Region 1-AAA Championship 2022

Blackshear, GA

Meet Information

General Information

  1. A contestant in Track and Field may compete in a maximum of four (4) events and may not be entered in more than four events, excluding relays. If a contestant is entered in more than the allowable number of events, meet management shall scratch the contestant from the excess event(s) by following the listed Order of Events.

A contestant may officially compete in

1. Four individual events - NO Relay events. 

2.Three individual events - May be listed on any number of relay events but compete in only one relay event. 

3.Two individual events - May be listed on any number of relay events but compete in only two relay events. 

4.One individual event - May be listed on any number of relay events but compete in only three relay events. 

5. NO individual events - May be listed on any number of relay events and compete in all four relay events.

  1. The GHSA MIS sitehttp://app.ghsa.net/  MUST be used for: electronic submission of Area/Region rosters and entries. Use of other online meet entry systems (MileSplit, Coach O, Direct Athletics, etc.) DOES NOT FULFILL THIS REQUIREMENT!!  A schools FAILURE to submit Area/Region Meet rosters and entries on the GHSA MIS site SHALL subject that schools entries to DISQUALIFICATION from participation in the State Meet Series (Area/Region/Sectional/State Meets) 

Deadline for Region Entries is Monday 04/25/22 12:00pm.

  1. Qualifying Times for Seeding:

  •  FAT times will take precedence over handheld times.  These times will be verified on GA Milesplit.

  •  Handheld times that are turned in will be converted using the standard conversion method used by NFHS Track and Field.  Times registered in one one-hundredth of a second shall be rounded up to the next tenth of a second. If FAT and manual times must be integrated, the hand held times shall first be rounded up to the slower one-tenth of a second. Then a conversion factor of .24 must be added.

  • (Example: 10.42MT will be recorded as 10.5 + .24= 10.74) 

  1. 1. Each school may have three (3) entries in each individual event and one (1) entry in each relay event. 

2.  Relay teams entered in the Region/Area Meet may list a maximum of eight (8) runners. 

(a). The relay names remain the SAME throughout the State Meet Series

(Region/Area/Sectional/State Meets) and are the ONLY eligible participants for

qualifying relay teams throughout the State Meet Series. 

(b) NO replacements may be made in the Relay list of runners advancing from the Region/Area Meet to the Sectional Meet to the State Meet. 

(c) Any four (4) competitors listed on a Region/Area Meet relay event entry may run in that event in any round of advancement (Region/Area, Sectionals, State Meet Semifinals and Finals), and in any order desired. 

  1.  When there is a tie in any event involving more contestants than the Region/Area is entitled to enter in the Sectional Meet, the contest must continue or be re-held until the representatives to the Sectional Meet are determined, and no points be given for the continued or re-held contest. For possible replacement purposes, all events must determine clear 5th and 6th place finishers in Classes A Public and 2A-7A, and clear 6th and 7th place finishers in Class A Private.

  1. The top four (4) finishers in each event from each Region Meet (A Public, 2A-7A) will advance to a Sectional Meet.

  1. All running events will be timed finals. Top 4 times in each event will advance to sectionals. In shot, discus long and triple each athlete will be given 4 attempts. High Jump and Pole Vault will be standard. 

Meet Schedule 

Day 1: Tuesday 04/26/22

10:00a.m:Coaches Meeting

10:30a.m:3200m Run 

11:00a.m:All Field Events 

12:00p.m:4x800m Relay

Day 2: Thursday 04/28/22

10:00a.mCoaches Meeting 

10:30a.mRunning Finals

Relay Team Members Clarification  

At the conclusion of each Region/Area Scratch Meeting (or if NO scratch meeting is held, when Region/Area Meet competition begins), the competitors names listed for each Relay entered CANNOT be changed

  • These Relay names remain the SAME throughout the State Meet Series: Region/Area / Sectional / State Meets and are the ONLY eligible participants for Relay Teams throughout the State Meet Series.

  •  NO replacements may be made of the eight competitors names advancing from the Region/Area Meet to the Sectional Meet, nor Sectional Meet to State Meet. 

  • Any four (4) of the competitors listed with a Region/Area Meet Relay entry may run on that relay team in any round of advancement (Region/Area, Sectional, State Meet Semi-finals and Finals), and in any order desired.