BC ATHLETICS 2008 JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT
TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
JULY 11, 12, 13, 2008
Hosted By:
VANCOUVER ISLAND ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION and NANAIMO TRACK &
FIELD CLUB
This meet is also part of the Island Track & Field Series for 2008
Meet Director: Allen Johnston - allen_955@yahoo.ca phone:
250-756-3014
Facility: Rotary Bowl
Stadium, 365,
Eligibility: ALL
ATHLETES MUST BE JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT MEMBERS OF BC ATHLETICS.
No
Fitness, Day of Event, School or BC Games Memberships are eligible
Entry
Deadline:
Send
Entries To: Brian Foan: bef1935@shaw.ca
709
Rimrock Trail
Entry
Fees: Up to June 27th:
$7.00 per event; Late Fees to July 4th, 2008: $14.00 per event. After July 4th $25.00 per event.
$10.00
per relay
No refunds will be given once entries are received.
Cheques Payable to:
Age
Divisions: 1999 - 9 yrs. 98 - 10 yrs.
97 - 11 yrs. 96 - 12 yrs. 95 - 13 yrs. 94 - 14 yrs.
Officiating:
It is the policy of JD
Championships that EACH PARTICIPATING CLUB provides volunteers to help at the
meet. Clubs will be expected to have enough volunteers to help a BCA Official
run an event if they have 10
or more athletes entered in the meet. Small clubs will be paired with other
small clubs.
Package
Pick-up: Packages will be available for
pick-up starting Friday, July 11th at
July12th at the track. Entries must be fully paid before club packages are
handed out.
Coaches
Meeting: To be held
Awards: BC Athletic Medals for 1st,
2nd, 3rd. Ribbons for 4th to 8th.
Medical:
Certified First Aid
Attendants
Results: Results will be posted in the
arena during the event. Full results will be posted on the Club’s website www.nanaimotrackandfield.com.
Age
Specifications: Blocks may be
used by 14 year old athletes only.
3000m:
Ages 13 & 14; Steeplechase: Age 14 only;
Discus:
Ages 10 to 14; Triple Jump: Ages 11 to 14;
Hammer:
Ages 12 to 14; Pole Vault: Ages 13 to 14;
Javelin:
Ages 10 to 14. Other events open to all age groups.
Conflicting
Events: To avoid missing jumps, throws or races, athletes should report to BOTH
event officials. The officials will try to facilitate athletes doing both
events. Athletes cannot “catch up” on missed rounds of throws or jumps, nor
move into different races and compete with other age groups.
Meet
Rules: IAAF rules with
Athletics Canada and BC Athletics Junior Development variations.
Athletes and officials only are permitted in the competition area.
Protests: Protests shall
be in writing accompanied by a cheque for $25.00 and received within 30 minutes
of the posting of the results of the event. If the protest is upheld, the fee
will be returned. Coaches, not athletes or parents, should attempt to resolve
the protest with the chief official before presenting it as an official
protest.
Track
Events: All Track Events will be
run Oldest to Youngest with Females going first, with exception of the hurdles.
These will follow heights and distances (100m to 60m).
Seeding: Athletes will be seeded for
heats and timed finals up to and including the 800m according to seed times. In
the case of timed finals, sections will be seeded with the fastest seeds in the
same section and the fastest
section
competing last. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CLUB REGISTRARS or CLUB COACHES
TO
FILL OUT SEED TIMES ON THE ENTRY FORM, AND THAT SEED TIMES ARE ACCURATE.
Athletes
without seed times will be placed in unseeded heats.
Preliminary
Heats: Heats will be held in the 100m and 200m events for all the age
categories
The winner of each heat, plus the next fastest
times to fill eight lanes will proceed to the final. In case of a tie for the
8th position in the final, the highest placed athlete in the slowest heat of
the tied athletes will proceed to the final. All other Track events will be run
as timed finals.
Relays:
Clubs may form teams from various age
groups but the team must run in the age category of the oldest
member.
Medley relays are 200m, 200m, 400m, 800m.
Throws:
Each athlete receives 3 attempts. 14 yr. olds - top 8 qualify for 3 more.
Horizontal Jumps: Each athlete receives 3 attempts. 14 yr. olds - top 8 qualify
for 3 more.
Vertical Jumps: Each athlete is
permitted 3 consecutive failed attempts. The bar is to be raised by 5 cm in HJ
and 10 cm for PV after each round. If there are less than two competitors
remaining in HJ and three in PV before the competition has been won, the bar
shall not be raised by less than 1 cm in HJ and 5 cm in PV after each round.
There will be a jump-off if there is a tie for first place. When a competitor
has won the competition, the height to which the bar is raised shall be decided
by the competitor in consultation with the jumps official