Order of Events:
#1 800 Meter Run
#2 400 Meter Run
#3 100 Meter Run
#4 200 Meter Run
#5 500 Meter Shuttle Relay
#6 100/200 Meter Finals
#7 4 x 100 Meter Relay
#8 Coaches Race (4 x 100 Meter Relay) Each runner must be a school site employee.
This is an exhibition only race
• Field events will start at the beginning of the meet and continue until all participants have finished.
Event Explanation :
800-Meter Waterfall Start (New):
One heat for boys and one heat for girls in each division, small and large school, no lane assignments.
At the starting line of the track, there is a curved lined that starts at the start/finish line of the inside lane
and curves out to a few yards ahead of the start/finish line in the outer lane.
In the start, racers line up a few steps behind this curved line, and use it as their starting line.
At the call of "runner's set," they take two steps forward, take set positions, and wait for the gun,
with their toes behind the line.
The advantages of the waterfall are a simple race.
Everybody starts on the same line, and cuts in to the inside lane when they can.
This can lead to some rough starts (i.e. elbowing) so please have your athletes
practice with teammates and inform them of the start procedure.
Soccer Dribble:
Five markers are placed 5 yards apart. The student dribbles the ball around the markers. Time begins when the student kicks the ball and ends when the student passes the starting line. Please see diagram .
400-Meter Relay :
In this event, each student runs a distance of 100 meters (4 x 100= 400 meters). It is important to help your students when coaching them with the passing of the baton. There is a passing zone of approximately 20 meters that the baton must be passed within. Your team could be disqualified if the baton is not passed within the zone. Please have your students practice this skill before the meet.
500-Meter Shuttle Relay :
This event requires a total of 10 students (5 boys and 5 girls must be in the relay).
Five students line up on the starting line and five at the finish line.
Each school has two lanes. Each student runs a 50 Meter Dash (10 x 50= 500 meters).
The baton is passed back and forth to each student until the last student has crossed the finish line.
Students cannot pass over the line until the baton is passed to them.
When a student finishes his section, the student should sit down behind his team
in line so that the team will know how many students have run.
50 meters
Long Jump:
The athlete runs down a runway and jumps off a mark into a sand pit. It is strongly encouraged that you have your jumpers practice this at a high school track.
USA track and field competition rules for youth, Article VI, Rule 302.5(d), page 169, allows for flexibility in the placement of the board. There will be two jump off places.
1. From the board (101 inches from the pit)
2. From the tape (60 inches from the pit)
Each athlete will need to tell the judge from which place they will jump before they jump and both jumps need to be from the same take-off location. We will have two cloth tape measures in place for measuring. The jump will be measured from either take-off location to where they land in the pit.
There are two long jump pits at Roosevelt HS so we will have small schools at one, and large schools at the other.
