Meet Information
2023 Hohokam Heat sheets
Meet Director:
James Smith (Meet Director) - Westwood Head Track Coach
Phone (602) 319-2523 Fax (480) 472-4509 Email: Coachjamesaz@gmail.com
Admission: $8.00
Payment
- $400per team ($200 boys, $200 girls). ALL PAYMENTS SHOULD BE MADE TO Westwood Warrior Parent Booster Club. Attention Track & Field 945 W. Rio Salado, Mesa, AZ 85201 Payment is due by March 24th, 2023.
Entries:
- All entries must be from a 2023 meet that utilized a F.A.T. electronic timing system. Converted times will not be accepted!
- All entries will be submitted online through MileSplit. Please ensure that you have entered all of your athletes correctly as we will not be allowing any changes the day of the meet. You must have all of your entries submitted to MileSplit by 11:59pm on Monday, April 10th, 2022.
- Each school will be allowed to submit three (3) competitors in each event.
- There will be no changes or additions the day of the meet.
- Schools can submit one (1) relay team in each race.
Check in and Arrival:
- Coaches will pick up team packets at the Coaches meeting at 7:30am in the Culinary Room.
- Team camps must be set up in the North and South bleachers, or, in the grass area of the baseball field, just south of the stadium.
Athletes:
- Athletes who are not competing will not be allowed on the infield. This will be strictly enforced. Athletes who are in violation may be disqualified from competition at the discretion of the meet director.
- The track will be open for warm ups until 8:00am on Friday. After that time, all warm-ups must be completed inside the warmup pen in the middle of the field OR outside of the track on the baseball field/team camp area just south of the stadium.
- Trainers will be available in the training room on the Southwest end of the stadium near the start of the 100-meter dash. Bring you own tape for wraps.
Implements
- Athletes will bring or use their own throwing implements. If the same team is using the same implement, it must be sanitized between throws Electronic measurement will be used. All equipment will be sanitized during and between sessions.
Facilities:
- 8 lane all weather track.
- All weather runways for LJ, TJ and PV.
- Concrete shot and Discus rings.
- All weather take-off area for HJ.
- All weather take-off area for Javelin. (For 2023 only due to new turf we will throw off grass)
- Track resurfaced 2018 and stadium upgrades completed in 2017.
Scoring and Awards:
- The top eight places will be scored as 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.
- Medals and custom bags will be awarded to the top three athletes / relay teams.
- Team awards will be given to the top three boys and girls teams.
Coaches:
- Will not be allowed on the infield area. Each event will have a designated coaches box.
- Coaches meeting 7:30am. The
hospitality room will be located in the culinary room. It is the building
West of the track across parking lot. Follow the palm trees. The
hospitality room will stay open after the coaches meeting and have lunch
at 11:00am to Noon. Dinner will start at 3:30pm. Each team will be given wrist
bands that they will present to be allowed access to the hospitality room.
Results:
- Results will be posted live and throughout the meet. Running events will be shown on the digital board following each race.
- Official meet results will be posted on Milesplit AZ.
Track Events:
- Lanes will be assigned for the Early session in the 100, 200, 400 and hurdles.
- In the Sprints and Hurdles the top 15 seed times will compete in the Evening session. The top performers from sprints and hurdles in the early session will also advance to the evening session. The evening session for
Sprints and Hurdles will be seeded according to time with the fastest 8 in heat 2, and the next fastest 7 +1 from early session in the first heat. - The track event check in area is located on the southwest end of the stadium, near the start of the 100 meters. All
athletes must check in to the Clerk of the Course. No heat changes will be made in the staging area. - 800-, 1600- and 3200-meter men's and women's will be run separately. Seeds 25+ will run in Early session. The top 24 entered athletes will run in one heat of the 1600 and 3200, and 2 heats of the 800m (12 per heat). The number of runners in each heat may be changed by the Meet Director. Box Alley start will be used.
- The 1600-meter relay will be run using a 3-turn stagger.
- Each team will be allowed to submit one relay team in the 400, 800, 1600 and 3200 relay. All relays will be run as finals, and all relays will be seeded according to entry time. 4x200 teams run entirely in their lanes and this year will be co-ed. Short relays will utilize NFHS rule with 30m exchange zones. ONLY THROWERS should be entered in Throwers relay and will be capped at 2 heats each Boys and Girls.
Field Events:
If an athlete needs to leave to compete in another event, they must check out with the event judge, and return to their event within 15 minutes of the completion of the other event.
- Long and Triple Jump:
- Athletes will compete in flights.
- Each athlete will have three preliminary jumps. The top 12 will advance to finals.
- Long jumps min. measurement line Boys = 18'Girls = 14'
- Triple jump min. measurement line All Jumps measured
- New NFHS rule: No reverse runs or runs in the non-legal direction during
warm-up will be allowed on horizontal jumps runways.
B.Pole Vault - Three Alive method will be used
- Boy's Vault will start at 10' with 6" raises to 14' then 3" raises
- Girl's Vault will start at 8' with 6" raises to 11' then 3" raises.
- A second warm up time period of ten minutes will be allowed for athletes
who enter the competition at an exceptional height. The head pole vault judge will determine
the height at which this warm up will take place. - New NFHS rule: No reverse runs or runs in the non-legal direction during
warm-up will be allowed on pole vault runways.
C.High Jump - Three Alive method will be used
Boy's High Jump will start at 5'6" with 2" raises to 6'0" then 1" raises.
- Girl's High Jump will start at 4'6" with 2" raises to 5'2" then 1" raises.
- Shot, Discus, Javelin:
- Athletes will compete in flights.
- Each athlete will get three preliminary throws. Throws #1 and #2 will not be marked if under the minimum line. The top 12 will move on to finals where they will receive three more throws.
- Discus min. measurement line Boys = 105'Girls = 80'
- Shot Put min. measurement line Boys = 35' Girls = 25'
- Javelin min. measurement Boys 115' Girls 80'
Competitors are allowed to use their own javelin. We will have limited javelins available for use.
Competition Schedule
Friday Track Early Session(Time may be +/- 30 minutes)
* Sprints / Hurdle Seeds 15+ will be in Early Session. Top Finisher will advance to Evening.
* Distance races 25+ seeds will be in Early Session
* Boys compete first
8:00 3200m
9:30 100m / 110m Hurdles
10:30 100m Dash
11:30 1600m
12:00 4x200 relay (Mixed 2 Boys + 2 Girls)
12:15 400m Dash
1:15 300m Hurdles
2:00 800m
2:30 200m Dash
Friday Track Evening Session(Time may be +/- 30 minutes)
* Sprint / Hurdle races Top 15 seeds in Evening Session. Plus Top 1 from Early Session.
* Distance races are Top 24 seeds in Evening Session
4:00 3200 Relay
4:30 100m / 110m Hurdles
4:45 100m Dash
5:00 1600m
5:30 400m relay (All)
5:45 400m Dash
6:00 300m hurdles
6:15 800m
6:30 200m Dash
6:45 3200m
7:30 Throwers Watermelon 400m Relay (Limited to 3 heats each, signup by 6:45pm)
7:45 1600m relay
Field Events
Friday: 8:30am Friday: 2:30pm
Girls Long Jump Boys Long Jump
Boys Triple Jump Girls Triple Jump
Girls Pole Vault (8' start height) Boys Pole Vault(10' start height)
Boys Discus Girls Discus
Girls Shot Put Boys Shot Put
Boys High Jump (5'6" start height) Girls High Jump (4'6" start height)
Javelin (Boys followed by Girls)