PRESS RELEASE
RE: High school Multi-events competition & the “Race of Champions”
To help revive and promote 2 areas of high school track, the Central Florida Gliders Track Club and Lake Brantley High School will offer a multi-event competition and a “Race of Champions” meet specifically for high school athletes. This will be a meet where all the high school state champions in the different classifications would compete against each other in one end-of-the-season race the weekend following the high school state track meet.
This meet will be an opportunity to revive and create more interest in the multi-events and hopefully will lead to a few more scholarships for our athletes. In past years, the multi-events used to be a state high school event at the end of the season and then a decade ago it was discontinued. The multi-events competition is open to all high school athletes from Florida and the Southeast United States. On Saturday, May 10th the first day of the multi-events will take place with the second day Sunday, May 11th.
The Race of Champions competition would be on Saturday afternoon (field events) & Saturday evening (running events) right after the annual Gliders Classic Track Meet. The competition would be in select events this first year (100m, 400m, 1600m, 100m & 110m hurdles, long jump, high jump, shot and pole vault) and then expanded next year to possibly include all the events. Invitations will be extended to the following:
- The State Champions in each division for each event
- The two best performances in each division (not including the State Champion)
- The best ten times from the State meet (not including the State Champion or next two best performances)
We appreciate your support and your help to increase Florida’s prominence as a leader in high school track. If you are interested in being a volunteer for this meet, please contact coachwise@hotmail.com. All entries will be processed through www.coachO.com. For entry info, please visit: www.cfgliders.com or contact coachwise@hotmail.com
RACE OF CHAMPIONS SCHEDULE
No prelims – 4 throws – 4 jumps-USATF Rules
FIELD EVENTS
2:00pm Shot Put – Girls Shot Put -– Boys (follows after the Girls)
2:00pm Long Jump – Girls Long Jump – Boys (follows after the Girls)
3:00pm High Jump – Girls High Jump – Boys (follows after the Girls)
3:00pm Pole Vault – Girls Pole Vault – Boys (follows after the Girls)
RUNNING EVENTS Start at 6:30pm, then a Rolling Schedule
100m hurdles – Girls
110 meter hurdles – Boys
100 meters – Girls
100 meters – Boys
400 meters – Girls
400 meters – Boys
1600 meters – Girls
1600 meters – Boys
MULTI-EVENTS SCHEDULE
The next multi-event starts 30 minutes after the last competitor in each event.
Competitors may use their own implements which will be weighed before the event.
Saturday Heptathlon- 8:45 AM (Approx)
100m hurdles
High Jump
Shot Put – 4 kg
200 meters
Sunday – Heptathlon – 10:00 AM
Long Jump
Javelin – 600 grams
800 meters
Saturday – Decathlon – 11:30 AM (Approx)
100 meters
Long Jump
Shot Put – 12 lbs.
High Jump
400 meters
Sunday – Decathlon – 10:00 AM
110m Hurdles
Discus – 1.61 kg
Javelin – 800 grams
Pole Vault – must be certified for the athlete’s weight
1500 Meters