Meet Information
2012 Section 4-AAA Track and Field Meet
Schedule May 15, 16, and 18, 2012 **updated!!
Schedule: Tuesday (May 15, 2012) 4:00pm @ University of Memphis
Coaches Meeting, packet pick-up at 3:00pm
Field Events Finals
Girls: Long Jump, Pole Vault & Discus
Boys: Triple Jump, High Jump & Shot Put
Running Events Prelims (in this order)
Girls then Boys: 100m, 100h/110h, 4 x 100m relay, 400m
Running Events Finals (We anticipate a 5:30 PM start)
Girls then Boys: 3200m
Wednesday (May 16, 2012) 4:00pm @ University of Memphis
Field Events Finals
Boys: Long Jump, Pole Vault & Discus Finals
Girls: Triple Jump, High Jump & Shot Put Finals
Running Events Prelims (in this order)
Girls then Boys = 4 x 200m relay, 300h, 200m, 4 x 400m relay
Friday (May 18, 2012) 4:00pm @ University of Memphis
Running Events Finals (in this order)
Girls then Boys = 110h, 4x100m, 4x800*, 100m, 1600m*, 4x200m, 400m, 300m, 800m*, 200m, 4x400m
Note: The top four athletes of each final will qualify for the State Meet to be held at MTSU
in Murfreesboro, TN on May 21 through May 25, 2012.
Please direct any questions or concerns to Bob Yates at
CELL: 901-848-2683, FAX: 901-853-3313, byates@scsk12.org
2012 Section 4-AAA Track and Field
Meet Format
Format: Entry Notes: Each event shall be limited to 3 athletes per school.
The TSSAA four-event rule
shall be enforced.
Online entry: http://tn.milesplit.com/meets/107692-tssaa-aaa-section-4-sectional
Deadline Friday, May 11th @ Midnight.
Coaches meeting At 3:00pm, Tuesday May 15th to determine next years site and meet director.
Entry Fee: $25.00 per team ($25.00 for boys and $25.00 for girls). Make checks payable to:
Collierville High School. Checks must be turned in at the coaches meeting prior to the meet.
Late Entries: Late entries shall be assessed $25.00 per day per athlete (TSSAA policy)
until Monday,
May 14th @ 11:00 a.m. No entries after this point will be accepted. Cashiers check, cash,
school check
or money order only must be in hand before late entries shall be actually put into computer.
Packet pick-up: Packet pick-up will be at 3:00 pm, Tuesday May 15th at the coaches meeting.
Absolutely NO!!! Meet-day changes. We will not change heat sheets.
Measurement: Running events Finish Lynx F.A.T. system
Field events Steel-measuring tapes will be used to verify all state records and certified
scales will
be used to verify all weights of throwing implements and vault competitors. Non-coaching
volunteers
appointed by the Games Committee shall officiate the meet.
Heats and Seeding:
Running entries shall be ranked from slowest to fastest and evenly divided into heats based
on the
staggered format as stated in the NFHS Rules Book.
Heats shall not be reseeded based on absence of athlete in the heat.
Lane preference shall be based on Federation Rules for a 9-lane track.
The winner of each heat plus next fastest overall times from heats shall advance to the final.
In the event an athlete is unable to participate in the final, the next appropriate athlete
will advance.
The 800m, 1600m, 3200m and 4x800m relays shall be heats against times as finals.
Flights and Seeding:
Field entries shall be ranked in ascending order and divided into even flights.
Flights shall be seeded in ascending order with the best mark competing last.
**Each athlete in the prelim flights shall be given (3) attempts.
**The top (9) nine competitors regardless of flights shall be given (3) additional attempts
as a Finals Flights.
**The Finals Flight will be seeded in ascending order with the best mark competing last.
**The best mark, either in prelims or finals, shall determine his/her place.
NFHS 1st and 2nd place tie break rules shall apply for 4th and 5th place as well if necessary.
Scoring: The meet shall be scored as follows: 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 with points being evenly
divided in tie situations per NFHS rules.
Please direct any questions or concerns to Bob Yates at
CELL 901-848-2683, FAX 901-853-3313, byates@scsk12.org
Section 4, AAA Entry Standards
In order to conduct the AAA, Section 4 Track and Field Championship meet as a high quality meet in a timely
fashion, it was agreed upon by majority vote of the AAA, Section 4 coaches in 2006 that each year a set of
entry standards would be established. It was agreed upon that these would be SUGGESTED GUIDELINES only.
But it was agreed upon as well, by majority vote, that all AAA, Section 4 coaches would voluntarily consider
these guidelines when entering athletes into the Section 4 Championship Meet.
