Meet Information
Live Results Follow:
Dear Coaches and Athletic Directors,
Saturday, May 8, 2021
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/
- 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.
Coaches Meeting at 10:00am at Start / Finish Line.
Field Events will start at 10:30am.
-We will need coaches to volunteer to help with Field Events. I apologize for this, but with the conflict of having a meet with our team on the same day, and the passing of one of our coaches father's, we are spread thin for Saturday.
Implement Weigh-In will be at the far end of stadium near throwing areas and start / finish line
beginning at 9:30am
*The boys' shot put must weigh 4.0 kilograms (8.818 lbs). The girls' shot put must weigh 2.744 kilograms (6 lbs).
**All implements that pass weigh in and can be used, must be available for all competitors to use in competition.
$ 7 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
22, 2021at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN.
Meet Director: Len Jeffers,
lenjeffers@hotmail.com
423-612-0650
*On the day of the meet, Saturday, May 8, the contact and designated
Meet Director will be James Garst, 423-444-3910