Marshall County Track Meet 2012

Arab, AL
Hosted by Arab

Meet Information

The arab track and soccer complex is located behind the Arab Fire Department and Foodland in Arab.

Girls team- 50.00
Boys team- 50.00
Please pay at the meet

MARSHALL COUNTY MEET INFORMATON
DATE: Thursday April 19th, 2012
LOCATION: ARAB TRACK AND SOCCER COMPLEX, ARAB, ALABAMA 35016
(From HWY 231 N take left onto 4th Ave. NW, then left again on Plaza Drive NW. Track is located behind Arab Fire Department and the Foodland, Factory Connection, and Goodys shopping center.)
TIME: Warm-ups on track end at 1:00 p.m.
Coaches meeting 12:45 12:55 at the finish line
Field events start 1:00 p.m.
Running events start 1:00 p.m.

1.1 Entries: No more than three entries in all events except for distance running events such as the 800, 1600, 3200. Four entries will be allowed in the distance events. According to National Federation Rules, varsity athletes are limited to four events. All entries will be done through www.alabamarunners.com or http://al.milesplit.us. The website will guide you through the entry process. Go to the calendar section to find the meet. This is a varsity meet only. Please contact tim@alabamarunners.com if there are technical concerns about entry. Only the top three individuals on a team in each event may score. Additionally, each school may only score one team per relay. A varsity participant can enter up to 4 events, including relays.

2.1 Entry Deadline: The entry deadline is Tuesday, April 17 at 11:59 p.m. Entries must be completed at www.alabamarunners.com or http://al.milesplit.us. There will be no additions or scratches after the deadline. However, you may substitute an athlete at the meet by simply having your athlete compete under the name of the athlete he/she is substituting for. Please be honest with your entry times, especially since the heats are based on time. We want the most competitive heats possible!

3.1 Meet Fees: Meet fees should be paid at the meet. Please bring checks to coaches meeting at finish line. The fee is 50.00 for girls team and 50.00 for boys team. This fee is to help cover the cost of awards and running the meet.

4.1 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
1:00 VB Long Jump - Minimum 15
VG Pole Vault
VB Shot Put - Minimum 30
VG Discus - Minimum 50

2:00 VG Long Jump Minimum 12
VB Pole Vault
VG Shot Put Minimum 20
VB Discus Minimum 65

3:00 VG Triple Jump Minimum 25
VG Javelin Minimum 50
VB High Jump

4:00 VB Triple Jump Minimum 30
VB Javelin Minimum 90
VG High Jump

Warm-up (Track will close at 1:00 p.m.)
12:45 12:55 COACHES MEETING
1:00 4 x 800 Meter Relay
1:30 100/110 Hurdles
1:45 1600
2:15 4 x 100 Meter Relay
2:30 400
3:00 100
3:30 800
3:45 200
4:00 300 Hurdles
4:20 3200
5:00 4 x 400 Meter Relay
AWARDS TO FOLLOW AT CONCLUSION OF LAST EVENT

4.2 events will follow the set schedule, if by some chance the meet gets behind we will do our best to move as quickly as possible. If the meet gets ahead by more than 30 minutes a short recess will be called to allow the meet to get back on schedule. Make sure your athletes are aware of the order and are listening for their events to be called as they could possibly be ahead or behind schedule by varying margins. Missed running events will not be made up. Missed non-running events will only be made up due to the event being missed on account of schedule conflict(s) due to other event(s) being held concurrent with the missed event and will be done so on a case by case basis.

5.1 RUNNING EVENTS TAKE PRIORITY OVER ALL OTHER EVENTS. Athletes who miss their heat or race WILL NOT be allowed to make it up. Missed field events will be decided on a case by case basis.

5.2 Finals Only: All running events will be finals decided by time. Events with heats will be seeded by entry time starting with the slowest heats and ending with the fastest. Please be honest with your entry time as we want to heats to be as competitive as possible! Heats will be limited by the number of allowed participants as follows:
100, 200, 400 meters maximum of 7
100/110, 300 hurdles maximum of 7
4x100, 4x400 maximum of 7
4x800 no determined maximum
800, 1600 maximum of 24
3200 no determined maximum

5.3 SCORING: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. All ties will follow national guidelines for deciding points and places per the rulebook.

5.4 SUBSTITUTIONS: Can be made during the meet for entered athletes only. The name will stay the same in the computer and they will keep the seeded time of the athlete they are being substituted for.

6.1 Awards: Trophies will be given to the top two teams and medals will be given to the top three in each event. An MVP (athlete with the most individual points) for each division will also be awarded.

6.2 Rules: The National High School Federation rules will be in effect.

6.3 Hospitality: There will be a hospitality room available for all coaches and officials.

6.4 Warm-up areas after 1:00 p.m.: All Athletes must remain outside of the infield to warm up. Throws and jumps will warm up at the event site and will be allowed no more than 2 run-throughs/practice throws before marks will be recorded. Once marks start being recorded no more warm-ups will be allowed and all marks will count. Once athletes have been called to the clerk to check in they should remain with the clerk until permitted to walk to start line. Athletes should warm-up prior to checking in for their running event. The small soccer field next to the high jump pit will be a designated warmup area before checking in with the clerk.

6.5 Team Areas: Tents may be placed in the grass areas surrounding the track. Tents may not be placed on the surrounding soccer fields.

6.6 Concession Stand: There will be a full concession stand at the meet. It will be located in the medal building next to the parking lot and track.

6.7 Inclement Weather: The meet will run as scheduled as long as there is no lightning. If lightning occurs, we will wait the allotted amount of time and resume the meet. If it is obvious that the weather has set in and the meet is unable to continue the meet will be called and the coaches will meet to decide how to score the meet from that point.

6.8 Lastly, coaches if you would encourage your athletes to remain in the stands when not competing it will greatly help us run a more organized meet by not having non-competing athletes near the competing area.

For more information or further questions please e-mail estapler@arabcityschools.org or contact Head Coach Emily Stapler at (256) 931-9304 (office) or (256) 297-0722 (cell).

Registration help:
http://www.milesplit.us/pages/Online_Meet_Reg_Instructions
Note that these instructions are on the US Portal and you will have to return to your state site to actually find your team and enter the meet.