James Rollerson Memorial Relays 2025

The Jackson High School track and field teams would like to invite you to the 5th Annual James "Jay" Rollerson Memorial Relays. This event was created in honor of the late coach James Rollerson. We aim to promote community citizenship, good sportsmanship, and physical and mental development through healthy, organized competition. These are the principles that Coach Rollerson instilled in the athletes he coached during his lengthy career. Coach Rollerson began coaching JV football and girl's track in the mid-'70s at his alma mater Burke High in Charleston, South Carolina. After a brief hiatus from coaching to work in the private sector, Coach Rollerson realized his true calling and was hired by Jackson High School in the late 1980s. He quickly turned the once-struggling track and field program around and led them to several top 3 team finishes in the state meet which is still the school's highest finish ever. Through his career, Coach Rollerson helped countless boys and girls obtain full scholarships in football and track and field. He led Stone Mountain High to a second-place finish at the state meet before retiring. Even in retirement he still had the itch and became a part-time coach at Newton County High where he was an assistant on the 2016 boys state championship team and the girls' 2-time region champion team.

An individual may enter a maximum of four (4) events.

Each team is allowed TWO individuals per individual event TWO for Long Distance Events (1600/3200) and ONE relay per relay event.

Scoring: 1st Place = 10, 2nd = 8, 3rd = 6, 4th = 5, 5th = 4, 6th = 3, 7th = 2, 8th = 1 

Awards: Team trophies will be awarded to the 1st and 2nd place girls and boys teams. Custom die-cast medals will be awarded to athletes finishing 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.

All field Events (Minimum standards apply but All first legal attempts will be measured)

Each Athlete will get a total of (3) Jumps or Throws

Schedule of Events:

8:30 - 8:50 AM Coaches Meeting & Breakfast (Scratch and substitutions, no additions)

8:30 - 8:55 AM  Field Events Open for Warm-Ups

8:55 - 8:59 AM Check Ins for First Flights, Rules explained for minimum marks)

9:00 AM Field Events Start (No excuses for not starting 1st mark at 9 am)

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Field Events Section 1 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM

10:10 am Girls 300m Hurdles

10:20 am Boys 300m Hurdles

10:30 am Girls 3200m (during field events) 1 Heat

10:50 am Boys 3200m (during field events) 1 Heat

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11:30 am Running Events Begin (Rolling Start)

Girls 4 x 800 m Relay

Boys 4 x 800 m Relay

Girls 100m Hurdles 

Boys 110m Hurdles 

Girls 100m Dash

Boys 100m Dash 

Girls 4 x 200 m Relay

Boys 4 x 200 m Relay

Girls 1600m

Girls 4x100 m Relay

Boys 4x100 m Relay

Girls 400 m 

Boys 400 m 

Girls 800 m 

Boys 800 m

Girls 200 m 

Boys 200 m 

Boys 1600 m Run

Girls 4 x 400 Relay

Boys 4 x 400 Relay