All those know it the TSSAA rule for the post-season entry-level Track and Field Championships states that
each school is permitted to enter a maximum of three (3) entrants per event. The standards in no way attempt
to overrule or supersede that TSSAA rule. The purpose of the standards is to simply ask that coaches
voluntarily consider the suggested standards/entry cut-offs when making their entries in order to achieve a
high quality section meet that is fair and equitable for ALL those involved, including ALL participating
athletes and ALL spectators who pay money to watch a PREMIER Track and Field event.
Coaches, you may enter 3 athletes per event if you so choose. But it is requested that you please:
1) Consider the standards as guidelines when making your entries please try to enter only those athletes
you believe will be competitive at this level, as agreed upon by majority vote each year since 2006.
2) In order to minimize complaints about false entry times/distances/heights, make every attempt to provide
verifiable entries. You may use the Section 4 Event Verification Form for those meets that do not post
results on the Internet, as agreed upon by majority vote each year since 2006.
3) Note that entry times/heights/distances that cannot be verified will be placed at the lowest level of
seeding for that event as agreed upon by majority vote each year since 2006.
Thank you for your consideration in these matters.
Please direct any questions or concerns to Bob Yates at
CELL: 901-848-2683, FAX: 901-853-3313, byates@scsk12.org
Entry Standards for 2012 Class AAA Section 4 Meet
THESE ARE SUGGESTED GUIDELINES ONLY. All verifiable marks shall be entered into the meet up to a maximum
of three (3) entrants per event, per school. With the exception of Pole Vault, the cut-off mark shall be
adjusted to allow for a minimum of 16 athletes. Coaches, please evaluate your entries closely. If you
have an athlete in ANY event that is VERIFIABLY CLOSE to the guideline mark, please enter the athlete anyway.
The 2011 Section 4 Track and Field Games Committee agreed upon these marks.
Opening Heights shall be one mark lower than the cut-off (e.g., Girls High Jump: Standard = 4-8,
Opening Height = 4-6).
Minimum mark is the distance required for a scoring mark. Distances below the minimum mark will be
recorded as No Mark.
EVENT GIRLS BOYS
High Jump 4-8 opening height 4-6 5-8 opening height 5-6
Triple Jump 29-0 minimum mark 27-0 40-0 minimum mark 38-0
Long Jump 15-6 minimum mark 15-0 19-6 minimum mark 19-0
Pole Vault 7-0 9-6
Discus Throw 80-0 minimum mark 78-0 120-0 minimum mark 118-0
Shot Put 30-0 minimum mark 28-0 43-0 minimum mark 41-0
100 meters 12.85 11.25
100m/110m Hurdles 18.00 16.00
200 meters 27.00 23.00
300m Hurdles 50.00 43.00
400 meters 1:03.0 52.00
800 meters 2:33.0 2:05.0
1600 meters 6:05.0 4:55.0
3200 meters 13:30.0 10:45.0
4x100 Relay 52:00 44.00
4x200 Relay 1:50.00 1:34.00
4x400 Relay 4:25.0 3:37.0
4x800 Relay 11:30.0 9:00.0
Please direct any questions or concerns to Bob Yates at
CELL: 901-848-2683, FAX: 901-853-3313, byates@scsk12.org
Section 4 Event Verification Form
Copy as needed
School: _________________________________ Coach: _________________________________
Meet: ___________________________________ Location: _______________________________
Date: _________ Meet Director: ______________________________________
EVENT ACTUAL TIME (S) ATHLETES NAME (S)
100m ____________________________________________________________________________________
100/110 H___________________________________________________________________________________
300H ____________________________________________________________________________________
200m ____________________________________________________________________________________
400m ____________________________________________________________________________________
800m ____________________________________________________________________________________
1600m ____________________________________________________________________________________
3200m ____________________________________________________________________________________
4X100m_____________________________________________________________________________________
4X200m______________________________________________________________________________________
4x400m ____________________________________________________________________________________
4x800m ____________________________________________________________________________________
EVENT DISTANCE/HEIGHT (S) ATHLETES NAME (S)
Long Jump ____________________________________________________________________________
Triple Jump ____________________________________________________________________________
High Jump ____________________________________________________________________________
Discus ____________________________________________________________________________
Shot Put ____________________________________________________________________________
Pole Vault ____________________________________________________________________________
Meet Directors Signature: __________________________________________________________________
Notes to Coaches: This form is needed ONLY for meets that do not post the results on the Internet.
This form is only to
be used to verify performances that meet the Section 4 entry standards as set forth by the Section
4 Track and Field Games Committee.
You must report the ACTUAL times for all hand-timed performances (NOT converted times).
Meet Directors are NOT responsible for providing this form. You may copy this form as needed.
You will need one form for each meet. You may include as many athletes per meet as have met
the standard for a given event.
Note to Meet Directors: By signing this form you are acknowledging that you have a record of
these events for this meet.
You must keep a copy of this record and be able to produce it upon request by the Section 4
Track and Field Games Committee.
