Meet Information
Please email or text Coach Shelnutt before registering your team. Cory.shelnutt@heard.k12.ga.us (706)302-3650
We would love to host about 10 teams.
Meet will be FAT. Entries fees for both gender teams are $250 or $125 for a single gender team. Awards will include a 1st and runner up trophy and medals for the top 3 finishers in each event. Registration must be completed by Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at Midnight. Up to 3 competitors per event are allowed, however only 1 relay team per school will be permitted. I am allowing 2 4x100m relay teams. Meet starts at 4:00pm, brief coaches meeting at 3:30. Track location is 269 Old Field Rd, Franklin, GA 30217. Email Coach Shelnutt for questions. Cory.Shelnutt@heard.k12.ga.us All checks should be made out to Heard County High school and be brought to the coaches meeting.
2026 Chattahoochee River Invitational
Girls and Boys
Location: Heard County Middle School Track 269 Old Field Rd, Franklin, GA 30217
Date: Coaches meeting @ 3:30am meet begins at 4pm March 20th
Field Event Workers:
Long Jump: Clay-Central
Triple Jump: Temple
High Jump: Callaway
Shot Put: Heard/Troup
Discus: Heard/Valley
Pole Vault: LaGrange/ Bremen
Exchange Zones/
(1st Exchange) Valley
(2nd Exchange) Temple
(3rd Exchange) Troup
Break Line (800 and 4x400m) = Apex/Clay Central
Hurdle Crew:
Rows 1&2 - Lagrange
Rows 3&4- Bremen
Rows 5&6- Greenville
Rows 7&8- Temple
Rows 9&10- Heard
General Information
1. Admission is $5.
2. The Track has eight lanes, is all-weather, and utilizes FAT timing.
3. Shot Put and Discus areas are concrete.
4. Starting blocks will be provided, and you may bring your own.
5. Shots and Discus will be inspected, weighed, and marked before Coaches meeting. At the Throwing area
6. Each school may enter three athletes in each individual event and one relay team. 7. All heats and flights will be set according to times, distances, and heights from entry form. Please be honest. 8. We will be scoring 8 places. 9. Champion and runner up trophies will be presented at conclusion of the meet. Individual Medals will be picked up at the end of the meet. 10. Spectators will only be allowed on the track during field events. 11. Results will be posted on the side of the Concession stand building. 12. The control tent is for timers and pickers only. No coach should enter unless summoned over the PA system. 13. Athletes competing in events held at the same time should report to both the Field Judge and the Clerk of the Course. Running events take precedence over field events and vertical events take precedence over horizontal events.
Bus Parking Buses should drop off athletes and then park in the parking lot beside the gym.
Check-In 1. Check in will be located in the finish line side end zone of the infield.
Implement Weigh-In Implements will be weighed in at the shot put area before coaches meeting.
Team Areas
1. Tents are only allowed in the grassy areas around the track that are not near the shot put or jumping pits..
2. Tents are not allowed in the stands or the infield
Order of Events
(Times are estimated)
3:30 pm Coaches Meeting (Scratch Only)
4:00 pm First Session
Girls Shot Put
Boys Discus
Girls Long Jump
Boys Triple Jump
Girls High Jump
Boys Pole Vault
5:15 pm Second Session
Girls Discus
Boys Shot Put
Girls Triple Jump
Boys Long Jump
Boys High Jump
Girls Pole Vault
6:00 pm Running Events (Heats=Girls then Boys) Times are just estimations events will be run on rolling schedule
6:00- 100m/110m Hurdles (33" Girls, 39" Boys)
6:20- 100m
6:30- 4x200m relay
6:45- 1600m
7:00- Thrower's 4x100m relay (Not officially timed)
7:15- 4x100m relay