General Rules and Information:

·        The Elmwood Park Meets (April 26 and May 3) will begin at 11:00 with a coaches meeting. Field Events (Long Jump and Shotput) will begin at 11:15 AM, while the running events  will begin at 11:30. 

·        The Notre Dame Meet (May 10) will begin at 9:00 with a coaches meeting.  Field Events (Long Jump and Shotput) will begin at 9:15 AM, while the running events  will begin at 9:30. 

·        The Meets will be run ‘rain or shine’ unless there is lightning.

·        The Elmwood Park track has 8 lanes; Notre Dame has 6 lanes

·        Team scores and standings will be recorded each meet and will be used to determine the conference champions of each division (JV Girls, JV Boys, Var Girls, and Var Boys)

·        Teams will be awarded points as follows:      

1^st  Place – 10 pts. 

2^nd Place – 8 pts. 

3^rd Place – 6 pts. 

4^th Place – 4 pts. 

5^th Pace – 2 pts.

6^th Place – 1 pt.

·        An Athlete may only compete in 4 events

·        While not encouraged, a Junior Varsity athlete may compete at the Varsity level to complete a Relay Team, but competing in that Varsity event will be counted as one of their 4 events (that they may participate in)

·        A school may earn multiple points in all events  (i.e. ‘School A’ could place first, fourth, and fifth in the JV Girls 50m Dash Final and would therefore earn 16 team points for that event)            

·        The top three individuals and relays teams will receive medals, while the 4^th through 6^th place individuals and relays teams will receive ribbons

·        We will be using stopwatches to time the running events. Each school will be responsible for providing at least one timer (complete with their own stopwatch)

·        The entrance fee will be $70 per school per meet (total of $210) and is payable the day of the meet.  Please make checks payable to City Suburban Catholic Conference.   

Stadium Rules

·        No spikes or starting blocks will be allowed

·        No smoking on the premises (Will be strictly enforced)    

·        We must clean up after ourselves or we will be charged a fee by the stadium

·        Athletes must not interfere with any track practice that may be going on prior to our gaining the field at Elmwood Park

Changes in 2003 to help speed up the meets: 

·        Elimination of the Novice Division (JV will now consist of 4^th, 5^th, and 6^th graders while Varsity will continue to consist of 7^th and 8^th graders)

·        Each participant will be assigned a bib number (to help speed up the finish line) – More information follows regarding bib number assignment and usage

·        Every Long Jump attempt will NOT be measured – A Long Jump contestant must jump (reach) a predetermined minimum in order for their jump to be measured. Individual measurement minimums will be assigned by division (i.e JV Girls may be 7’ 0” while JV Boys may be 8’ 0”; Likewise Varsity Girls may be 9’ 0” while Varsity Boys may need to reach a minimum distance of 10’ 0” to be measured).  The minimum distances have not been determined as of yet.

·        School responsibilities will be assigned (agreed upon) prior to the meet.  School responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

1. Girls Long Jump Pit  

2. Boys Long Jump Pit   

3. Shotput Pit    

4. Cleanup   

5. Starter   

6. Timers  

7. Spotters

Field Events 

Long Jump:

·        Athletes may warm up for the Long Jump (practices jumps) when they arrive at the stadium (Athletes must not interfere with any track practice that may be going on prior to our gaining the field at Elmwood Park)    

·        Each Athlete will be allowed two (2) jumps during competition 

·        Junior Varsity Girls and Boys will compete in the LJ while the Varsity Girls and Boys teams are running the 4x400m Relays (and while the Varsity Girls and Boys are running the 100m Prelims)

·        Varsity Girls and Boys will compete in the LJ while the Junior Varsity Girls and Boys teams are running the 4x400m Relays (and while the Junior Varsity Girls and Boys are running the 50m Prelims)

·        Every Long Jump attempt will NOT be measured – A Long Jump contestant must jump (reach) a predetermined minimum in order for their jump to be measured. Individual measurement minimums will be assigned by division (i.e JV Girls may be 7’ 0” while JV Boys may be 8’ 0”; Likewise Varsity Girls may be 9’ 0” while Varsity Boys may need to reach a minimum distance of 10’ 0” to be measured).  The minimum distances have not been determined as of yet.

·        In the event of a tie, the athletes’ second best jumps will be compared. In the event the athletes are still tied after comparing their second best attempts, a one jump ‘jump-off’ will occur. 

Shotput:

·        The shotput event will begin at 11:15 - Elmwood Park  /  9:15 Notre Dame

·        The Varsity girls will be compete first, followed by the Varsity Boys

·        Each athlete will be allowed three (3) shotput attempts during the competition      

·        All shotput attempts during the competition will be measured

·        In the event of a tie, the athletes’ second best puts will be compared. In the event the athletes are still tied after comparing their second best puts the athletes’ third best puts will be compared. In the event the athletes are still tied after comparing their third best puts, a one put ‘put-off’ will occur

  The above information may be changed / updated as required …