Western Carolina University High School / Middle School Track & 2018

Cullowee, NC

Meet Information

Western Carolina University High School / Middle School Track &Field Championships

Thursday April 5, 2018



General Info

* The meet will be an Invitational scored meet between High School Teams and Middle School Teams

SCHEDULE:

Field Events

4:00pm

Girls Shot Put

Boys Discus

Girls Pole Vault (Boys to Follow)

Girls Long Jump (Boys to Follow)

5:30pm

Boys Shot Put

Girls Discus

Girls Triple Jump (Boys to Follow)

Boys High Jump (Girls to Follow)

Running Events (Everything will be on Rolling Schedule)

5:00pm

4x800m Relay (Girls then Boys)

Girls 100m Hurdles

Boys 110m Hurdles

100m Dash (Girls then Boys)

4x200m Relay (Girls then Boys)

1600m Run (Girls then Boys)

4x100m Relay (Girls then Boys)

400m Dash (Girls then Boys)

300m Hurdles (Girls then Boys)

800m Run (Girls then Boys)

200m Dash (Girls then Boys)

3200m Run (Girls then Boys)

4x400m Relay (Girls then Boys)



Facility -

The Western Carolina University facility is an 8-lane, 400m Beynon 1000

System.  There are two PV, LJ/TJ runways

with pits on either end.  The facility

also includes a 66' X 108' HJ apron with two HJ pits, one shot put and discus

area inside the Track and one discus area located outside of the track.  The facility has seating for approx. 1500

spectators.



Spikes -

Athletes may not use a spike any longer than ".



Entries -

Each school will be allowed 3 entries per individual event and 1 relay for each

relay event for both boys and girls. 

Please take into consideration possible starting heights in the pole

vault and high jump, along with the board location in the long and triple jump

when entering your athletes.   All entries will be done on-line at www.nc.milesplit.com   Please be honest and fair when entering your

athletes so that we may have the best competitive situation for all athletes

involved, and no one is in an embarrassing situation.  When entering athletes please take into account

the time schedule, as we will not wait on athletes to leave one event to get to

another event.



Entry Deadline

* Entries must be in by 8:00pm on Monday


April 3, 2018. 
No entries will be

accepted after this date and time. 

Please print off a copy of your entries once you have submitted them

online.  This will be your verification

in case of a mistake.  We will not make

any additions on Saturday morning, unless it is a mistake of ours.



Entry Fee -

High School - $10.00 per athlete

up to 5 athletes, after 5 athletes the fee is $50.00 for a team.  Boys and girls are considered separate teams.
  (Example: 

WCU boys-$80.00 and WCU girls-$80.00 for a school total of $160.00).



Middle School

* $5.00 per athlete up to 8 athletes, after 8 athletes the fee is $40.00 for a


team.  Boys and girls are considered

separate teams even if they are from same school.



  Make checks payable

to Western Carolina Track and

Field. 
Cash will also be

accepted.  Entry fee's can be paid at

packet pick-up, but be aware that

athletes will not be allowed to compete unless entry fee is paid before the

start of the meet
.  The fee is based on the number of

athletes that you enter in the meet, not the number that you bring to the meet.



 



Scratches or

Corrections(no additions)
- emailed to Coach Cale McDaniel @ cwmcdaniel@email.wcu.edu by Tuesday

April 4th  by 12:00noon.  Please be diligent in reporting scratches to

avoid small flights or empty lanes.



 



Packet Pick-Up

* Will begin at 1:30pm on Wednesday April 5, 2018.  Packet Pick-Up will be located at the


entrance to the WCU Track and Field facility in front of the black fence.



 



Parking -

Will be located in the lot directly across from the track and the lots above

the Track.  Drop offs can be made at the

entrance to the track, but buses must move immediately after the drop.



 



Timing -

Timing for all running events will be FAT. 



 



Athlete Check-In

* All athletes must check in before the start of their event or they will be


scratched from the event.



Running Events will

check in at the tent located behind the track building-enter through the black

gate at the entrance to the track-30 min. prior to the start of the event.



 



Field Events will

check in at the site of the event 30 min. prior to the start of the event.



 



Relay Teams - All

four runners must report to the starting line and then be escorted to the relay

zones.



 



Field Events

* In the LJ, TJ, Shot Put and Discus each athlete will receive 4 attempts with


all being measured.  The best entries

will be seeded with each other and be in the first flights.



 



Starting Heights

and Board Placements
- Will be

determined at close of entries.



 



Awards - 1st

place finishers will receive a free T-shirt. 

The score will be computed on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 scoring system.  Awards will be handed out as soon as the

final results of each event are completed. 

Athletes will be called to the infield, please have athletes there to

receive their awards.  A coach may pick

up an award for an athlete that is involved in another event at the time of the

award presentation.



 



**Western Carolina Track and Field T-Shirts will be on

sale**



Western Carolina High School / Middle School Track and Field

Invitational



Additional and Very Important Information



 



(Coaches - Please read and understand all of this

information so that there will be no confusion on meet day)



*There will be a

coaches meeting prior to the start of the meet. 

All information that you will need is listed with-in this meet

information form.  Any additional info

will be discussed at coaches meeting prior to start of meet.



*Heat sheets will not

be placed in your packet. They will be posted on the wall at the top of the

stadium.



*Results will be posted on the wall also.  Results will be able to be obtained at www.ncrunners.com  or at www.ncpreptrack.net

.



*No athletes or

coaches are allowed to hang out or sit in the infield of the track.



*Warm up area for the

running events is the practice soccer field located to the right of the

grandstand.  No warm-ups will be allowed

on the track except for the athletes in the hurdle events.  Hurdlers will be allowed on the track in the

outside lanes for hurdle warm-ups.  Also

a grass section of the infield will be used for hurdle warm-up.



*If an athlete checks

out of a field event to go to another event and does not return before his or

her flight is over, then they will lose any remaining attempts in that

event.  In the HJ or PV, if an athlete

checks out to go to another event, upon return they must compete at whatever

height the competition is now at with however many attempts that they may have

remaining.



*All running events

will be sections vs. times with the fastest sections always running first.  The top 8 performances overall will compose

the scoring places.  All field events

will be in flights, and will follow this same format.



*Please remember that

the officials are volunteers.  They are

attempting to do the best possible job for each and every athlete involved in

the meet.  It is not the intention of any

official to make a bad call.  Please be

respectful of our officials, let them do their job and you stick to the coaching.  This will allow everything to move along

smoothly.  If there is a problem, come

Directly to Coach McDaniel, Coach Jaymes Talkington, or Coach Austin Davis.



*Coaches will be

allowed in the assigned coaching areas at the field events.  Athletes can come to you.



*Non competing

athletes will not be allowed to gather at the field event sites.  They must watch the events from the stands or

from behind the fences.



*Coaches - You are

responsible for the conduct of your athletes and coaches.  We do not wish to be involved with any

problems that could arise.  If you can't

control your athletes then don't bring them to this meet.  This meet is for team and athletes that want

to achieve outstanding performance in an ideal situation.