2010 Palmer Invitational and Relays

To:       Athletic Directors and Track Coaches

From:   Jeff Thiede
            Palmer High School

Athletic Director

(907) 746-8424

            jeff.thiede@matsuk12.us)

Re:       Palmer Invite and the Palmer Relays April 30^th and May 1^st.

There is a fee of $125.00 for each school attending this event. 

You are invited to participate in the 2010 Palmer Invite on April 30th & the Palmer Relays on May 1st.  These will be two separate meets.  The following teams will be participating in the 2010 Palmer Invitational and Palmer Relays: Heritage, Kenny Lake, SuValley, ACS, Chugiak, Glennallen, Grace Christian, Houston, Kenai Central, Seward, Wasilla, West Anchorage, Homer, Colony, Kodiak and Palmer.  We will also host four Special Olympic Events, the shot put, long jump, 100 m. dash and the unified 4x100 meter relay.  Due to only having one jumping pit, we will be doing Triple Jump on Friday and Team Long Jump on Saturday.  We will alternate those two events next year.  High jump will occur on Friday only.

Palmer Invite April 30^th: Unlimited entrants for individual events and two relays per team.  Remember, athletes can only compete in 4 events.   Please designate you’re a relay team and B relay team with alternates.

Palmer Relays May 1^st:  Registration limited to 3 athletes per school for individual events.  Relays are limited to one team per school. All field events are limited to 4 participants per school. Remember, athletes can only compete in 4 events.

If your team needs housing at Palmer High School please contact Jeff Thiede immediately with the number of boys and girls.

***You will need to register your athletes on athletic.net by Wednesday April 28^th at 5:00pm.   We will send back team Entries and a meet program on  Thursday, April 29^th at 5:00pm.  Remember to enter your athletes in events for both days.  Because of our new format, Friday and Saturday are separate events which allows athletes 4 events on Friday and an additional 4 events on Saturday. Participation in a Special Olympics event will not count towards the four events.  I would personally like to ask for you and your team’s support of our Special Olympic athletes and partners as they compete.  Any questions about the entries contact:

Francine Lombard at francine.lombard@matsuk12.us  or

Dale Ewart at daleewart@matsuk12.us  (**No period between dale and ewart**)

2010 Palmer Invite

Friday April 30th

FIELD EVENTS

7:30 A.M.                              Coaches meeting in little theater.  Refreshments will be served.

Implements will be weighed at this time.

8:00 A.M.                              FIRST CALL FOR FIELD EVENTS

8:30 A.M.                              Triple Jump                                                       B with G to follow

                                                 High Jump                                                        G with B to follow

                                                 Special Olympics Shot Put                            Mixed

9:00                                         

                                                 Shot                                                                    B with G to follow

                                                 Disc                                                                    G with B to follow

11:00                                     Special Olympic Long Jump                          Mixed       

RUNNING EVENTS

*All Heats will be run as finals. 

12:00                                     Girls      3200m   Run

12:20                                     Boys       3200m   Run

12:40                                     Girls      3200m   Relay

                                                Boys       3200m   Relay

                                                Girls        100m    Hurdles

                                                Boys         110m    Hurdles

                                                Girls        100m    Dash

                                                Boys         100m    Dash

                                                Girls        800m    Relay

                                                Boys         800m    Relay

                                                Girls      1600m   Run

                                                Boys       1600m   Run

                                                Girls        400m    Relay

                                                Boys         400m    Relay

                                                Girls        400m    Dash

                                                Boys         400m    Dash

                                                Girls        300m    Hurdles

                                                Boys         300m    Hurdles

                                                Girls        800m    Run

                                                Boys         800m    Run

                                                Girls        200m    Dash

                                                Boys         200m    Dash

                                                Girls      1600m   Relay

                                                Boys       1600m   Relay

*We hope to have all events done by 6:30 p.m.  We will have a better idea on times when we see how many heats for each event.