To convert a hand time round the tenths place up if the hundredths place is greater than 0 and then add 0.24 to that rounded time

• All heats, flights and sections will be determined using MileStat entries.

• We will follow all applicable NFHS and VHSL rules and regulations along with the Class 3, Region C region handbook.

Advancement:The top 4 individuals and top 4 relays will advance to the state meet, plus automatic qualifiers.

Awards: Team trophies will be awarded to the top two (2) teams (boys and girls).Medals will be awarded to the top six (6) individuals per event and the participants on the top two (2) relay teams per event (boys and girls).Coach of the Year will be the coach of the region championship teams.All individual event winners will be considered First Team All-Region. Each school should have these certificates as shared with region ADs at the start of the school year.

 Participants finishing in the top 6 (individual events) and top 2 teams (relays) can pick up their awards from their coaches following the meet.  A packet with individual awards will be prepared for each school.

Parking:All buses should park in the South Parking Lot near the tennis courts. This will be on the other side of the school away from track.  There should be NO BUSES in the North parking lot.  In the event of bad weather, your team bus will be used to house all your team members.  

Admission:$10.00 - VHSL Approved Passes only

Spectators:Spectators can watch the meet from either the home or visitor bleachers. No spectators will be allowed on the infield.  Areas will be flagged off to watch the Shot Put andDiscus. Please stay behind the flag barriers for the safety of both the student-athletes and other spectators. 

Tents/Team Area:Teams can set up anywhere in the visitor bleachers or in the grass surrounding the track.  

There should be NO TEAM CAMPS ON THE INFIELD OR HOME BLEACHERS!  The home bleachers (press box side) are reserved for spectators only.  

Scoring:10-8-6-4-2-1 for both individual and relay events

Starting Heights:The starting height for the pole vault and high jump will be determined using the qualifying standards and the field of entered students. The starting heights will be emailed to the participating schools after entries have closed.

Warm-ups:Warm-ups for running events should be completed on the trails and fields surrounding the stadium and school building. Hurdlers will be allowed to warm-up in the outer lanes during the 4x800m relay.  The amount of time allotted for warm-ups for the field events will be determined by the officials running the event and is dependent number of athletes competing in each event.

Spikes: inch (or smaller) pyramid spikes are to be used on the track and all runways.

Athletic Trainer:BHS Athletic Trainer Chuck Wenger will be onsite.  

Water Stations:There will be two water stations, one on the inside of the track and one on the outside of the track, located near the 50-yard line.  Please make sure athletes are bringing water bottles with them so that we do not run out of cups within the first half of the meet.

Bullpen:The bullpen will be located near the finish line. Participants can check in at the bullpen to get their hip numbers at any time. We ask that participants are in the bullpen by 2nd call so that they can move to the starting line after the 3rd call. Check in for field events will be at the field event.

 Coaches are allowed on the infield.  All participants should exit the track at the gate nearest the finish line. Athletes jumping the fence risk disqualification from the meet.No electronic devices should be used in the infield areas.

Relay cards: Please turn in relay cards to the bullpen when checking in. Please be sure to include school, gender, event and relay team members.Timing:FAT timing by Blue Ridge Timing will be used. Results will be posted throughout the meet on the press box windows at the top of the home bleachers. Results will be posted on MileStat and emailed to the Athletic Directors after posting to MileStat.  

Declaration Rule:Scratching a participant from an event does not affect any remaining events that the athlete may be entered in. However, once a participant is declared in the maximum number of track events, coaches may not scratch them from an individual event and then enter them into a relay.

Protests:Joe Showker is our meet Referee. Please submit any protests directly to him. 

Jury of Appeals: The members of the Jury of Appeals will meet to render a decision on any protests.(Steve Ivory - Monticello/Jefferson, Sue Rinker - Spotswood/Valley, Bryant Vennable - Heritage/Seminole, Dave Stewart - Fort Defiance/Shenandoah Joe Showker - Meet     Referee). All decisions will be final.

Concessions:Concessions will be available throughout the meet near the entrance gate. 

Time Schedule - Class 3, Region C Track & Field Championships

* Rolling Time schedule will be used.*

10:15 am Weighing of Implements

10:15 am Coaches meeting at the Finish Line

11 am Field Events:  

Girls/Boys Long Jump (top 7 to finals), followed by Girls/Boys Triple Jump (top 7 to finals)                                   

Girls High Jump followed by Boys High Jump 

Girls Discus followed by Boys Discus (top 7 to finals)

Boys Shot Put followed by Girls Shot Put (top 7 to finals)

Girls Pole Vault followed by Boys Pole Vault

All track events will be Girls followed by Boys.

11:30 am4 x 800 m relay

100 m/110m Hurdles

100 m dash1600 m run

4 x 100 m relay400 m dash

300 m Intermediate Hurdles

 800 m run

200 m dash

3200 m run

4 x 400 m relay

Championship & Runner-Up Trophy Presentations

• Region standards were calculated by averaging the 6th place finish of the past three region meets. Schools no longer in Class 3, Region C were removed from the results.