Battle of the Bay #1 JV/Middle School 2017

Daphne, AL

Meet Information

THIS MEET HAS REACHED ITS LIMIT IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF TEAMS. NO MORE TEAMS CAN ENTER.

Meet Site & Host School: Bayside Academy (Freedom Track & Field)
Address: 303 Dryer Avenue, Daphne, AL 36526
Meet Director: Joe Swagart, head coach at Bayside Academy
Contact: jswagart@baysideacademy.org; Work: 251-338-6434;
Admission: $5 per adult

Entry Fee
$50 per school; Make all checks payable to Bayside Academy. Checks should be brought to the meet. Schools may mail checks to host school (Bayside), however, please bring a copy of your purchase order. Please visit the registration table to take care of payment and retrieve meet packet.

Entry Deadline
Entries must be made through Alabama Runners by Monday, March 6, 2:59PM, CST. No entries will be taken after that time!

Entries
Each school may enter as many athletes per open and field event, max 3 entries per relay. Each athlete can compete in a max of THREE events (running/field/relay).

Seeding
Please include a best estimate of each athletes time/distance/mark for each event or they will compete unseeded. These will be used to set up heats/flights.

Divisions
There will be two divisions. One for middle school (7th & 8th) and another for JV (9th-11th). Please be certain to place athletes accordingly.

Event Scoring
No Team Scores

Awards
Ribbons for 1st, 2nd, 3rd place will be awarded.

Field Event Notes
Athletes in long jump, triple jump, discus, and shot put will receive 3 attempts (no finals).
o All throws will be taken two and then one.
We will compete standard rules for high jump, three attempts per bar.
o High jump bar will increase by 3 each successive height.
Girls Starting Height: 3 8
Boys Starting Height: 4 6
We will compete standard rules for pole vault, three attempts per bar.

Parking
All families should park in the upper school parking lot found on the north side of campus (Belrose Road). All school transportation can park in gravel parking, the south side of campus, or use May Day Park (Captain ONeil Road) for parking. Please do not arrive until 3:30PM at the earliest!

Dressing & Restrooms
There will be dressing & restrooms available for athletes and spectators.

Concessions
There will be concessions available.

Results
All results will be hand timed and will be posted on Alabama Runners.

Officials/Volunteers
Each school will be required to have an official or two volunteers to be assigned to a field event.

Field Volunteer Assignments by School
Each school is responsible in having three volunteers for the assigned field event. These volunteers could be a parent or varsity athelte. This helps speed up the meet. The field judge may dismiss one or two of those athletes.

Bayside Academy (Timing, Awards, Pole Vault)
Fairhope (Girls Long Jump)
Faith Academy (Girls Triple Jump)
Foley (Boys Long Jump)
Gulf Shores (Boys Triple Jump)
MGM (High Jump)
Mobile Christian (Boys Discus)
Robertsdale (Girls Discus)
Saraland (Girls Shot)
Spanish Fort (Boys Shot)

Schedule of Events

FIELD EVENTS
JV/Middle School athletes by gender will compete together

4:30 PM Field Events #1 (Warm-up begins at 4:15PM)
Shot Put (Boys first then Girls)
Long Jump (Girls first then Boys)
Pole Vault (Both Boys/Girls)

TBA Field Events #2
Discus (Boys first then Girls) warm-ups begin 5 10 minutes after shot is completed
Long Jump (Girls first then Boys) warm-ups begin 5 10 minutes after long jump is completed
High Jump (Both Boys/Girls) warm-ups begin 5 10 minutes after long jump is completed

RUNNING EVENTS
JV/Middle School athletes will be separated when possible

4:30 PM
300m Hurdles
1600m
400m
4x100m Relay
60m Hurdles
800m
200m
4x400m Relay