COLONIE RELAYS’ INSTRUCTIONS
(1) Spikes no longer than 1/4” may be used.
(2) All running relays, except the Shuttle Hurdle Relay, are comprised of 4
runners (SHR-3 runners). All field events are comprised of 3 participants.
(3) The card system of entries will be used (4” x 6” only). Coaches must list
up to 2 alternates on an entry card, and only those entries may be used.
The following information must be listed:
Name: 1______Event ______
2______School ______
3______Entry Time ______
4______
A______
A______
(4) A locker room will be available in the school. Refreshments will be served
in the concession stand. Colonie Relay T-shirts will be available.
(5) Please inform all athletes to keep out of the infield while not competing.
(6) Invitational Events:
A. All entries for the Invitational 100 meter dash, Invitational
1500M/1600M, and the invitational 2000M/3000M steeplechase will be
accepted the day of the meet. List only one athlete per card.
B. The deadline for turning in cards for the Invitational Events will be
1:00pm. There is a limit of 3 athletes per invitational event per team.
C. The number of entrants accepted in the 1500M/1600M meter run and
2000m/3000m steeplechase will be at the discretion of the meet director.
6 entrants will be accepted in the 100M dash. If a tie exists for
seed #6, the entrant will be decided by a draw. Only qualifying times
from this year’s indoor and outdoor seasons will be allowed.
D. Once the field has been announced, any scratches from an Invitational
Event will result in the athlete being scratched from the meet.
(7) Field Events & Running Events:
A. The deadine is 11:30 for entry cards in field events and 1:45 for
non-invitational running events.
B. As in past years, an effort will be made to allow people takingSAT’s
to participate provided if it is designated on theentry card that the
athlete is taking an exam. Once the official starts scoring the event,
however, no late arriving athlete will be allowed to jump or throw.
Throwers will be scheduled into later flights if taking SAT’s.
C. Practice jumps/throws will be allowed for late SAT arrivals. Once the
event is concluded, however,nobody will be allowed to jump or throw.
Once a crossbar is raised,it cannot be lowered for a late SAT entrant.
COLONIE RELAYS’ INSTRUCTIONS
D. The long jump and triple jump will use an open pit format. The boy’s
will jump west to east during odd years and the girls will jump west
to east during even years. The long jump will begin at 12:00 and last
until 2:30 with 3 jumps per competitor. The warm-ups will be 30 minutes
for the triple jump and will begin at 3:00 at the latest. If the long
jump ends early, the triple jump will start early.
E. The pole vault will be conducted as a combined girls/boys event with the
bar starting at 5’6”. The bar is raised continuously by 6”.
F. The high jump will be conducted as a combined girls/boys event with the
bar starting at 3’9”. The bar is raised continuously by 3” until 6
girls/boys are left; then being raised in 2” increments.
(8) Awards:
A. Running Events (Except Invitational Events):
First through eighth place medals
B. Field Events
First through eighth place medals
Best throw/jump – 5” x 7” plaque
C. Invitational Events:
First – 6” x 8” plaque
Second – Sixth – medals (100M); Second – Eighth (1500M/1600M, Steeple)
D. Tie breaker for awards
Running Event – coin flip
Field Event –
1. Team place – Best throw/top competitor; if still tied, best
throw/jump of second competitor
2. Individual best throw/jump – Follow National Federation Guidelines