Meet Information
2026 GHSA 3A - Region
5
Track and Field
Meet Schedule
at Morrow HS
General
Information
Wednesday, April 22, 2026/ Rainout Date April 23rd
Coaches
Meeting at 9:00 am.
Lunch break
from 1:00 pm till 2:00 pm. Hospitality will be provided for the coaches.
X-Factor
Timing Company- Timing, Starter and Clerk provided.
NOTE: The schedule of Running Events has been set to match,
as closely as is reasonably possible, the recovery time between running events
at the State Meets. The Region meet should stay on schedule and NOT run ahead
of schedule!
All running events and relays will run as finals.
FIELD EVENTS:
2 flights with 4 attempts per athlete in all horizontal and
throwing events.
Vertical events should conclude after clear 9th and 10th
place finishers have been established for replacement purposes. Warm up times
should precede the competition start time.
Session 1 Field Events
10:00amHigh
Jump (Girls), Long Jump (Girls), Shot Put (Girls)
Discus Throw
(Boys), Pole Vault (Boys), Triple Jump (Boys)
Session 2 Field Events
11:30 amDiscus
Throw (Girls), Pole Vault (Girls), Triple Jump (Girls)High Jump (Boys), Long
Jump (Boys), Shot Put (Boys)
Field Event Assignments:
Stone Mountain/Mt Zion - Boys and Girls - Pole vault, Cedar Grove/Luella - Boys
Long, Stephenson/Stone Mountain - Boys and Girls - Triple, Douglass/Cedar
Grove - Boys and girls Shot put, Riverdale/North Clayton - Boys and Girls
High Jump, North Clayton/Riverdale - Boys and Girls Discus, Luella/Mt
Zion - Girls Long Jump
1:00 pm - 2:00 pmLunch
Break
RUNNING EVENTS: (The 4x800 Meter Relay should not
start before all field events are completed. Running schedule may be adjusted,
if necessary, due to Field Events and/or weather delays. However, the time
increments between running events should be maintained to ensure adequate
recovery time between events.) (The order of running events will be Wheelchair,
Ambulatory, if needed, then girls/boys.)
2:30 pm4x800 Meter Relay (1 Section; dual-alley start; girls/boys)
3:05 pm 100/110 Meter Hurdles (2 Heats each girls/boys)
3:25 pm 100 Meter Dash (Ambulatory, then 3 Heats each girls/boys)
3:45 pm 4x200 Relay (1 Heat each girls/boys)
4:05 pm 1600 meter Run(1 Heat; girls/boys)
4:25 pm 4x100 Meter Relay (1 Heat each girls/boys)
4:45 pm 400 Meter Dash (3 Heats girls/boys)
5:05 pm 300 Meter Hurdles (2 Heats each girls/boys)
5:30 pm 800 Meter Run (2 Sections girls/boys; dual-alley start)
5:40 pm 200 Meter Dash (3 Heats each girls/boys)
5:50 pm 3200 Meter Run (1 Section girls/boys)
6:30 pm 4x400 Meter Relay (1 Heat each girls/boys)
The Games Committee should determine vertical events'
opening heights and progressions based on the strength/depth of competition
and/or weather conditions.
Games committee will include a coach from each county.
Dekalb, APS, Henry, and Clayton County Public Schools. The meet director is Jimmy
Baxter. Any questions or concerns please call me at 404-593-3872.