Meet Of The Week: Louie Bing Invitational Information

Traz Powell Stadium in Miami is the venue for this weekend's Louie Bing Invitational. 

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This weekend's Louie Bing Invitational will be the MileSplit National Meet of the Week as annually one of the best high school track meets found in Miami and South Florida as an early season kick off for the great track & field talent found there.

The meet will be LIVE streamed on MileSplit.com here along with photo coverage as well.  More meet information can be found below. 

MEET INFORMATION:
Louie Bing Track & Field Invitational
Traz Powell Stadium
February 18-19th, 2022

MEET REGISTRATION:
Meet Registration link: www.directathletics.com/meets/track/72153.html

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, 2/15/22 @ 11:59pm
Entries: Four individuals / one relay per event
If there are any adaptive competitors, please contact the meet timer to add adaptive athletes

ENTRY FEE:
Entry fee $100 (Per Team Girls, Per Team Boys)
Three or less athletes entry fee will be $50.00
Make checks payable to: Miami Northwestern Sr. High
No team participation will be permitted without entry fees being paid in advance.
If entry fees are mailed make sure it reaches the school by the due date.
Please contact Coach Carmen Jackson (786-877-9098) to get the Entry Fees in as soon as possible.

SPECTATOR INFORMATION: 
Spectators will be allowed in the west stands, and must wear masks at all times.
Gate Admission Will Be $7.00 each day, using GoFan (https://gofan.co/)

8:00a.m. Gates opens Friday
12:00p.m. Gates opens Saturday

Coaches Meeting Information:
There will be No Live Coaches Meeting.
Please follow Information below...
Time: Feb 16th, 2022, 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Zoom Meeting ID: 408 905 5116
For Zoom password, contact Carmen Jackson or Ryan Raposo.

Friday Time Schedule / Order of Events
8:00a.m. Gates opens Friday
10:00a.m. 4x800M Relay Girls/Boys Finals

10:00a.m Field Event Trials & Finals
Long Jump Girls & Boys followed by Triple Jump Girls & Boys
Triple Jump Girls followed by Boys
Pole Vault Girls & Boys together
Shot Put Girls followed by Boys
Discus Boys followed by Girls

The top 8 contestants will qualify to finals in LJ, TJ, SP, and DT. Each contestant will receive 3 jumps; but will not get measured if the jump does not meet the cut off mark.

Javelin will be contested as an automatic final on Saturday.
High Jump Girls followed by Boys

Field Event Cut-Off Marks & Starting Heights:
Girls:
Long Jump: 15-0 / 4.57m
Triple Jump: 33-5 / 10.19m
Shot Put: 33-0 / 10.06m
Discus: 80-0 / 24.38m
High Jump: 4-4 / 1.32m
Pole Vault: 6-0 / 1.83m
Boys:
Long Jump: 19-0 / 5.79m
Triple Jump: 40-0 / 12.19m
Shot Put: 40-0 / 12.19m
Discus: 110-0 / 33.53m
High Jump: 5-6 / 1.68m
Pole Vault: 8-0 / 2.44m

11:00 a.m. Running Preliminaries
100 & 110 Meter Hurdles Girls/Boys
100 Meter Dash Girls/Boys
1600 Meters Run Finals Division 1 G/B (Slow heats; if needed)
4x200m Relay Girls/Boys (no blocks)
4x100 Meter Relay Girls/Boys
400 Meter Dash Girls/Boys (no blocks)
300 Meter Int. Hurdles Girls/Boys
John Kent 800 Meters (Top 16 qualify for Saturday Finals) Girls/Boys
Sprint Medley Relay Girls/Boys (100-200-300-400; break on 200m leg)
200 Meter Dash Girls/Boys (no blocks)
3200m Run Invitational Finals G/B (Fast heats; ~Top 16)
4x400 Meter Relay G/B (Top 8 qualify for Saturday Finals) (no blocks)
Top 16 athletes from the entries will be selected for the 3200m Invitational.

Saturday Time Schedule / Order of Events
12:00p.m. Gates opens Saturday
1:00p.m. Javelin Girls, followed by Boys Automatic Finals, 4 throws
1:00p.m. Adaptive 800m
3:00p.m. Adaptive Shot Put

3:00p.m. Running Finals
3200m Run Finals Division 1 G/B (Slow heats; if needed)
100 & 110 Meter High Hurdles Girls/Boys
100 Meter Dash Girls/Boys
1600 Meter Run Finals Division 2 G/B (Middle heats; if needed)
4x200 M Relay Girls/Boys
4x100 Meter Relay Girls/Boys
400 Meter Dash Girls/Boys
300 Meter Int. Hurdles Girls/Boys
800 Meter (2 heats) Girls/Boys
Sprint Medley Relay (100-200-300-400) Girls/Boys (break on 200m leg at the finish line)
200 Meter Dash Girls/Boys
Adaptive 200 Meter Dash
1600 Meter Run Invitational Finals G/B (Fast heats; ~Top 16)
4x400 Meter Relay Finals Girls/Boys

The Top 16 Athletes from the entries will be selected for the Invitational 1600 Meters. The remainder of the 1600 meters will be divided into two divisions, depending on the number of entries. (Division 1 Friday G/B, Division 2 Saturday G/B). Top 8 from Boys/Girls 4x400m Relay prelims will advance to Saturday Finals. The John Kent 800 Meters will advance 16 qualifiers to Saturday Finals.

Things You Need To Know
1. Athletes sit in the east stands.
2. FHSAA Rules prevail.
3. A trainers tent is set up for athletes in the Locker Room. All athletes entrance will be approved by the Head Trainer Mrs. Kathy Tosone.
4. Athletes who are not participating should stay clear of the infield at all times.
5. No blocks will be used in the preliminaries of the 200m dash, 400m dash, 4x200m relay, and 4x400m relay.
6. Four coaching bands will be issued per gender team.
7. Only athletes that are participating will be allowed in the meet.
8. All athletes must wear their wristband and uniform/mask to enter the meet each day.

As you know we all must adhere to District Guidelines of Covid-19, which will mandate that all individuals will wear their mask throughout the meet for the protection of all. Sanitized Stations will be throughout the stadium.

Please send the Entry Fees Now. All entry fees collection will be completed two weeks before the meet. Please adhere to this Sensitive timeline.

Coaches, please contact Carmen Jackson as soon as possible, so she can send you the Zoom Meeting password.

For more information contact:
Meet Director: Carmen Jackson, cjtrack1@gmail.com, 786-877-9098

Meet Timer: Larry Wooten, ljhawks13@aol.com

Registration Issues: Ryan Raposo, ryanraposo@gmail.com