2010 Track & Field
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EVENTS: Individual Female & Male Competition; Bantam, 9-10; Midget, 11-12; Youth, 13-14; Intermediate, 15-16; Scholastic, 17-18; Open, 19-29, Masters, 30-34, 35-39, ...
ELIGIBILITY: All ages are as of December 31, 2010. Minimum age allowed is 9 years as of December 2010. Be prepared to show proof of age at the meet. NJ, DE, MD, WV, OH, & D.C. athletes are welcome to compete in 2010 Keystone Summer Games with no additional fees.
DATES:
Thursday, July 22 (Track and Field Events) Bantam and Midget
Friday, July 23 (Track and Field Events) Youth, Pole Vault for Youth, Intermediate, and Scholastic, Heptathlon and Decathlon, 10,000 m Run for Open and Masters
Saturday, July 24 (Track and Field Events) Intermediate and Scholastic, Heptathlon and Decathlon
Sunday, July 25 (Track and Field Events) Open, 19-29, and Masters, 30-99+
SITE: York Central High School, 651 Mundis Mill Rd., York PA 17402
ENTRY REGULATIONS:
Event Limitations: Bantam and Midget, three (3) events; Youth, Intermediate, and Scholastic, four (4) events; Open and Masters, 6 events. Heptathlon and Decathlon do not count as one of the events.
Competition will be in age groups as published.
There is no day of meet entry. No event additions or event changes are allowed.
Only event scratches are accepted.
All event entrants must include anticipated time, height, or distance. No seed changes will be made at the meet.
ENTRY FEE: $20 per athlete (not event)
ENTRY PROCEDURE:
ONLINE PAYMENT AND REGISTRATION ONLY THROUGH http://pa.milesplit.us/ . Keystone State Games office will NOT accept payment or registration through mail.
Deadline for MileSplit Registration is Friday, July 16, 2010 at 10:00 PM. If athlete is not entered in meet, they will NOT be permitted to participate. Entries will open on April 26, 2010 at 12:01 AM. On line entry will close at 10:00 PM on Friday, July 16, 2010. Each athlete must print his or her entries from MileSplit. Any corrections to Performance List would be from a comparison. For hand held times + 0.24 seconds for FAT equivalent.
If you need help with the Online Event Registration please do not hesitate to contact KSG Office at 888-445-4559 (PA Only) or (570) 823-3164 or email keystones@aol.com
FORMAT:
Format will be in keeping with USATF sanctioned meets. Membership in USATF is not required.
Athletes must provide all throwing implements and their own vaulting poles.
Scales for implement weigh in will be provided.
SPORT RULES:
The meet will be conducted in accordance with USA Track & Field rules, except as modified herein.
All track events are run as finals. Refer to the time schedule to avoid conflicts.
Order of events will be posted at the venue. Check in site will be indicated at the track and field venue.
There will be no 27 inch hurdle events.
Field event athletes must report to the event site. Times are as listed under Schedule. Athletes who report late will be scratched from that event. All athletes shall wear their competitor number.
Athletes are encouraged to report to the venue at least one hour before their first event.
Track athletes must report to the clerking area for check-in prior to their races. Times are as listed under Schedule.
All athletes shall wear their competitor number. Meet management reserves the right to move the track schedule ahead when possible. The TRACK Schedule will move no further than thirty (30) minutes ahead of posted start times.
Athletes are encouraged to report to the venue at least one hour before their first event.
Once the event has been contested, there will not be any further competition in that event for those who miss their event. There is no practice at a venue after the event has been contested.
Meet site is closed to practice during competition.
Results will be posted after the event is completed. Results will be on the KSG, http://www.usp-sports.com/, and http://pa.milesplit.us/ web sites.
Awards will be given to the top three (3) places and can be picked up at the awards area after results are posted.
Meet management or inclement weather may dictate only a four (4) attempt final for all divisions in the throws and horizontal jumps.
Meet will be held rain or shine. Inclement weather may delay or cancel events. There is no rescheduling of the meet.
The KSG does not provide water. Athletes are strongly encouraged to bring their own water.
Acceptable running gear is allowed. School provided uniforms are not allowed under high school federation rules. Regional colors are not required.
Starting blocks are provided by the host facility. Please do not bring your own blocks.
Limited changing facilities are available. Please come dressed to compete.
Shoes are limited to ¼ spikes, track, jumps, and javelin included, or appropriate running shoes.
Javelin and Long/Triple Jump runways are same as track surface
All athletes must wear assigned numbers.
Decathlon and Heptathlon Information
For both the decathlon and heptathlon, only the starting time on the first day and the start time on the second day can be preset.
There is a 30 minute rest period beginning when the last person finishes an event until the start of the next event.
All measurements in the horizontal and vertical jumps and throws are metric.
The crossbar in the high jump is raised 5 centimeters and the pole vault is raised 10 cm.
If an athlete fails to start an event, they are scratched from the rest of the competition. They still may be entered into individual events.
If an athlete starts an event and then due to injury or illness needs to stop, this does not remove them from the competition.
Masters athletes do not have to start an event in order to stay in the competition. A score of “0” will be entered into the scoring.
Order of Events:
Decathlon:
- Day 1 – 100m, Long Jump, Shot, High Jump, 400m
- Day 2 – 110m Hurdles, Discus, Pole Vault, Javelin, 1500m
Heptathlon:
- Day 1 – 100m Hurdles, High Jump, Shot, 200m
- Day 2 – Long Jump, Javelin, 800m
SPORT LEADER: James E. Aylsworth, AylsPSGKSG@aol.com
ENTRY DEADLINE: Deadline for MileSplit Registration is Friday, July 16, 2010 at 10:00 PM. If athlete is not entered in meet, they will NOT be permitted to participate.
Entries will open on April 26, 2010 at 12:01 AM. On line entry will close at 10:00 PM on Friday, July 16, 2010.
HOUSING: To make lodging reservations visit http://housing.yorkpa.org or call 1-888-858-YORK.