TO:                 Track Coaches, Athletic Directors

FROM:           Bill Kalb and Jack Lubbers, Track coaches

                        Yuma High School              email: lubbersj@yumaschools.org

                        1000 S. Albany                    Phone: 970-848-5488    

                        Yuma, CO 80759

·         Date:          Tuesday, April 12, 2011                               Admission: Adults..................................     $5.00

                                                                                                        Sr. Citizens/Students..............................     $4.00

·         Time:         12:00 p.m.    – Field events begin

                            12:30 p.m.    – Running events begin

·         Entry fee:  $50 per team ($100 for both boys and girls) or $7 per athlete.

·         All entries will be done online through Athletic.net.  Entry deadline will be Monday, April 11^th at 6:00 p.m.!  Go to www.athletic.net and login if you are a previous user or create a free account by clicking on the “Online Meet Registration ( Registration Tutorial)” and following directions.  You must include first name, last name, grade level and times/distances for all competitors.

·         This will be a State Pre-qualifier meet.  We will be using a Finishlynx F.A.T system and wind gauges.  We will weigh and certify all implements and vaulters at the A-frame located at the North end of the track. 

·         Referee:................................................... Bill Kalb*

·         Field event/Track judges:............... Jim Powell*, 

....................... Jerry Lebsack*, Kristin Metcalfe*,

......................................................... Robert Zahller*

·         F.A.T.: ................................................... Jack Lubbers*

·         Starter:.............................................. Tracy Lungwitz*

·         Assistant Starter:................................... Mike Harty*

·         Corner judge/wind gauge: .................. Dick Evans*

·         Clerk:...................................................................... TBA

·         Head timer:..................................... Charles Pfalmer*

                        *CTFOA certified officials

·         The meet will be held at the Yuma High School track. The Yuma High School Track is an eight-lane, all-weather track.  The jumping events have all-weather surfaces and the throwing events have cement rings.  Spikes must be 1/8 inch or less on the all-weather surfaces.  Longer spikes may lead to disqualification.

·         Athletes are limited to four events. Athletes may not enter both shot put divisions.

·         Medals will be awarded to first place finishers. Ribbons will be awarded to the second through eighth places in each event. Trophies will be given to the first and second place teams in each division, plus a first and second place trophy for the overall winner and runner-up (combined scores from boys and girls team).

·         Races will be run in heats against time.  Lane assignments will be seeded by submitted times, from fastest to slowest, lanes 4,5,6,3,2,7,8,1 (Z pattern) as adopted by State Association for the State meet. 

·         Field events will be seeded in flights, low to high with 7-10 athletes per flight.  Four attempts, no finals.

·          NOTICE: Frosh-Soph Shot put competitions will receive only three attempts.

·         The 2011 Track and Field rulebook published by the NFSHSA will be the resource for rules interpretations.

·         Concessions will be available.

Entry deadline is Monday, April 11^th, at 6:00 p.m.!

If your entry is not received by this time, your athletes will not be running in the meet.

Field event competitors must get to their field events and complete their attempts in their designated heat. Field event workers will limit time from the event to approximately 10 minutes.  This is extremely critical in the HJ and PV.  The athlete may be forced to pass to the next height if they do not return in the 15-minute time allotment.  Athletes will not be allowed to compete after the scheduled time if no effort was made to compete during the scheduled time.  (For example, the athlete continues to leave for other events and does not attempt to get a jump or throw between their running events.)