SMAC Running Club's
Annual East-West K-8 Track Meet

Last Updated 02/28/2010 01:17 PM

*Please note...the SMAC Track Meet will use a different Meet Entry Spreadsheet for the 7th-8th grade meet.  So please download it from here (or click on the link above for more information).  There is also a spreadsheet included for the 5th-6th grade for your convenience, but it is the same as the standard CYO template.

Gr. K-2 
Saturday May 8th
8:30am All Events Start**

Gr. 3-4 
Saturday May 8th
11:30am All Events Start**

For K-4, girls will compete in running events first while boys compete in the field events. When the girls running events are completed, the boys will take the track.  Limit 3 events per athlete.
Stickers: - K-4, all athletes must wear a sticker on their shirt for their field event(s).

Gr. 5-6 
Saturday May 8th
2:00pm Field Events Start
2:30pm Running Events Start**

Grade 7-8
Saturday May 8th

4:00pm      Boys & Girls Field Events Open for LJ, Shot, Discus
4:15pm      Girls High Jump
5:15pm      Boys High Jump (approximate time)
5:15pm      Girls and boys 100 Meter Prelims, open heats only*
5:15pm      Last call for all Boys & Girls Field Events
5:30pm      LJ, Shot, Discus Closed for Boys & Girls
6:00pm      4x800 Girls and Boys 4x800 All-Star Relay
6:15pm      100 Meter Dash, Pentathlon heats only

*For 5th-8th grade divisions, girls’ and boys’ track events will run concurrently. For example, girls will run 100M prelims, then the boys will run the 100M prelims. Limit 3 events per athlete. 
Stickers: - 5-8, stickers will be used for participants in the 800m and 1600m events and will be provided during staging for those events. We should not need stickers for any other events, but you may want to still use them as a reminder for event placement for your athletes.

 

**Note: For the 3-4, 5-6, and 7-8 meets, the start times are approximate.  If there are any delays resulting from an earlier meet that morning, we will start the next meet as soon as possible following the completion of the earlier meet.

*The 4x800m All-Star Relay and the 4x100m Throwers Relay are SMAC East-West Meet traditions. The Throwers Relay will be considered exhibition events.  An athlete’s participation in either event will not count as one of their maximum three events. Coaches – please contact the Meet Director (someone) with the names/school of athletes interested in competing on the 4x800m All-Star Relay team (we will have athletes from different schools running together as an East or West team).  For the 4x100 Throwers Relay, please complete the special column on your meet entry spreadsheet for your individual team for this event.  More info, click here.

Pentathlon

A SMAC Meet tradition, we will again be hosting a Pentathlon event for 7-8th grade girls and boys to identify the most exceptional athletes in track and field.  Please note that this will be the only series of events this athlete will be allowed to be part of in this meet. Participating athletes will compete in two field events: the shot put and long jump, and three running events: the 100, 400, and 1500. Competitors should complete their field events with the rest of the athletes (when the field venues open for everyone), but they will be scored separately. We will run special stand alone heats for the competitors in the 100, 400 and 1500. (Coaches, please make sure you properly identify each athlete to compete in this event by completing the special columns properly on your meet entry spreadsheet.  More info, click here.) The 100 heats will be the first event of the evening, and the 400 heats will be run at their normal place in the meet after the open 400. We will run the 1500 as the final event after the 4x400.

Pentathlon Scoring is now done using the official IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) Tables as used for Pentathlon, Heptathlon and Decathlon Events in International Track and Field Meets. (April 2004 Edition)

Points will be assigned to each individual per event based on performance in that particular event using the tables on the following pages found here (coaches, download this table if you wish to score the Pentathlon yourself during the meet). The individual with the most points overall will be declared the winner. In the event of a tie score between two individuals, the tie-break will go to the winner of the head-to-head of the five events. 

Scoring example for a Girls Pentathlon:



The above example uses formula calculations, so the time/distance calculated from the spreadsheet may not match exactly with the corresponding table result from the following pages, but it will be very close. Off by a point in some cases.

Also note, the table for shot put is listed in meters and requires an English (inches) to Metric (meters) conversion of .0254. In the example above, 23’6” converts to approximately 7.17 meters. 

In addition, the table for long jump is listed in meters and requires an English (inches) to Metric (meters) conversion of .0254. In the example above, 14’6.5” converts to approximately 4.43 meters.

There are two sets of tables, one each for boys and girls. Please be sure to use the appropriate tables for your calculations if you intend to do self-scoring.

As the example above shows, this individual earned 786 points from her performance in the 100 Meter Dash, 489 for the 400, 332 for the 1500, 412 for Long Jump, and 346 in Shot Put for a grand total of 2365 points. If her point total is higher then all other individuals competing in the Pentathlon, she would be declared the champion. Boys are scored the same way, again using the tables for men and not women. 

In recognition of this extra effort, we will give a special award the boy and girl with the most points. Teams are asked to limit their participation in the pentathlon to two athletes (two each for boys and girls).

Awards: 

Gr. K-4: Heat ribbons for all participants for each event.

Gr. 5-8: Medals for 1st,2nd and 3rd place, ribbons for 4th - 6th place - boys and girls

Gr. 5-8: Trophies for most outstanding athlete of the meet (as voted on by the meet directors) – boys and girls

Gr. 7-8: Trophies for Pentathlon champion – boy and girl

Scoring: 

Scored as a dual meet. (No individual team scoring). 5 points for first, 3 for second, 1 for third for all individual events. 5 points for first only for relays. Pentathlon scoring also included in final team scores using 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1 based individual final places in that event.

*In Gr. 5-8, teams may enter an unlimited number of athletes per event, but only the top two can qualify to win awards. For relays, teams can also enter an unlimited number of relays, but only the top relay team is eligible for awards. If any school wants to field more than one team in any division, their first team must have a minimum of 8 participants. For schools to field more that 2 teams in any division, all teams but the last must have a minimum of 8 participants. No individual may participate on more than one team. (We will follow official CYO rules for individual events and “team” participation.)

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