Letter to coaches
Dear Coaches,
Saturday's meet, May 9, will start at 11:00. The top 4 qualifiers in each event will go on to the State meet which is scheduled for Saturday, May 16th at Spring Valley High School.
Rules and Regulations:
1. Remind your athletes that we will follow all high school league rules and guidelines. We will do our best to do preventative officiating.
a. Jewelry and head bands: Athletes may not wear any jewelry and may not wear head bands that are multi-color or have a logo on them.
b. Athletes must be in a school issued track uniform. T-shirts and football apparel are not considered track uniforms.
c. Ipods or MP3 players are not allowed inside the track oval. This includes warm-ups.
2. Please advice your team that no one is allowed in the school buildings. All RESTROOMS and CONCESSIONS are located inside the stadium.
3. Please do not permit your athletes to jump the fence or to sit on the high jump and Pole vault pits.
4. All CLERKING will be done at the clerking tent in front of the field house as you enter the field. Please make sure that your athletes clerk in when their event is first called. If an athlete misses clerking in, they will be scratched from the event. All field events will clerk in at their locations. You may not add any athletes to this meet or make any substitutions if they athletes were not listed on your region roster.
5. Athletes competing in multiple events that are occurring at the same time must report back to each event every 10 minutes to avoid a scratch. We will not hold up an event to wait for one athlete.
6. In shot put, discus, triple jump and long jump each athlete will get 3 preliminary attempts and the top six will move onto the finals and get three finals attempts. The top 4 will move onto the State Meet.
7. Only athletes that are participating in events at the time will be allowed on the infield. All other athletes and fans must remain outside of the fence.
8. The athletes will be allowed to warm-up in the field located behind the stadium.
9. Please clean up your area before you leave today.
10. Results will be posted at scrunners.com and be sent into the league office.
11. Each region will need to have representatives to help with the field events and for the jury of appeals. Each region will be designated events to run.
Thanks to everyone for helping to make this a successful Lower State track meet.
Good luck!