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Santa Barbara County
Track & Field Championships

Date: Saturday, April 19, 2008

Time: 10:00 AM

Location:
Carpinteria Valley Memorial Stadium
4810 Foothill Rd, Carpinteria

Entries due Monday, April 14, 2008
Please e-mail entry forms as an attachment to lathamchs@yahoo.com.

Entry forms:
Microsoft Excel entry forms may be downloaded from the Santa Barbara County Championships website, warriorcountry.com/track/CountyMeet/  All events will be seeded to maximize competitive opportunities for your athletes. Please use 2008 best performances on the entry forms. Entries without a listed mark will not be accepted.Relay entries must have a time to be accepted.

Qualifying Standards:
In order to keep fields a manageable size, qualifying standards have been established using 2007 entries as a guideline. Each school is allotted 1 entry in each event regardless of the standard. If more than one athlete is entered in an event, all athletes must make the qualifying standard in that event. No more than four entries per school per event will be accepted. Only 1 relay team per school allowed. Entries without an entry mark will not be accepted.

Facilities:
All running and jumping surfaces are synthetic. Spikes of 3/16” or shorter are required. Spikes will be on sale during the meet. Two long jump/triple jumps pits will be in use. No spikes in the stands please. For benefit of spectators, no radios, tape decks etc. are allowed in the stadium. Canopies will be allowed in the top row of the stands only.

Warm-up area:
A warm-up area is provided on the softball fields south of the stadium. Please, no warm-up in the stadium.

Entry Fees:
$3.00 for each individual entry. $6.00 per relay team. Maximum entry fee of $275. Make checks payable to Carpinteria High School. A $25 fee will be charged for late entries.

Admission:
$5.00 for adults. $2.00 for students and children.

Awards:
Medals will be awarded to the top four finishers in each event. Events with multiple sections or flights will be combined for scoring and awards.

Scratches and Substitutions
Any changes for track events should be turned into the clerk of the course on the Scratch or Substitution form included in your packet, as soon as possible. Field event changes will be handled by the field event official at the event site. PLEASE, no additions, substitutions only. You may only replace an athlete that has already been entered in a particular event.

Seeding
All races will be seeded at the clerk of the course after the competitors have checked in. This will consolidate races and eliminate empty lanes after scratches have been made, creating more head to head racing opportunities.

While this will be beneficial to the overall quality of the meet, it will create some concerns. It is important that athletes do not wait until the last minute to check in. If they show up too late, they will be deleted from the database and not be printed on the card. If a substitute checks in, make sure the athlete knows who he/she is subbing for and is prepared to report his/her own entry time. This way we can keep the seeding as accurate as possible.

The “heat sheets” in your packets will not be divided into separate races. Instead it will be a ranked list of competitors. The lists are ranked with the fastest entry at the top. You may make estimations on your athletes’ section number based on the number of athletes. Laned races have a maximum of 9 entries. The 800s will have a maximum of 12. Lane assignments will not be known until the card is printed at the clerk. Lane assignments are based on the CIF procedure of 5-6-4-7-3-8-2-9-1. The fastest race is run last. The seeding program will fill all lanes in the last race and balance the rest of the competitors in the preceding sections.

Entry lists will be posted on the County Meet website, warriorcountry.com/track/CountyMeet/ by the end of the week. (Hopefully Thursday)

Event Procedures
Long jumpers and triple jumpers will be allowed four (4) attempts. Shot putters and discus throwers will be allowed four (4) attempts. High jump and pole vault will open at 2” and 6” below qualifying respectively and will move in 2” and 6” increments.

Long and Triple Jumps
The long jump will be conducted on the eastern runway outside of the first turn. The triple jump will be conducted on the infield runway.

800, 1600 and 3200 Meters
The 800m will be started in alleys rather than lanes. Four (4) athletes will occupy a three (3) lane alley with a maximum of twelve (12) in each race. A one turn stagger will be used.

The 1600m and 3200m will start in alleys as well. Half the field will start from lane 1 start, using lanes 1-4. The other half will use lanes 5-9 and start from the lane 5 stagger. A one turn stagger will be used. If a race scratches to 18 athletes or less the race will be a scratch start.

4 x 400 Relay
A three (3) turn stagger will be used for the 4 x 400 relay.

Pole Vault Weights
Please write in vaulter's weight on the event card before the competition begins. The cards will be located at the event site.

Stadium Infield
The infield is for competitors and officials only. No coaches on the infield, please! No athletes on the infield unless they are competing. The warm-up field is behind the bleachers.

Multi-Event Athletes
Athletes in simultaneous events are responsible to be able to compete when called upon. The 10 minute rule applies, an athlete must have returned and be available to compete 10 minutes after excusal from a given event. This does not mean the athlete would be required to compete at this time, but must be available. The wise athlete should check in frequently at the various event sites that he/she may be competing in. This will prevent the athlete from being passed in the order.