TMSAA Northeast A Sectional (Small Schools) 2019

Gray, TN

Meet Information

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Dear Coaches and Athletic Directors,



Saturday,May 4, 2019

TMSAA North East Small Division Sectional Championships

*Note on Entry Fees: Whether entry fees have been paid or not is between Schools and TMSAA. I was told that some schools paid while paying membership dues and some did not. We do not have any record of who has paid or not and was told to direct all questions to school administrators and/or TMSAA.

**Below is the list of schools in Class A assigned to this Section and allowed to enter. There is also a link below to the TMSAA page with all schools listed by Section and Class.

http://portal.tssaa.org/common/classification/?schoolYear=2018&sportid=10&type=middle

Class A

Ashley Academy (Johnson City, TN)
Blountville Middle School (Blountville, TN)
Bluff City Middle School (Bluff City, TN)
Boones Creek Middle School (Johnson City, TN)
DeBusk Elementary School (Greeneville, TN)
Happy Valley Middle School (Elizabethton, TN)
Jonesborough Middle School (Jonesborough, TN)
Lamar Elementary School (Jonesborough, TN)
Mary Hughes Middle School (Piney Flats, TN)
Mosheim Middle School (Mosheim, TN)
Ottway Elementary School (Greeneville, TN)
Rogersville City School (Rogersville, TN)
Rogersville Middle School (Rogersville, TN)
Sullivan Gardens K-8 (Kingsport, TN)
Surgoinsville Middle School (Surgoinsville, TN)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
*Reminder that top 4 in each event qualifies for the State Championships to be held on Saturday, May 18 at Austin Peay University in Clarksville. If anyone qualifies but cannot attend the State Meet, please let me know the day of Sections or as soon as possible so we can alert TMSAA and bump up the 5th place competitor.

Coaches Meeting at 10:00am on center of in-field

Field Events will start at 10:30am.

Implement Weigh-In will be at the far end of stadium near throwing areas and start / finish line

beginning at 9:30am


$ 4.00 admission for spectators.

Use gate in lower lot by field house.

Gate will open at 9:00 am.



10:30am (First Round, then switch at completion of each event)

Boys High Jump

Girls Long Jump

Boys Discus

Girls Shot Put

All Running Events will be on a Rolling Schedule with 1st, 2nd and 3rd calls as current field events come to a completion. Plan to start running events at the half hour after field events are completed.

Running events on a Rolling Schedule Immediately after all Field Event Competition

100 Meter LH

110 Meter LH

100 Meter Dash

4x200 Meter Relay

1600 Meter Run

4x100 Meter Relay

400 Meter Dash

800 Meter Run

200 Meter Dash

4x400 Meter Relay

Awards will be given out to the Top 2 in all events and the Top 2 teams in all Divisions.

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Track

Regulations


I.

TSSAA Uniform Rule


All

uniforms must follow the NFHS Rules. The referee will warn every

participant prior to the meet that they must compete in a legal

uniform, and if a contestant competes in an illegal uniform, then

that contestant is disqualified from that event. There are no team

warnings or individual warnings after the meet begins. Officials

should use preventative officiating as much as possible.


II.

Number of Events Open to Participants


No

contestant may participate in more than three events in any meet.

This regulation applies to all track competition regular-season meets

as well as invitational, conference, sub-sectional, sectional,

regional, and state meets.


A

school may enter no more than three girls or three boys in any

individual event and no more than one team in a relay.


III.

Sectional


In

middle school track, there will be two classifications: small and

large. Classification can be found here.


Four

Sectionals (Murfreesboro, Chattanooga, Johnson City, and Memphis)

will be held across the state with the qualifiers advancing to the

State Championships. There will be 16 qualifiers in each event from

each classification to the State Championships from the Sectional

meets. There will be a fee of $50 for a girls team and $50 for a boys

team for each school in the Sectional meet
and

paid to TMSAA. Schools may have paid through portal during membership

fee process
.

IV.

State Meet Information


Running Events All lane assignments will be based on the athletes qualifying

performance.


The following scoring system shall be used in the state meet

10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.


The Middle School Track & Field State Championships will be held May

18, 2019 at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN.




Meet Director: Len Jeffers,

lenjeffers@hotmail.com

423-612-0650