Metro Conference Meet 2024

Welcome

to the 2023 Metro Conference Track

and Field Championship Meet

Welcome to the campus of Southeast Guilford

High School and the 2023 Metro Conference Track and Field Championship Meet. Coach

Tyre and the Southeast Guilford track and field staff are honored to host

this annual event. We hope your team has a wonderful experience today and

put on the greatest

performances of their lives. To insure that the meet is run in a

professional manner that showcases the very best in track and field in North Carolina,

please read the following details and share these with your athletes prior

to the meet. Please read closely and share

with your athletes, coaches, parents, and supporters.

1.      There is no charge for parking for buses and/or patrons.

2.      Results will be posted live by Rhodes Race Timing at www.rrtiming.com.

3.      When

you get to Southeast, come to the entrance between the gym and tennis courts. Drop

your athletes and coaches off in the parking lot directly behind the home side

of the stadium. Go pass the Cultural Arts Building and when you see the beige

mobile units to your right and brick building on the left, turn left on the

road and go to the stop sign. Take a right and park at the baseball field

parking area.

4.      Southeast Guilford is a GOFANS

School. No cash or checks will be

accepted. Credit or Debit Cards and Apple or Google Pay can be used to purchase

tickets. (Please share this information with your parents.)

5.      An Athletic Trainer will be on site.

6.      All implements will be inspected at the light pole across from the

main entrance. Meet management will NOT be providing implements.

7.      All persons participating in the Pole Vault will be weighed and

have poles verified prior to competition. Pole Vault weigh-ins and pole

inspection will take place outside of the Lacrosse Field House beside the pole

vault area.

8.      All athletes are to be in proper uniform in accordance with the

sanctioning body and rules:

National Federation (NFHS) and NCHSAA. Note: The NFHS has made it nearly impossible to

violate the uniform rule. However, make sure that meet officials can tell what

school you are representing by logos, school name, school colors, etc. Athletes

should not have on any attire that has another sport written on it or anything unrelated

to sport. EX. It doesn't have to have track written on it, but it can't

have Football, Cross Country, NASA Moon Landing Team etc.

The 2023 NFHS rule book has

significantly reduced the wording to reflect the "relaxed" uniform rules. These

are in Article 4-3 of the 2023 NFHS Rule Book. Please review this

section with your athletes if you have not already done so. Pay particular

attention to 4-3, Article 2A that relates to relay teams. It states "all relay

and cross country team members must wear uniforms clearly indicating, through predominant

color, school logo, and color combination of all outer garments worn as a uniform

that members are from the same team".  All

coaches should have their 2023 NFHS Rule Book or have it downloaded to your

phone on the NFHS app.

9. The 10-minute check-in /check-out rule will

be in effect. If an athlete is in a field

event and gets a

First call for a running event, they

should check out of their field event and check-in at the Clerk's Table

and then return to the

field event. Event judges will be instructed to allow athletes to go

   "out

of turn" if necessary. The Clerk will be instructed not to

"hold" athletes competing in field

events. It is the responsibility of the coach and the athlete to report to the

starting line for their event.

If they are in a running event, they need to

report back to the event within 10 minutes of the conclusion

of their heat. They can check-out for

fifteen (15) minutes maximum. (Five minutes prior to the event,

10 minutes following.) Athletes competing in

2 or more field events simultaneously will have to go

"back and forth. "They will need to

check-out and report immediately to their next event. (Officials

will give them time to change shoes if the

need shall arise.) Athletes cannot lose an attempt if competing in

   then

return to the field event. Event judges will be instructed to allow athletes to

go "out of turn" if necessary.

The Clerk will be

instructed not to "hold" athletes competing in field events. It is

the responsibility of the coach

and the athlete to report

to the starting line for their event. If they are in a running event, they need

to report

back to the event within 10 minutes of the conclusion of their

heat. They can check-out for fifteen (15) minutes

maximum. (Five minutes prior to the event, 10 minutes following.)

Athletes competing in 2 or more field events simultaneously will have to go

"back and forth." They will need to check-out and report immediately

to their next event. (Officials will allow them time to change shoes if the

need shall arise.) Athletes cannot lose an attempt if competing in another

field event. STARTING

THE FIELD EVENTS AN HOUR BEFORE THE RUNNING EVENTS SHOULD MINIMIZE SOME OF THIS.

10. All protests should be

filed with the Referee, on the proper "Protest/Appeal Form." Protest

forms can be

picked up at the Meet

Management table.

11. We will have a scratch meeting as

part of the coaches meeting. This is being done in case there are

enough scratches that it allows the

timers to reseed and eliminate a heat.

