19th
ANNUAL DOGWOOD TRACK AND FIELD MEET Saturday and
Sunday, May 12th and 13th, 2007 Sanctioned by
BC Athletics (Updated
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Saturday and Sunday, May 12th
and 13th, 2007 |
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LOCATION |
Centennial Stadium, |
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ELIGIBILITY |
Current BC Athletics competitive membership
or equivalent from another provincial or state association. Current BC Athletics school membership. |
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ENTRY CHAIR |
Evelyn Parent Phone: [250] 744-2982 |
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890 Maltwood Terrace
Fax: [250] 598-3533 |
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Victoria,
BC V8X 5C7
E-Mail: vtfc@shaw.ca |
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ENTRY FEES |
$6.00 per event for Junior Development
athletes [1997 to 1992] |
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$8.00 per event for Juvenile and older
athletes [1991 and older] |
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Late entries or substitutions at the meet
will be $12.00 per event. |
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Day of Event school age BC Athletics
membership @ $3.00 per person. |
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VIAA fees will be included in the
individual event fees. |
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Cheques are to be made payable to the
Victoria Track and Field Club. |
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ENTRY DEADLINE |
All entries must be received no later than |
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All entries received after this time will
be counted as late entries. No late entries will be accepted after |
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Changes to original entries will be counted
as late entries after May 4th. |
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E-MAIL ENTRIES |
Clubs are welcome to e-mail or fax in their
entry forms and then pay at the meet. |
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Payment is due before clubs pick up their
registration packages. |
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Vancouver Island Athletic Association
member clubs may obtain a line of credit and pay for their entries at the end of the
meet. |
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CLUB PACKAGES |
Registration packages will be available in
the main press box at the top of the covered stadium beginning at Teams are asked to pick up the complete
package and pay for all entry fees. |
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MEET RULES |
ATHLETICS CANADA and IAAF rules and
regulations will apply at this meet. BC Athletics Junior Development rules and
regulations for championship meets will be followed wherever applicable. |
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AWARDS |
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Victoria Track and Field Club ribbons for
fourth to eighth place finishes. |
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GENERAL MEET INFORMATION |
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AGE CATEGORIES |
Junior Development
athletes will compete in single age categories from 1998 to 1992 [JD 9, JD
10, JD 11, JD 12, JD 13, JD 14 and YOUTH 15].
JD age groups may be
combined for field events but each group will be scored separately for
awards. MIDGET 14 [1993] and
YOUTH 15 [1992] will compete together but will be scored separately for
awards. |
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1991 and older athletes will compete
together as an OPEN category but will be scored separately [Masters 1967 and
older; Seniors 1968 to 1987; Juniors 1988 & 1989; and Juveniles 1990
& 1991]. Masters must compete as a single group as
we do not have enough athletes to offer 5-year age categories for awards. |
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High School athletes must compete in
regular age class categories except for hurdles events. Please register High
School athletes by their year of birth. |
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SCHEDULE |
Due to the numbers of participants at this
meet we will follow all starting times for track events as listed in the
published schedule of events. Any
changes to the field event schedule will be listed in a revised schedule
available at the meet. |
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Please make note when registering your
athletes that our field event schedule is extremely tight and we will not
hold up any field events for athletes participating in other events. Have your athletes check over the schedule
before registering in this meet. |
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FIELD EVENTS |
Due to the large number of entries in field
events in the JD age classes those events will be limited to three attempts for each athlete
up to and including the midget and youth categories. |
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Open Category athletes will be given six
attempts each at all field events. If
entries are high in the combined Open categories, then each athlete will have
three attempts with the top eight
having an additional three attempts. |
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WORLD YOUTH QUALIFYING |
This meet will serve as a qualifying event
for World Youth Championships, including Heptathlon, Octathlon and World
Youth hurdle specifications. Please contact us immediately if you have
athletes entering these events. |
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SPIKE LENGTHS |
The maximum spike length allowed on this
track is 7mm. |
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TRACK RESTRICTIONS |
The infield is out of bounds at all times as the infield is used for
competition. Please use the main
entrance to the stadium and walk around to the finish line seating from the
flagpole end of the track. Please
observe all restricted areas. |
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EQUIPMENT |
Equipment will be provided by the Victoria
Track and Field Club with the exception of pole vault poles. Personal equipment must be checked and
weighed in the equipment shed under the electronic scoreboard at least 1 hour
before the start of the throwing event.
Contact the meet director if you need to locate an official to weigh
your equipment. |
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MEET RESULTS |
Copies of the meet results will be posted
on the Peninsula Track and Field Club Website [pentrack.org] as well as
through a link on the BC Athletics website at bcathletics.org. |
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Please note that all athletes names will
appear on a website. Please advise us
if you do not wish your childs name to appear. |
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UNIFORMS |
School and club team uniforms must be worn
during all competitions. |
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TRACK EVENTS |
All events on the track will start with the
Open Age Categories first at the posted times. Order will be Open, Senior, Junior,
Juvenile, Youth, Midget to 9 years. |
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WHEELCHAIR EVENTS |
Wheelchair events will go in the following
order with women first, then men: T
54, T 53, followed by T52 and T51 combined. |
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Categories may be combined if numbers are
low but each category will be scored separately. |
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TIMED FINALS |
All events offered are timed finals. |
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BLOCKS |
Starting blocks are supplied for all
athletes, Midget 14 and older. |
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LATE ENTRIES |
All late entries will be charged if
accepted after |
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RACE NUMBERS |
Numbers will be assigned to all athletes
and must be worn during all competitions.
Track events from 100 to 400 metres will have numbers on the
back. Track events 800 metres and
longer will have numbers on the front.
Field events numbers may be worn on the back or the front. |
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STARTING HEIGHTS |
Starting heights for all pole vault groups
and for Youth and older high jump events will be determined by the athletes
entered in the competition. Starting
heights for JD high jump categories are as follows: |
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GIRLS |
BOYS |
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9 years |
.70 m * |
.75 m * |
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10 years |
.80 m * |
.85 m * |
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11 years |
.90 m |
.95 m |
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12 years |
.95 m |
1.00 m |
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13 years |
1.05 m |
1.15 m |
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14 years |
1.15 m |
1.25 m |
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* Based on the height of the pit. |
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HURDLES |
This year we are only offering specific hurdle races. Please check the following hurdle events and register your athletes in their correct hurdle event.
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DISTANCE |
HEIGHT |
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400m |
36 |
Senior/Junior/HS
Men |
10 |
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400m |
33 |
Juvenile/
World Youth Men* |
10 |
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400m |
30 |
Senior/Junior/Juvenile/High
School/ World Youth Women* |
10 |
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300m |