1A District IV Championships

District 4 Track & Field Championship Information

1. Dates and Times:

Friday- May 18^th         

3:20 p.m.         Bus arrival

3:40 pm           Implement check in high school gymnasium

4:00 p.m.         Coaches meeting in the track shed

4:30 p.m.         Field events start

5:30 p.m.         Running events start

2. Scoring:           

Eight places: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1

Relays: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1

Trophies to top boys’ and girls’ teams.  Ribbons will be awarded for 1^st-8^th  places.

Hytek scoring and FAT Timing will be used.

3.  Field Events:

Each field event athlete will have 3 preliminary throws, or jumps in flights, with the top 9 advancing to the finals.  In the finals, three additional trials will be given to each athlete.  All preliminary and final attempts count toward best effort. There will be a ten minute warm-up time between flights and finals.

Girls’ Discus Followed by Boys’ Discus

Boys’ Shot Put Followed by Girls’ Shot Put

Boys’ Javelin followed by Girls’ Javelin

Girls’ Triple Jump followed by Boys’ Triple Jump

Boys’ Long Jump followed by Girls’ Long Jump

Girls’ High Jump followed by  Boys’ High Jump

Boys’ Pole Vault followed by Girls’ Pole Vault

4. Running Events

Girls’ 800m Relay

Girls’ 3200m Run

Boys’ 110m High Hurdles

Girls’ 100m High Hurdles

Boys’ 100 Meters Dash

Girls’ 100 Meters Dash

Boys’ 1600m Run

Girls’ 1600m Run

Boys’ 400m Relay

Girls’ 400m Relay

Boys’ 400m Dash

Girls’ 400m Dash

Boys’ 300m Intermediate Hurdles

Girls’ 300m Intermediate Hurdles

Boys’ 800m Run

Girls’ 800m Run

Boys’ 200m Dash

Girls’ 200m Dash

Boys’ 3200m Run

Boys’ 1600m Relay

Girls’ 1600m Relay

5. Jumps

Girls’ and Boys’ high jump will start two inches below lowest incoming height. Two inch increments until 5’ then 1” increments (Girls) 2 inch increments until 6’  (Boys) then 1” increments.

Girls’ and Boys’ pole vault will start six inches below lowest incoming height.  (Six inch increments until 9’ then 3 inch increments for girls). (6 inch increments until 11’, then 3” increments for boys).

6. State Qualification      

4 boys and 4 girls will qualify from each event, including relays, to the State Meet at Eastern on Friday and Saturday, May 25-26, 2012. Additional entries are allowed to qualify if they meet the State Qualifying Standard during the SWW District 4 Meet. See “State Minimum Qualifying Standards” at http://www.wiaa.com/ConDocs/Con154/MinimumTrack&FieldStandards2012%20(3).pdf

7. Admission

All Adults/ Students without ASB- $6.00

Students with ASB and Seniors 62 and over-$4.00

Students age 6-12- $4.00

8. T-Shirt

District 4 Track and Field T-Shirts will be for sale, to athletes and spectators by Division Printing.

9. Corner/Exchange judges 400m relay

#1 Stevenson/Onalaska

#2 White Salmon/Hoquiam

#3 Kalama/Rochester

10. Corner/Exchange judges 800m relay

#1/3 LaCenter/Tenino

#2 Ridegfield/Elma

11. Games Committee

Craig McKee-Stevenson

Dave Holmes- La Center

Gregg Ford- Ridgefield

Doug Schupbach-Montesano

Wayne Christensen-Rainier

Tim Pelan-Hoquiam

12. Meet Official

Meet Director: Howard Kreps and Darcy Campbell            

Announcer: Michelle Harvey   

Starters: Jeff Hickman and Tom Bryne                                   

Clerk of Course: Joe Martin

13. Other Information:

Please have your buses park next to the elementary school, which is across the parking lot from the Kalama High School gymnasium.  Athletes will enter through the main gate.  Typically buses will drop athletes off at the main entrance and then move down to the parking area.

Warm-up area for athletes is only permitted on the backstretch.

Jewelry is prohibited with the exception of religious or medical medals.  They must be taped to the body.

¼ inch pyramid spikes will only be allowed on the track. 

The javelin runway/approach is turf. ½” spikes are recommended.

Coaches, spectator, and athletes not competing are not allowed on the infield.  There will be a Coaches box for the pole vault near the pole vault pit.

800m and 1600m relays will be a three turn stagger.

Implements (Discus, Shot, and Javelin) will be measured and weighed prior to competition, and put in a throwers pool that will be available for all competitors to use.

Pole Vaulters will be weighed before they vault and can only use a pole at or above their weight.

All team members shall wear the official school uniform during competition.  Each member of a relay team must wear the same color and design of school uniform.  The games committee has the authority to rule on whether or not a contestant is improperly dressed when competing.

Check names for correct spelling.  These names were taken off of athletic.net. Please e-mail any corrections A.S.A.P. to: darcy.campbell@kalama.k12.wa.us