Section 4 Event Verification Forms for which there are no records will not be accepted.
Schedule May 15, 16, and 18, 2012 **updated!!
Schedule: Tuesday (May 15, 2012) 4:00pm @ University of Memphis
Coaches Meeting, packet pick-up at 3:00pm
Field Events Finals
Girls: Long Jump, Pole Vault & Discus
Boys: Triple Jump, High Jump & Shot Put
Running Events Prelims (in this order)
Girls then Boys: 100m, 100h/110h, 4 x 100m relay, 400m
Running Events Finals (We anticipate a 5:30 PM start)
Girls then Boys: 3200m
Wednesday (May 16, 2012) 4:00pm @ University of Memphis
Field Events Finals
Boys: Long Jump, Pole Vault & Discus Finals
Girls: Triple Jump, High Jump & Shot Put Finals
Running Events Prelims (in this order)
Girls then Boys = 4 x 200m relay, 300h, 200m, 4 x 400m relay
Friday (May 18, 2012) 4:00pm @ University of Memphis
Running Events Finals (in this order)
Girls then Boys = 110h, 4x100m, 4x800*, 100m, 1600m*, 4x200m, 400m, 300m, 800m*, 200m, 4x400m
Note: The top four athletes of each final will qualify for the State Meet to be held at MTSU
in Murfreesboro, TN on May 21 through May 25, 2012.
Please direct any questions or concerns to Bob Yates at
CELL: 901-848-2683, FAX: 901-853-3313, byates@scsk12.org
2012 Section 4-AAA Track and Field
Meet Format
Format: Entry Notes: Each event shall be limited to 3 athletes per school.
The TSSAA four-event rule
shall be enforced.
Online entry: http://tn.milesplit.com/meets/107692-tssaa-aaa-section-4-sectional
Deadline Friday, May 11th @ Midnight.
Coaches meeting At 3:00pm, Tuesday May 15th to determine next years site and meet director.
Entry Fee: $25.00 per team ($25.00 for boys and $25.00 for girls). Make checks payable to:
Collierville High School. Checks must be turned in at the coaches meeting prior to the meet.
Late Entries: Late entries shall be assessed $25.00 per day per athlete (TSSAA policy)
until Monday,
May 14th @ 11:00 a.m. No entries after this point will be accepted. Cashiers check, cash,
school check
or money order only must be in hand before late entries shall be actually put into computer.
Packet pick-up: Packet pick-up will be at 3:00 pm, Tuesday May 15th at the coaches meeting.
Absolutely NO!!! Meet-day changes. We will not change heat sheets.
Measurement: Running events Finish Lynx F.A.T. system
Field events Steel-measuring tapes will be used to verify all state records and certified
scales will
be used to verify all weights of throwing implements and vault competitors. Non-coaching
volunteers
appointed by the Games Committee shall officiate the meet.
Heats and Seeding:
Running entries shall be ranked from slowest to fastest and evenly divided into heats based
on the
staggered format as stated in the NFHS Rules Book.
Heats shall not be reseeded based on absence of athlete in the heat.
Lane preference shall be based on Federation Rules for a 9-lane track.
The winner of each heat plus next fastest overall times from heats shall advance to the final.
In the event an athlete is unable to participate in the final, the next appropriate athlete
will advance.
The 800m, 1600m, 3200m and 4x800m relays shall be heats against times as finals.
Flights and Seeding:
Field entries shall be ranked in ascending order and divided into even flights.
Flights shall be seeded in ascending order with the best mark competing last.
**Each athlete in the prelim flights shall be given (3) attempts.
**The top (9) nine competitors regardless of flights shall be given (3) additional attempts
as a Finals Flights.
**The Finals Flight will be seeded in ascending order with the best mark competing last.
**The best mark, either in prelims or finals, shall determine his/her place.
NFHS 1st and 2nd place tie break rules shall apply for 4th and 5th place as well if necessary.
Scoring: The meet shall be scored as follows: 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 with points being evenly
divided in tie situations per NFHS rules.
Please direct any questions or concerns to Bob Yates at
CELL 901-848-2683, FAX 901-853-3313, byates@scsk12.org
Section 4, AAA Entry Standards
In order to conduct the AAA, Section 4 Track and Field Championship meet as a high quality meet in a timely
fashion, it was agreed upon by majority vote of the AAA, Section 4 coaches in 2006 that each year a set of
entry standards would be established. It was agreed upon that these would be SUGGESTED GUIDELINES only.
But it was agreed upon as well, by majority vote, that all AAA, Section 4 coaches would voluntarily consider
these guidelines when entering athletes into the Section 4 Championship Meet.
