2010 USATF South Zone Junior Olympic Indoor Track & Field Championships
Sanctioned Event
Date: February 13,2010
Meet Director: Byron Turner
Zonal Rep: Inez Finch
ELIGIBILITY:
Open to any USATF registered athlete in the South Zone located within the following Associations: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Gulf, North Carolina, Potomac Valley South Carolina, South Texas, Southern, Southwest Texas, Tennessee, Virginia, West Texas who falls within the age divisions listed below. The number of events an athlete may enter is based on USATFJunior Olympics limits; three events for Sub Bantam thru Midgets and four events four Youth thru Young. Athletes must be registered as 2010 members with USATF prior to participating. For membership information, go to (www.usatf.org/membership/application/).
Proof of Birth
(copy of birth certificate, driver’s license, governments ID, or passport) must be submitted prior to meet registration to your membership chair or faxed to National Headquarters (Attn: Ashley Huxman)
Fax Number:
317-261-0481. Please write your membership number on your proof of birth prior to submitting.
Entry Procedure
1. Online registration will be done on www.usatfsouthern.org. Entries closed at 11:59 PM EST on February 9th. Entries may be made as early as Sunday, January 3rd.
2. No Faxed, mailed or phoned entries will be accepted after the deadline.
3. Entry fees are $8.00 per event - $32.00 per relay.
PACKET PICKUP
Coaches can pick up their team’s meet packet at check in area identified in Southwest Portal (athletes and coaches entrance) of the Field house at least 1 ½ hour prior to the start of the first event. Unattached athletes should collect their packets from same area during same time. Packets
will include heat sheets, schedule, athlete and coaches wrist bands and bib numbers.
MEET ADMISSION
General Public Admission cost is $5.00; Coaches and spectators with valid USATF Membership free
ATHLETE CHECK-IN
Running Events: Athletes must check in one event prior to their own event at the check-in area (Clerk of Course, in the Northwest Portal).
Field events: Athletes must check in 15 minutes prior to the start of their event with the Head Judge of that event at the event site.
IMPLEMENT INSPECTION
Throwing implements will be inspected in the Northwest Portal of the Field House. Inspections
will begin 90 minutes prior to the event and conclude 30 minutes prior to the event. Implements
will be transported to the event area one half hour prior to the event's starting time.
Implements must be indoor implements only. Implements will be available for usage.
MEET SITE:
The Carl Maddox Field house is a 3,000-seat facility with a 200-meter tartan track. The lanes
are 42” wide with 7 lanes on the oval and 10 for straightway races. The high jump area is
Tartan and the long/triple jump and pole vault runways are rubber covered boards. The
throwing circles are plywood.
AWARDS:
USATF Indoor Zonal Medals: 1st thru 6th place
RELAYS:
Athletes must be members of the same participating Club which is a current 2010
member, in ‘good standing’ with USATF. USATF relay dress code applies.
PROTEST:
All protest must be made in writing to the referee no later than 30 minutes after results of an
event has been announced. Proper rule must be cited. Fee $50.00, refunded if
upheld/forfeited if denied.
SCORING:
Team scoring based on 10 pts (1st Place), 8 pts (2nd Place), 6 pts (3rd Place), 4 pts (4th Place) 2pts (5th Place), 1 pts (6th Place) for any team member in all. Overall team awards will be presented.
WARMUPS
Running Events: Warm ups for all running events will be outside on Bernie Moore Track or the
grass field outside the Northwest Portal of the Field house Field Events: Athletes will have
access to field event venues for warm ups approximately 45 minutes prior to the scheduled
start of competition. Warm ups for field events will be terminated ten minutes prior to the
scheduled start of the event. In the high jump, measuring tapes may not be used within 30
minutes of starting time.
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