WILDCAT HIGH SCHOOL TRACK CLASSIC
Saturday January 31, 2015
Nutter Field House
University of Kentucky
ENTRIES: Entry into the Wildcat Track Classic is open to Kentucky HIGH SCHOOL athletes only. Athletes must compete as members of their high school team. Unattached or track club entries are not allowed.
Entries are limited to three athletes per event, per team. In special situations, possible exceptions to the entry limit policy will be made considering verifiable, very competitive performances of all the team's entries in a particular event. Meet management also reserves to right to limit entries, based on performance, more strictly than the 3 athletes per event limitation to keep the competition on a manageable schedule. We will accept a limited number of total entries in the 2 mile (50) & Pole Vault (20) events. Email Don Weber at dweber@uky.edu with additional entry requests.
ENTRIES must be made through aspi meetz, our online entry service for the Wildcat Classic.
The Wildcat Classic Entry Site address is: http://www.aspimeetz.com/20502
We will email an Invitation to Enter with a direct link to aspi meetz's Wildcat Classic Entry Page to the KTCCA Coaches Association list serve in late November. You may begin to enter athletes online immediately, but you must declare or finalize your entries by 7:00pm (eastern) Wednesday, January 28. You may enter, update or adjust your entries anytime from December 1 until 7:00 pm (eastern time), Wednesday, January 28. As the instructions on the entry page indicates, once you click on the DECLARE LIST BUTTON you will not be able to edit your entries and we will not be able to download entries that have not been officially declared. We will seed the meet and your entry fee will be calculated based on only those entries declared by 7:00 pm on Wednesday, January 28.
IMPORTANT: For entry into the 60m and 60m hurdles, the online entry forms list 100 meters and 100m/110m hurdles events … please use your athlete's best 100 meter or 100m/110m hurdle times for entry into the 60m and 60m hurdles. In the past we've received both indoor and outdoor performances and we do not want to try to convert times. Please enter your athletes with accurate performances to ensure the fairest competition.
DECLARE & FINALIZE ALL ENTRIES: 7:00 pm eastern, Wednesday, January 28.
ENTRY FEES: Five dollars per athlete, per event in individual events, PLUS twenty dollars for each relay team. Entry fees must be paid on or before Saturday, January 31, 2015. You may mail entry fee or pay at packet pick-up. Your entry fee will be calculated based on the entries you confirm on Tuesday, January 28. The only refund of entry fees after January 28 will be for athletes not accepted into the competition based on performance
Entry fee checks must be made payable to: UKAD (University of Kentucky Athletic Department)
MAIL ENTRY FEE: Don Weber, 2437 Doubletree Court, Lexington, KY 40514
CONDUCT OF THE COMPETITION: A coach, or designated school representative must accompany
athletes to the meet. All events will be contested as “sections against time" finals. Sections will be seeded according to entry times and other available performance information. The first section or flight will be the top seeded section. Competitors in the long jump and shot put will be given three (3) final attempts. Depending on the size of the fields, minimum measurements after the first fair attempt may be utilized. All shots must be weighed at the competition venue at least 30 minutes prior to the start of the competition
The field house will open at 10:30 am on Saturday. The competition will begin at 12:00n (Eastern Time), and a “rolling time schedule" will be followed throughout the meet. Check Friday for the number of sections to assist you with estimating the time of your events. Start list will be posted Friday afternoon. The “no false start" rule will be in effect. Start times for the boy's field event competitions will be announced by the event officials at the conclusion of the girl's events
AWARDS: Wildcat Classic Medals will be awarded to the top three finishers in each event.
COACHES CREDENTIALS: At team check-in coaches will be issued a wrist band credential which will provide access to bleacher seating as well as restricted team and warm-up areas. Wristband meet credentials are for official coaches only! Parents transporting athletes are considered spectators
TEAM CAMPS: All teams should establish a “team camp" in the area designated on the infield of the track.
Athletes will not be allowed in bleacher seating. Seating is reserved for paying spectators and coaches.
SAFETY POLICY: The use of headphones and cell phones are only permitted inside the team camp area
WARM-UP LOGISTICS: Athletes should warm-up outdoors or in the designated area on the track infield. Warming-up will not be allowed on the track!
DRESSING ROOMS: Dressing or locker rooms are not available in the field house, so please have your athletes come to the field house dressed to compete.
RESTROOMS: Field House restrooms located in the entrance lobby are very limited. Additional port-a-johns will be conveniently located in the elevator lobby of Commonwealth Stadium just outside the entrance to the field house
SPIKED SHOES: One quarter inch pyramid (1/4") spikes are the only spikes allowed. Starting line clerks will prohibit athletes wthl other spikes (pin, Christmas tree) from competing. Don't risk it!!!.
ATHLETE CHECK-IN: All running event athletes must check-in with the Clerk of Course located on the track infield at least 20 minutes prior to their race. Early check-in is encouraged. The clerk will distribute hip numbers to all athletes competing in races in which the competitors do not remain in an assigned lane throughout the entire race (400
WILDCAT HIGH SCHOOL TRACK CLASSIC
Saturday January 31, 2015