All those know it the TSSAA rule for the post-season entry-level Track and Field Championships states that
each school is permitted to enter a maximum of three (3) entrants per event. The standards in no way attempt
to overrule or supersede that TSSAA rule. The purpose of the standards is to simply ask that coaches
voluntarily consider the suggested standards/entry cut-offs when making their entries in order to achieve a
high quality section meet that is fair and equitable for ALL those involved, including ALL participating
athletes and ALL spectators who pay money to watch a PREMIER Track and Field event.
Coaches, you may enter 3 athletes per event if you so choose. But it is requested that you please:
1) Consider the standards as guidelines when making your entries please try to enter only those athletes
you believe will be competitive at this level, as agreed upon by majority vote each year since 2006.
2) In order to minimize complaints about false entry times/distances/heights, make every attempt to provide
verifiable entries. You may use the Section 4 Event Verification Form for those meets that do not post
results on the Internet, as agreed upon by majority vote each year since 2006.
3) Note that entry times/heights/distances that cannot be verified will be placed at the lowest level of
seeding for that event as agreed upon by majority vote each year since 2006.
Thank you for your consideration in these matters.
Please direct any questions or concerns to Bob Yates at
CELL: 901-848-2683, FAX: 901-853-3313, byates@scsk12.org
Entry Standards for 2012 Class AAA Section 4 Meet
THESE ARE SUGGESTED GUIDELINES ONLY. All verifiable marks shall be entered into the meet up to a maximum
of three (3) entrants per event, per school. With the exception of Pole Vault, the cut-off mark shall be
adjusted to allow for a minimum of 16 athletes. Coaches, please evaluate your entries closely. If you
have an athlete in ANY event that is VERIFIABLY CLOSE to the guideline mark, please enter the athlete anyway.
The 2011 Section 4 Track and Field Games Committee agreed upon these marks.
Opening Heights shall be one mark lower than the cut-off (e.g., Girls High Jump: Standard = 4-8,
Opening Height = 4-6).
Minimum mark is the distance required for a scoring mark. Distances below the minimum mark will be
recorded as No Mark.
EVENT GIRLS BOYS
High Jump 4-8 opening height 4-6 5-8 opening height 5-6
Triple Jump 29-0 minimum mark 27-0 40-0 minimum mark 38-0
Long Jump 15-6 minimum mark 15-0 19-6 minimum mark 19-0
Pole Vault 7-0 9-6
Discus Throw 80-0 minimum mark 78-0 120-0 minimum mark 118-0
Shot Put 30-0 minimum mark 28-0 43-0 minimum mark 41-0
100 meters 12.85 11.25
100m/110m Hurdles 18.00 16.00
200 meters 27.00 23.00
300m Hurdles 50.00 43.00
400 meters 1:03.0 52.00
800 meters 2:33.0 2:05.0
1600 meters 6:05.0 4:55.0
3200 meters 13:30.0 10:45.0
4x100 Relay 52:00 44.00
4x200 Relay 1:50.00 1:34.00
4x400 Relay 4:25.0 3:37.0
4x800 Relay 11:30.0 9:00.0
Please direct any questions or concerns to Bob Yates at
CELL: 901-848-2683, FAX: 901-853-3313, byates@scsk12.org
Section 4 Event Verification Form
Copy as needed
School: _________________________________ Coach: _________________________________
Meet: ___________________________________ Location: _______________________________
Date: _________ Meet Director: ______________________________________
EVENT ACTUAL TIME (S) ATHLETES NAME (S)
100m ____________________________________________________________________________________
100/110 H___________________________________________________________________________________
300H ____________________________________________________________________________________
200m ____________________________________________________________________________________
400m ____________________________________________________________________________________
800m ____________________________________________________________________________________
1600m ____________________________________________________________________________________
3200m ____________________________________________________________________________________
4X100m_____________________________________________________________________________________
4X200m______________________________________________________________________________________
4x400m ____________________________________________________________________________________
4x800m ____________________________________________________________________________________
EVENT DISTANCE/HEIGHT (S) ATHLETES NAME (S)
Long Jump ____________________________________________________________________________
Triple Jump ____________________________________________________________________________
High Jump ____________________________________________________________________________
Discus ____________________________________________________________________________
Shot Put ____________________________________________________________________________
Pole Vault ____________________________________________________________________________
Meet Directors Signature: __________________________________________________________________
Notes to Coaches: This form is needed ONLY for meets that do not post the results on the Internet.
This form is only to
be used to verify performances that meet the Section 4 entry standards as set forth by the Section
4 Track and Field Games Committee.
You must report the ACTUAL times for all hand-timed performances (NOT converted times).
Meet Directors are NOT responsible for providing this form. You may copy this form as needed.
You will need one form for each meet. You may include as many athletes per meet as have met
the standard for a given event.
Note to Meet Directors: By signing this form you are acknowledging that you have a record of
these events for this meet.
You must keep a copy of this record and be able to produce it upon request by the Section 4
Track and Field Games Committee.
Section 4 Event Verification Forms for which there are no records will not be accepted.