Dear Administrators and Track & Field Coaches,
The Preston High Athletic
Department looks forward to hosting the 1st Annual Charlie Pritt Classic.
Charlie Pritt was an integral part of the running sports at Preston High.
Over the years, he served as a middle school coach, high school assistant, and
the overall #1 parent-volunteer. Charlie’s biggest impact may have
been the thousands of pictures he took of athletes from all over the Mountain
State. Charlie passed away much too soon while shoveling snow back in
2016. We are hosting this meet in his honor. The teams competing in
the “Charlie” are as follows:
Buckhannon Upshur, Elkins,
Grafton, Morgantown, Philip Barbour, Preston, Tucker County, University
FACILITY
The Dr. John W. Trenton Track & Field Complex is a “Seal-Flex”
latex surface initially installed in the fall of 2004. The track is eight
lanes with all-weather high jump, dual long jump runways, and pole vault
runways. All of our equipment is AAE brand (90 degree hurdles, PV and HJ
mats, etc.). The oversized discus and shot rings are concrete. We
will be utilizing two long jump runways to speed up that event. Bleacher
seating is limited. Teams may set up tents “cross country style” on the
exterior of the track. It is suggested that spectators bring lawn chairs
to sit on.
MEET ENTRIES
Please send us your entries via Hy-Tek
Team Manager Lite. The Hy-Tek Event File is
attached to the email and is also located on www.runwv.com .
All entries are to be emailed to prestonrun@gmail.com by 6:00 p.m on Tuesday, April 11th. We will email
all coaches a performance list on Wednesday, April 12th. We
will also post this performance list on www.runwv.com. Coaches are reminded that all seed times must come
from actual performances during the 2017 season and must be verifiable.
This is critical in a “straight finals” meet. Anticipated times will not
be accepted.
FIELD EVENTS
We will start field events at
4:00 p.m. The field event rotation will be as follows:
First
Rotation:
Girls Discus, Boys Shot Put, Boys Long Jump
(interior), Girls Long Jump (exterior), Girls High Jump, and Boys Pole Vault
Second
Rotation: Boys
Discus, Girls Shot Put, Boys High Jump, and Girls Pole Vault
RUNNING EVENTS
We will start running events at
5:00 p.m. We will follow the format listed below. Basically, it
follows the order of a two-session meet without the trials. Below is the order
of events:
3200,
400, 20-30 minute break, 4 x 800 relay, 100, 100 / 110 Hurdles, 4 x 200, 1600,
300 Hurdles, 4 x 100, 800, 200, Shuttles, 4 x 400
ENTRY FEES
No Entry Fee
!!! Charlie always asked, “why should schools have to pay to
compete?”.
AWARDS
No Awards
!!! Charlie’s belief was winning a race / event should be good
enough. Do you really need another bookmark or dust collector?
NUMBER OF ENTRIES
Unlimited Individual Entries !!! Charlie didn’t believe in leaving anyone
out. However, we would ask that you limit your relays to one per school.
ADMISSION
The cost of admission is $5.00
for adults and school-aged children. Only WVSSAC passes may be utilized and
those individuals must sign in and may be asked for identification.
CONCESSIONS / T-SHIRTS
Hot and cold concessions will be
available by the Preston High Track Parents. T-shirts will also be on
sale for $12.00.
TIMING / SCORING
We will be utilizing Finish Lynx
for timing and Hy-Tek for scoring the meet. A
results board will be available on the exterior of the track near the bull
pen. .
FACILITY RULES
Please remind your athletes not
to jump the fence that surrounds the track or sit on the wall at the entrance
of the facility. Doing so will result in a disqualification. In
addition, tape is not to be used to mark relays or field events. Tennis balls
will be provided for markings in relay races. The maximum spike length is
¼” . Only those athletes checking in for an
event are permitted in the bullpen. Hip numbers will be used so please
remind athletes to place their number on their right hip.
PARKING
We are asking that all team buses arrive before 3:00 p.m.
Regardless of your mode of transportation, please drive in a counter-clockwise
direction around the school. Feel free to park in any spot that is
open before arriving at the track facility. The large parking
lot in the front of the school will not be available until all the Preston
County buses depart for the day at 3:45 p.m.
We hope you and your team enjoy
participating at our facility. We strive to host events that are
competitive, exciting, and efficient.
Sincerely,
Paul Martin, Meet Director
Preston High School