Gary Billion Invitational 2017

Suwanee, GA

Meet Information

Directions to North Gwinnett High School can be found at www.northgwinnett.com
*We will start the meet promptly at 3:45 PM. Leave for the meet early-traffic into northeastern Gwinnett County is terrible on a good day.

COACHES: Upon arrival, please proceed to the Clerk of the Course's table under the pavilion to pick-up your meet packet.
*Coaches we are going to need your help with the field events.

ADMISSION:
General admission is $5. Concessions will be available at the meet.
* All seating is in the west stands and home side (along the finish line straight away).


GENERAL:
" spikes only...we have a new surface on our track this year; please help us maintain it.
Please instruct your athletes regarding the uniform and jewelry rules in order to avoid rule infractions and disqualification.
Athletes are not allowed on the infield at any time. The Clerk of the Course tent will be set up on the Home side of the football field. At check-in, they will be held in a staging area pending the start of their event. We will have warm up boundaries' marked off in the infield. Any athlete found in the infield for any reason other than Warm-up or competition without permission will be disqualified.
All events will be contested as finals.

SCORING AND AWARDS:
Team Scoring, 10-8-6-4-2-1 and 10-8-6-4-2-1 for relays. While we are permitting unlimited entries, only the top 2 from each team can score. For relays, only 2 teams will score.

FIELD EVENTS:
Participants will get 3 attempts in the Discus Throw, Long Jump, Shot Put, and Triple Jump. No finals.

Session I:
3:45 PM
Girls Discus
Boys Shot Put
Long Jump (Girls followed by boys)
Pole Vault (Girls followed by boys)
High Jump (Boys followed by girls; Important note: We are starting boys first in the High Jump)

Session II:
4:45 PM (this is an estimate depending on how long it takes to complete the 3:45 field events)

Boys Discus
Girls Shot Put
Triple Jump (girls followed by boys; Important note: We will start the triple jump at the conclusion of the long jump)

RUNNING EVENTS:
The order of all common running event heats will be girls followed by boys. We will follow a rolling schedule for the running. The times below are estimates.

4:30 PM 4X100 Meter Relay
4:50 PM 1600 Meter Run (Waterfall Start)
5:10 PM 400 Meter Dash
5:40 PM 100 Meter Dash
6:10 PM Girls' 100 Meter High Hurdles (33")
6:30 PM Boys' 110 Meter High Hurdles
6:50 PM 800 Meter Run
7:15 PM 200 Meter Dash
7:45 PM Girls' 300 Meter Low Hurdles (30")
8:30 PM Boys' 300 Meter Intermediate Hurdles
8:45 PM 3200 Meter Run (Waterfall Start)
9:10 PM 4X400 Meter