12. No headwear is to be worn during the event, warm-ups or in the

competition area. Religious

headwear is not considered a hair device

13. In the field events, there will

be four (4) attempts; No Finals. The Head Judge in each field event is to

inspect that all participants are in

proper uniform before competing.

14. Starting Heights:

Girls High Jump: 4'4" Girls Pole Vault: 5' 0"

Boys High Jump: 5'4"Boys Pole Vault: 7' 0"

15.  In the field events,

all First Flight legal throws and jumps will be measured.

Second Flight throws

and jumps will have their first legal attempt

measured. All other attempts must meet a minimum

mark in order to be measured. In throws

and jumps with a single flight, the minimum standard will

apply on the second attempt, or the

first successful attempt.

 Boys' Shot Put: 37'

0"Boys' Discus

Throw: 95'0"

Boys' Long Jump: 19'0"Boys' Triple Jump: 37'0"

Girls' Shot Put: 25'

0"Girls' Discus Throw: 60'0"

Girls' Long Jump: 14'0"Girls' Triple Jump: 30'0"

16. All running events will check in at the white tent near the Pole Vault area and

receive their hip

numbers. HIP

NUMBERS ARE TO BE WORN ON THE LEFT HIP!

17. Athletes may come on the

infield to warm up once the first call is made and you have checked in at

the tent. After finishing their

competition athletes should return to their team area. ATHLETES WILL  

NOT BE ALLOWED TO LINGER ON THE INFIELD

AFTER COMPLETING THEIR EVENT!

 18.The only people on the infield

should be (1) athletes warming up after checking in (2) meet officials

and (3) coaches. Spectators may watch in the LJ/TJ/Pole Vault Area and the

Discus Area. NO

SPECTATORS ON THE INFIELD!

 19. All

relay instructions will be given in the clerking tent. Athletes will

be expected to go directly

to the starting line

or proper exchange zone.

20. MAKE SURE TO SCRATCH ANY

ATHLETE AT THE COACHES MEETING THAT YOU DO

NOT WANT TO COMPETE IN AN EVENT. IF AN ATHLETE ATTEMPTS TO COMPETE IN

ANOTHER EVENT AFTER NOT COMPETING IN AN

EVENT THAT THEY WERE NOT

SCRATCHED IN, THEY WILL BE DISQUALIFIED

FOR THE MEET. Ex. I had to pull one of

my

athletes out of the 4 x 100 Relay at the

2017 Regionals because he missed the Men's Triple Jump and

had not been scratched. If I had not taken him out of the 4 x 100, my relay team would have

been disqualified.

21. Athletes are not to have cell phones in competition areas. This

includes field events, on the infield, or on the

track. Meet officials and

coaches of athletes are asked to do a lot of preventive officiating in this

area. Please go

to https://www.nfhs.org/media/6892897/nfhs-track-and-field-pre-meet-notes_2023_final.pdf. Look on page 7

and 8. This covers

what is allowed and what is not. I will try to make copies for

meet officials

We are looking forward to a

great meet. If we can be of service to you, please do not hesitate to call on

us.

Alton Tyre, Meet Director

and Facility Manager

2023 Metro Track & Field

Championship Meet

2023 Metro Conference Track and Field Championship Meet

Southeast Guilford High School

Wednesday May 3, 2023

Time Schedule

4:00 PM Stadium Opens and Packet-Pick-Up

4:15 PM Pole Vault Weigh-ins (Pole Vault Area)/Implement Inspection/Weigh-in (Light Pole Across from Main Entrance)

4:25 PM Coaches Meeting at Mid-Field

Field Events

5:00 PM Girls Long Jump (followed by Triple Jump)

5:00 PM Boys Long Jump (followed by Triple Jump)

5:00 PM Girls Discus Throw (followed by Boys)

5:00 PM Boys Shot Put (followed by Girls)

5:00 PM Girls and Boys Pole Vault (Starting Height Girls 6'0"/Boys 7'0")

5:00 PM Girls High Jump (followed by Boys) (Starting Height Girls 4'4/Boys 5'4")

Running Events:  Girls followed by Boys 

4 x 800 Relay

100/110 Meter Hurdles

100 Meter Dash

4 x 200 Meter Relay

1600 Meter Run

4 x 100 Meter Relay

400 Meter Dash

300 Meter Hurdles

800 Meter Run

200 Meter Dash

3200 Meter Run

4 x 400 Meter Relay

COACHES VOTE/AWARDS PRESENTATION

PLEASE CHECK BACK FREQUENTLY! ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE POSTED HERE AND/OR IN AN EMAIL!!