Heritage Middle School

Bronco Relays

February 23rd, 2016

Welcome to the HMS Bronco Relays! The meet is hosted by Heritage Middle School, and will be held at the Cross Timbers Middle School Athletic Complex on Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016, for 7th and 8th grade boys and girls. The attending schools will be Carroll, Coppell West, Grapevine, andHeritage.

Each school may enter four (4) athletes per event and one team per relay race. Ribbons will be awarded to the top six finishers in each event. Field events will start at 4:00 pm and the 2400M run will begin promptly at 4:30pm, or as soon as all schools are present and ready. Please inform the athletes and coaches that adhesive tape is not allowed on any running surface. The remainder of the running events will begin at 5:00pm starting with the girls 100M hurdles.

Please enter athletes in their events on The password is “HMS1251”. Please do this by 10:00am on Tuesday, February 23rd. Instructions for Track Meet Manager are included. Please enter the most accurate times for appropriate seeding in heats.

Ribbons will be available that evening.Official results will be available on Track Meet Manageron Friday for you to access and print.

Each school is responsible for conducting their assigned field event(s). Please provide two coaches and any student helpers for each event. Coaches should do all of the marking and measurements. Each school should bring all the necessary equipment (i.e. tape measures, clipboards, etc.) to run your event. We plan to use an 8-lane timer for times, but should that not work out, timers please bring your own stopwatches. Timers should report to the starting line for the hurdles by 4:45pm.

Attached is an information sheet outlining the meet, assignments, starting heights, etc. Please share this information with your coaches, athletes, and parents. Dashes and hurdles will be conducted in two heats per gender. There will be one heat for each relay.

For the 2400m, 1600m, and 800m runs, there will only be one heat per grade, per gender. Depending on time, genders may be combined on these races.

A concession stand will be available for athletes and spectators. The bleachers on the east side of the field are for spectators only. The west side bleachers can be utilized as base camps for your team. Track spikes are to be ¼” only and should not be worn on the infield or in the bleachers. We ask that all athletes and spectators stay off the football field unless they are preparing for an upcoming race.

If you have any questions, please contact Nichole Cruson or Ryan Roe at Heritage Middle School, 817-305-4790.

We look forward to seeing you!

BRONCO RELAYS

Hosted By Heritage Middle School

February 23rd, 2016

MEET DIRECTORS...... Nichole Cruson/Ryan RoeANNOUNCER...... Jeff Mishoe

GATE KEEPER……………………………………………...... Tanya Wallace

HOSPITALITY ROOM...... HMS Booster Club

STARTER...... Andy Tucker

BACK-UP STARTER...... ……………………………………Rusty Drye

STARTING LINE CLERK……………………………….……..Ryan Roe / Rusty Drye

SCORER...... Berry Turner

COMPUTER SCORER………………………………………...Cruson/Anthony/Turner

AWARDS...... Katherine Anthony

FINISH LINE CLERK...... Leeta Batlle PICKERS……………………………………………….………. Todd Reid / Caitlin Kender

Octopus Timer Starter: Mollie Sheridan

TIMERS (BY LANE): 1)CHHS Coach5)CHHS Coach

2)CHHS Coach6) CHHS Coach

3)CHHS Coach7) CHHS Coach

4)CHHS Coach8)CHHS Coach

SHOT PUT (Ring #1 8B, 7B)…………………………Grapevine

SHOT PUT (Ring#2 8G, 7G)…………………………Grapevine

DISCUS (Ring #1 7G, 8G)………… ……………..Coppell West

DISCUS (Ring #2 7B, 8B)…………………………Coppell West

LONG JUMP (7G, 8G, 7B, 8B).…...... …………Carroll

TRIPLE JUMP (7B, 8B, 7G, 8G)...... …………… Grapevine

HIGH JUMP (8G, 7G, 8B, 7B)………………………… Coppell West

POLE VAULT (7B, 8B, 7G, 8G)...... Carroll

BREAK LINE JUDGE...... Heritage (Kender)

RUNNERS...... HMS Athletes

HURDLE SETTERS...... Jim Fraser / HMS Athletes

STARTING BLOCKS...... Rusty Drye

RELAY EXCHANGE ZONE JUDGES FOR ALL RELAYS & CURVE JUDGES:

1ST EXCHANGE and NW Curve: Coppell WestNE CURVE: Heritage

2ND EXCHANGE and SW Curve: Carroll

3RD EXCHANGE and SE Curve: Grapevine

*Field event officials will need to report to their event by 3:45pm for check-in and to review rules with participants. Field events begin promptly at 4:00. Workers are to furnish the necessary equipment and helpers to perform their assignment.

*Timers report to starting line by 4:45pm. Timers are to bring their own stopwatch as a backup to the octopus timer.

*Food and drinks will be available in the hospitality room for all coaches and meet officials.

