2009

ENTRY FEE FOR REGION, NORTH/SOUTH AND STATE - $5.00

ADMISSION PRICE FOR STATE MEET - $7.00

It is mandatory that cleats on all track shoes be no longer than 3/16  inch at all sites of the North/South and State meets.  No radios will be allowed in the stadium at any of the track meets.

Division - Entries for this year’s MHSAA Division Meets will be done online.  There is no charge to schools entering online.  On-line instructions are found in the track & field section.

Entries Open: Monday, March 16, 2009...... Entries Close: Thursday, April 9, 2009

Schools will not be able to enter on-line after Thursday, April 9 without first contacting their respective meet director.  Schools that do not meet this deadline will be fined $100.00 payable to the host school.  ONLY ON-LINE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED!!!  Each school may enter two contestants in individual events and one team in each relay.  A contestant may not be entered in more than four (4) events.  Any corrections and/or changes must be made with the meet director by 12:00 noon the day prior their division meet!  TEAMS WILL BE ALLOWED TO MAKE CHANGES (NO ADDITIONS) ON THE DAY OF THE MEET, BUT WILL BE CHARGED $10.00 FOR EACH AND EVERY CHANGE PAYABLE TO THE HOST SCHOOL!!!  ONLY CHANGES DUE TO AN ILLNESS OR NO-SHOW WILL BE EXEMPT FROM THE $10.00 CHARGE!!! After the entry deadline no additions will be allowed!!!  The MHSAA Division hosting the division meet(s) will determine entries fees.  The Pole Vault starting height in the Division Meet will be 9 feet for boys and 6 feet for girls.

Region    – Region meets must be held on Saturday.  Winners of first, second, third, and fourth places in Division meets are eligible to participate in Region meets.

North/South Mississippi Track Meets –  North/South meets must be held on Saturday.  Winner of first, second, third, and fourth places in Region meets are eligible to participate in North/South meets.

State – Pearl High School – May 8 & 9   - Gate Open on Friday at 12:30  - Gate Open on Saturday at 8:30 a.m.

Roster and entry fees must be mailed to the Mississippi High School Activities Association for the state meet.

Lane Assignments – North/South meets – lane assignments shall be based solely on times from each of the two Region meets.

State meets – lane assignments shall be based solely on times from each of the North/South meets.

Passes – Superintendents and/or principals of participating schools and their wives, coaches of the participating schools (not more than two for each team) and representatives with press identification cards, and law enforcement officials in uniform are entitled to passes to all sessions of the meet.

The MHSAA has received complaints for the sites of our North/South track meets concerning the littering of their facilities, especially in the areas where buses are parked.  Because of this problem, many schools have refused to host a meet or they are charging $100.00 for their maintenance department to clean up.  Schools must help us keep down the cost to the host schools by making sure that all trash is thrown into a container.   PITCH-IN!!!

MHSAA State Track & Field Meet

Coaches Information Sheet

·         Scoring:          10 – 8 – 6 – 5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1

·         Participants should be at the meet site thirty (30) minutes prior to the scheduled time of their event!

Facility gates open at 12:30 p.m. on Friday and at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday!!

·         ATHLETES ARE LIMITED TO FOUR EVENTS!!!  EVENTS THAT AN ATHLETE QUALIFIES FOR IN THE STATE MEET COUNTS TOWARD THAT ATHLETE’S FOUR EVENTS, IF THEY COMPETE IN THAT EVENT OR NOT!!!

·         All participants must compete in a proper school issued uniform.  NO JEWELRY!!! 

·         Competitors competing in the vault must turn in a signed Pole Vault Confirmation Form to the Pole Vault Judge in order to compete!

·         Coaches with a team(s) in the relays must turn in a Relay Entry Confirmation Sheet to the clerk of the course.  Any changes made during the meet must be made on the confirmation sheet prior to the end of the meet.

·         Starting Blocks will be provided!  Schools will not be allowed to use their own blocks! 

·         Spikes: 1/8" or 3/16” ONLY!  High jump shoe rear spikes for jumping foot only may have a maximum length of 1/4"!  Spikes may be purchased for .15 each from the concession stand.

·         Throwing implements must be weighted in and approved.  Implements not approved will be impounded during competition.  Implements may be picked up after the completion of the field events.  All implements must be weighed in by 2:30 p.m. on Friday and by 11:00 a.m. on Saturday!!!

·         Shot & Discus Throwing Sectors will be contested with 34.92 sector lines!!!

·         MARKING MATERIALS OF ANY KIND (TAPE, CHALK, ETC.) ARE NOT TO BE USED OR PLACED ON THE TRACK, RUNWAYS, OR HIGH JUMP APRON!  MARKERS FOR STEPS AND RELAY EXCHANGES WILL BE FURNISHED!

·         Athletes may be recalled at the start of a race if the automatic timing device fails to start!!!

·         The stands are designated for coaches and spectators only!

·         Teams are not to set up tents or team camps on the sidewalks!

·         All field events are contested inside the fenced area of the Pirate Track & Field Facility. NO ONE WILL BE ALLOWED INSIDE THE INFIELD FENCED AREA EXCEPT ATHLETES PARTICIPATING AT THE TIME.

·         Athletes are to warm-up outside the infield fence, NO WARM UP WILL BE ALLOWED ON THE INFIELD!  On the first call athletes are to report to the Clerk of the Course Pavilion.  Athletes that do not report will be scratched. On the second call athletes will be released to report to the starting line or exchange zone areas.  On the third call athletes will be released to move on to their assigned positions/lanes on the track.  Athletes are to move out of the infield-fenced area at the completion of their event.

·         After completing a race athletes are to remain in their lanes and walk back and stay at the finish line until meet personnel releases them.

·         Starting / Break Lines (color-coded): Blue: 800, 110 Hurdles; Green: 1600 Relay, Break Line;

          Orange: 800 Relay; White: 100, 200, 400, 1600, 3200, 400 Relay, 100 Hurdles, 300 Hurdles

·         Exchange Zones (color-coded):

                                ------------EXCHANGE ZONE------------       ---ACCELERATION ZONE---<

                                                                400 m Relay                           800 m Relay                           1600 m Relay

                1st Exchange                           Yellow/Yellow                        Orange/Orange                        Blue/Blue

                2nd Exchange                          Yellow/Yellow                        Orange/Orange                        Green/Green

                3rd Exchange                          Yellow/Yellow                        Yellow/Yellow                        Green/Green