Meet Information
2020 T& F CANCELLED
THIS IS NOT AN OPEN MEET. PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER ANY ATHLETES IF THEY DO NOT MEET THE POSTED QUALIFYING TIMES!!!!
When REGISTERING for MS Events, you must enter qualifying mark and Enter Meet Name, & Date in the box titled "meet". No mark, meet or date will be an automatic reject.
NEW LOCATION
Charlotte High School
1250 Cooper Street
Punta Gorda, FL 33950
MIDDLE SCHOOL
5th thru 8th grade
QUALIFYING
Championship Middle School races are open to all (private, public schools, unattached, homeschool, club) 5th thru 8th graders who hit a qualifying mark.
USATF 13-14 age group rules for contested events, unless otherwise stated. We are sanctioned by the USATF. Certified Officials at each event. Membership in AAU or USATF is not required to participate.
Athletes may enter up to 4 eventsregardless of if it's a relay, individual race, or field events.
If the athlete doesn't show up, they forfeit that race and that race only.
Top 8 Individual Medals (Overall)
Top 8 Relays (Overall)
Top 2 Team Trophies (Schools)
Top 2 Team Trophies (Clubs)
Rolling awards schedule within 30 minutes to an hour of each event.
ELEMENTARY INFO
Open to all Florida elementary athletes.3rd thru 5th grade. Public, private, homeschool, unattached, club
No qualifying standard needed
Elementary Events: Girls/Boys
100m, 400m, 800m, 1500, 4x100m, Long Jump, Javelin (300g TurboJavelin)
NO Prelims,all finals against time/mark.
Athletes may enter up to 4 eventsregardless of if it's a relay, individual race, or field events.
If the athlete doesn't show up, they forfeit that race and that race only.
We are sanctioned by the USATF. Certified Officials at each event.
Elementary Awards
Top 8 Individual Medals (Overall)
Top 3 Relays.
Rolling awards schedule within 30 minutes to an hour of each event.
Registration
Click on the GREEN BOX located at top right, says "Register Online"
You must have a MileSplit account to register.
Opens Feb 10 at 10:00AM Eastern
Closes May 7 at 11:59PM Eastern
Entry Fee
Option to pay with paypal will close on 5/09/18 9pm
Checks payable to: Florida Youth Running Association
* Per Athlete: $15 (in individual events)
Entry fees due online via credit card.
Admission and Facility
$5 per non-competitor on Saturday only
1 complimentary coach's armband per 10 athletes (at Team check-in table at Track Entrance)
Parking is free
Team Tents may be set up on Friday.
Event Merchandise will be available Friday, 3pm to 7pm and all day Saturday
Saturday Admission arm bands may be advanced purchased on Friday
Short Sleeve $15
Short Sleeve Tech $20
Long Sleeve Tech $25
Tank Tops, $20
Head Bands $10
Cash, cks or credit card
Sizes: Youth Medium, Youth Large, Youth X-Large, Adult Small, Adult Medium, Adult Large, Adult X-Large.
Meet Director - Dan Epstein - eppa@aol.com
What qualifies as unsportsmanlike behavior?
Absolutely no acts of poor sportsmanship will be tolerated. This includes but is not limited to: profanity; fighting; aggressive and intentional physical contact; being rude to any meet official, athlete, coach, or fan; and throwing of a relay baton.
Respectable celebration is perfectly acceptable. Any celebration should not be excessive and should not last more than 30 seconds. It must not interfere or impede any athlete or official, and should not even border on taunting. The definition of what is unsportsmanlike will be solely at the discretion of meet officials. At the official's discretion athletes and teams may be disqualified from the current (or just completed) event or even ejected from the meet causing forfeit of all remaining events.
The behavior of coaches and parents shall be considered the same as that of the athlete themselves. So any unsportsmanlike behavior by these adults may require the same consequences outlined above.
What if I need to race while my field event is going on?
Athletes must sign-out with the head official of that event. Officials will give athletes a 12-minute window to complete their other event and return for the rest of their attempts. Officials will show reasonable flexibility with extending the time window, relative to what track event they are leaving to compete in. For vertical jumps, however, once the bar is raised to the next height it will not be lowered again and the athlete will forfeit the remaining attempts at that height.
What are the uniform rules?
We are not here to be the fashion police. So try to wear team colors or jerseys, but we're not going to be crazy picky about it. We could care less what color undergarment or tights you have on. If you're on a relay team then the jerseys should try to match. If your shorts don't match... I don't care. If you have multiple jersey styles for kids in non relay events, I don't care.
What about jewelry?
Bottom line is don't be stupid. Don't wear anything that dangles or can cut people. If an official stays take it off, take it off. But basically don't wear anything that dangles or is sharp. But headbands, livestrong type bracelets, watches, etc are fine.
What if my athlete has to scratch an event? Will they be disqualified?
No. If the athlete doesn't show up, they forfeit that race and that race only. No crazy rules like you must start or anything like that. You will not forfeit the other events.