Scoring- Individual Scores: 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1Relays: 20, 16, 12, 8, 4, 2

Middle School Track Policies

District Plan 2015-2016

The schedule of events and times listed below should be followed for every meet. No event shall start after 9:00 p.m. No race will start until the previous race has been completed.

4:00 p.m.Start all field events.

When possible, use two (2) competition areas for each field event (equal quality).

Starting heights: First (2) MeetsPV 7th Boys – 7.0” PV 7th Girls – 6’ 0”

PV 8th Boys – 8.0”PV 8th Girls – 6’ 4”

HJ 7th Boys – 4’4”HJ 7th Girls – 4’0”

HJ 8th Boys – 4’6”HJ 8th Girls – 4’2”

Admission prices for the 7th and 8th grade Track Meets are as follows:

Adults - $3.00Students:- $2.00

*Only three (3) jumps are attempts with no finals.

Shot/Discus: Mark only each contestant’s best throw and measure to nearest ¼”. Ties will be broken with one (1) additional throw or jump from each tied contestant. During the zone meet,

There must be a clear winner. During the MOC starting heights for pole vault and high jump will

Begin at the lowest qualifying height.

5:00 pm2400m Run – Contestants may be combined by gender only.

Adjustments will be made by the host as needed to get all started before 9:00 p.m. i.e., running the 1600 meter run like the 2400 and/or combining the 1600 meter relays by gender.

5:30 pm100 m hurdles

110 m hurdles

UIL order

1.Each school should expect to provide at least two (2) coaches to help “run-off” the events. Event workers and timers must be adults. All times should be timed to the 100th of a second.

2.The host school should make every reasonable attempt to limit the workload of visiting schools to the above mentioned. However, each participating school should be willing to supply additional help if requested by the host school.

3.Event and timing assignments will be made by the host school and sent to visiting schools at least one (1) week before the meet.

4.Notification of meet assignments should include who will provide the events specific equipment (rakes, measuring tape, shot/discus markers, etc.).

5.Host school will charge admission for track meet.

6.Late arrivals will be allowed to compete in field events (all attempts).

7.Three (3) entrants per school at quad meet if the host school has an 8-lane track, and four (4) at the triangular (except relays).

8.All male contestants in the shot put will use the 4 kilo shot, girls will use the 6 lb.

9.All contestants in the junior high discus will use a wooden discus. (no rubber discus allowed).

10.Contestants cannot be required to take all of their jumps on throws at the same time.

11.Hurdles: Girls will run 100 meters in length, boys 110 meters in length.

Height will be set at (30”) for 7th and 8th girls; at (33”) for 7th boys; and ( 36”) for 8th boys

300hurdle height will be set at (30”) for 7th and 8th girls and 7th boys and (33”) for 8th boys

12. 7th Grade All School City Meet April 4th: Dawson Middle School

8th Grade All School City Meet April 5th: Coppell North

General:

All coaches should be committed to the policy that the 7th and 8th grade program is intended for student participation. EVERY EFFORT SHOULD BE MADE TO INVOLVE EACH STUDENT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE!!

Any complaints about violations of these rules should be made to the head coach on YOUR campus. The head coach will communicate the problem to the opposing head coach and to the athletic director.

Each head coach is responsible for the conduct of the 7th and 8th grade coaches on his staff. The head coach should make sure his coaches KNOW and FOLLOW the rules

Order of Field Events

Pole Vault: 7B, 8B, 7G, 8G

Long Jump: 7G, 8G, 7B, 8B

Triple Jump: 7B, 8B, 7G, 8G

Shot Put: 8G, 7G, 8B, 7B

Discus: 7G, 7B, 8G, 8B

High Jump: 8G, 7G, 8B, 7B

Track Meet Manager Instructions

  • Log into
  • Click on “Accept Invitation”
  • Enter code “HMS1251” and enter your school name (you can create an “account” for both boys and girls under your school name on one “Team” or decide to separate under two separate school names….i.e. Heritage Boys, Heritage Girls)
  • First enter all of your athletes’ names (build your team) by clicking on MY TEAM in the orange box, then ADD MEMBERS.
  • After your Team is entered, click on TRACK MEETS in orange bar, then STRIKE/ADD.
  • Choose the meet, then select the Event to add participants. Click on “Change a School’s registration” and choose from your team members dropdown to ADD participants.
  • PLEASE put in times/distances/heights etc., for this meet, as heats will be grouped based on fastest times.
  • After entering your 3 participants for each event, use the green “back” arrow at top left to navigate back to “Select An Event” window.
  • FOR RELAYS: Enter a relay name (ie Heritage Relay – last name Relay, first name Heritage) for your school in your “Team Members” and just add that to the relay entry.

This may sound like a lot, but once you’ve got your team entered and then start adding individuals to events, it will all make sense and go quickly.

Please let us know if you have ANY questions or problems!