Ritchie County High School

                                                                                                       201 Ritchie Co. School Road Ste 1

                                                                                                        Ellenboro, WV 26346

                                                                                                        Telephone 304-869-3526

                                                                                                            Fax 304-869-3031

To:  Region I A Track Coaches

 


Bishop Donahue

Cameron

Hundred

Madonna

Magnolia

Paden City

Ritchie

St. Marys

Tyler Consolidated

Valley (Wetzel)

Wheeling Central


 

From:  Rick Haught, Boys Track Coach                     Melanie Allender, Girls Track Coach

            Rhaught@k12.wv.us                                       mallende@k12.wv.us             

Cell    (304) 679-9899                                     Cell      (304) 480-1387

           

 

 

Re: Region I A Track Championships

 

The Region I Class A Track Meet will be held at Ritchie County High School on Friday, May 11, 2018.  The meet will begin with a coaches meeting at 4:00 PM.  There will be no additional scratches accepted after 3:45 PM.

 

**Team tents should be set up on the visitors bleachers**

** Buses May Park behind the Home Bleachers in Parking lot **

 

Field events will begin at 4:30 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 5:15 PM with the order of events for a two-session meet as listed in the February issue of the Interscholastic. 

 

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 place and time.

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

 

 

* E-mailed Hy-Tek entrees are due by Tuesday May 8, 2017      

 

 

The event file for this meet is located on the WVSSAC website. To download the meet event file open “sports and schedules” and under “individual sports” click on “track”. Download Regional event file A  Region 1.

 

The names you send with your entries must match the name on your eligibility sheet.  Athlete grade levels should be listed with class abbreviations ( FR, SO, JR, SR).

Rosters from the WVSSAC for your team will be printed on Tuesday, May 1. 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 you know that you have changes you would like to make after you send the entries, please email them to me before 11:00 AM, Friday May 11th.  You will still be able to make changes before the meet 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. After 11:00 AM, you can text last minute changes to Coach Allender at 304-480-1387.

 

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.

 

***    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

 

Bishop Donahue HS                                       0006                                        Bishop Donahue

Cameron HS                                                   0016                                        Cameron

Hundred HS                                                   0056                                        Hundred

Madonna HS                                                   0070                                        Madonna

Magnolia HS                                                   0071                                        Magnolia

Paden City HS                                                0095                                        Paden City

Ritchie County HS                                         0112                                        Ritchie Co.

Saint Marys HS                                               0115                                        Saint Marys

Tyler Consolidated HS                                   0337                                        Tyler Consol

Valley (Wetzel) HS                                         0135                                        Valley Wetzel

Wheeling Central Catholic HS                       0146                                        Wheeling Central

 

 

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

 

**Entree Deadlines**

                                  Electronically (Hy-Tek)                                  Tuesday May 8

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

                                      After 11:00 Please Text Coach Allender

 

 

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

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