27th Annual Houston Track & Field Classic

April 17th - 18th 2020

Houston High School - Germantown, TN

Team/Coach Directions

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Coaches and athletes get real time results as races finish!!!

Awards Medals to the top three places, including relay members. Trophies to the top 2 teams (boys and girls). Special awards to the outstanding individuals (boys and girls) and a single outstanding performance of the meet.

Entry Fee-

The entry fee is $125 per boys team and $125 per girls team.

Individuals are $15 per person, up to 6 athletes, otherwise team fee will apply.

Make checks payable to Houston Track Booster Club with Track Classic Entry Fee written on the memo line. You may also make the check to Houston High School if your district requires a check made to a school. Entry fees can be mailed to:

Houston High School

c/o Monica Thomas

7955 Wolf River Blvd

Germantown, TN 38139

Varsity Entry Limitations: Each team will be allowed a maximum of three (3) entries in each individual event and one (1) entry in each relay event. We will follow TSSAA rules. A contestant shall not be entered in more than four (4) events, excluding relays. A contestant shall not compete in more than four (4) events, including relays.

JV Entry Limitations- 100/400/SHOT/LJ/PV/1600- 3 entries

NOTE- JV PV is FRIDAY, Varsity PV is SATURDAY.

JV 4x100 and JV 4x800- will race Saturday- 1 entry limit

Unified Entry Limitations- Each team will be allowed a maximum of five (5) entries in each Unified event.

Varsity Entry Limitations- 3 for all events, 1 for relay teams.

Qualifying Standards THERE ARE NO QUALIFYING STANDARDS. All heats will be seeded according to times given. Coaches CAN NOT override times. Coaches can email Coach Thomas if a different seed time/mark is needed. monica.thomas@gmsdk12.org

Field Events: All field events will be finals. Horizontal events (Throws, LJ, TJ) will receive 4 attempts.

VARSITY FIELD EVENT MEASUREMENT STANDARDS:

All first attempts will be measured.

Shot- G-28', B-38'

Discus- G-75', B-100'

LJ- G-15', B-18'

TJ- G-27', B-35'

HJ- G-4'4", B-4'10" starting heights

PV- 8' Girls, 10' Boys starting heights

Unified Events- we are excited to announce the addition of Unified Track to the Houston Classic. Special needs students from several local schools will have the opportunity of competing along-side their fellow student athletes in the following events: shot, long jump, 100M dash, 4x100M relay. Please visit the following website to learn more about this wonderful cause.www.playunified.org/about#whatisunifiedIf your school is interested in the Unified Events, you must contact Coach Thomas- monica.thomas@gmsdk12.org

Entry Deadline: All entries are due no later than Wednesday, April 15th noon. You will need to register online at Houston ClassicRegistration obligates your payment of the entry fee.

Event Check In-

Field events will check in at the event location. You must check in 30 minutes before the event to prevent being scratched.

Running events-

Runners will check in for their race at the start line of their race. Heats will be made Thursday April 11th. Once heat have been made we can not add runners. Heats will be formed fast to slow based on seed time. It is imperative coaches assist their runners to not miss their race.

There is no coaches meeting.

Hospitality-A hospitality room for coaches and sponsors will be provided. The location will be in the Varsity Gym office. Please use the South entrance. Food by the Germantown BBQ Commissary.

Admission fee $7 per day

Meet Time Schedule

Friday, April 17th, 2020

4:30PM- all races are section vs time, girls race first.

Friday Running Events: