Re: Region I A Track Championships

The Region I Class AA Track Meet will be held at Ritchie County High School on Friday, May 11^th. Doddridge County High School is taking care of the entries and both schools will provide meet workers. The meet will begin with a coaches meeting at 3:45 PM. Any final scratches and replacements must be submitted by this time.

Field events will begin at 4:00 PM with Boys Discus, Girls Shot Put, Boys Long Jump, Girls High Jump, and Boys Pole Vault as suggested by the Interscholastic.

Running events will begin at approximately 4:30 PM with the order of events for a two-session meet as listed in the February issue of the Interscholastic.

E-mailed Hy-Tek entries are due by Tuesday, May 8^thto Josh Weekley @ runwv@runwv.com.

The event file for the meet is located on the WVSSAC website and runwv.com. The site also has informative directions on the steps necessary in sending your entries in this manner. If you are in need of the Hy-Tek Lite program you can download it for free from the Hy-Tek site (hy-tekltd.com). If you have questions feel free to contact Josh Weekley @ runwv@runwv.com.

The names you send with your entries must match the name on your eligibility sheet. All grade levels must be numerical ( 9 , 10 , 11, 12)

*** IMPORTANT ***

Sending your teams electronically through Hy-tek, your team must be set up the following way:

School Name Abbr and Alt. Abbt Short name

Madonna HS 0070 Madonna

Wheeling Central Catholic HS 0146 Wheeling Central

Bishop Donahue HS 0006 Bishop Donahue

Trinity HS 0416 Trinity

Valley (Wetzel) HS 0135 Valley (Wetzel)

Paden City HS 0095 Paden City

Doddridge County HS 0026 Doddridge

Cameron HS 0016 Cameron

Clay-Battelle HS 0022 Clay-Battelle

Rosters from the WVSSAC website for your team will be printed on Thursday, May 3rd. Check and make any needed updates or corrections on this site as any athlete not on this roster will not be permitted to participate in the Regional Meet on the day of the meet. Take the time to double check the roster on the WVSSAC website.

If a question arises during the scratch meeting regarding an entry time for an athlete or relay, please have appropriate documentation to prove your entry time.

If you know that you have changes you would like to make after you send the entries, you can e-mail them to Josh Weekley @ runwv@runwv.com or fax them to 1-775-655-5335 by 11:00 AM, Friday, May 11^th. You will still be able to make changes on meet day but it will save the computer operators a lot of time on the day of the meet if we get some of the changes early. **You must use the form provide to send scratches/replacements.

Admission- Adults $6 – Students- $5 as established by WVSSAC. Only WVSSAC passes may be utilized and those individuals must sign in and may be asked for identification. A concession stand will be available throughout the meet.

Shot and Discus implements will be provided. If you have an implement that is different from what is provided, you may ask the Head Field Event Judge to approve the implement for use by all throwers.

Qualifiers: Throws and Jumps – top 8 plus ties to finals

Sprints and Hurdles – Top 7 to finals determined by time

The track venue will consist of the area inside of the fence that runs outside of the track.

Restricted Areas: No coaches or support personnel are permitted inside the venues that are not working in an official capacity of the meet during the 2^nd session. All athletes in this area must be in a school-issued track uniform and are participating in an event that has been called. Electronic devices are prohibited inside the venue. The removal of uniform inside of the venue is illegal.

Pole Vault Certification Forms must be presented to the pole vault judge prior to the event. Coaches may locate inside the track venue during the vault competition.

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Upon receiving this information I, Craig Kellar, am requesting a confirmation by way of an E-mail that it has been received. It also will provide us a means to contact you quickly if a question arises.

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Upon receiving your Hy-Tek entries, Josh Weekley will e-mail confirmation that those entries have been received. Please take a minute to check that everything looks to be in order.

Entry Deadlines

Electronically (Hy-Tek) Tuesday, May 8^th

Scratch and Replacements Friday, May 11^th by 11:00 AM