Meet Preview: Parkway Central's Limited/Unlimited Invite
With our first week of official track and field season complete it is time to start look to the first meets coming down the pipe in two weeks. Every week we will preview upcoming meets as part of our coverage for this coming track and field season.
Today we preview our "early bird" meet the Limited/Unlimited Invite. The Limited/Unlimited was the crazy concoction inspired by my mentor and Central Boy's Coach Steve Warren. For a few years he had been running dual meets against a number of his buddies, and in these meets, he had developed a unique schedule. Coach Warren discovered that he could get a lot of competition in by cutting out many unnecessary races that are not entirely needed in a dual meet. But cutting out all the relays and half the running events but allowing unlimited entries each athlete would get a chance to compete while the coaches learn in race like conditions who rises to the competition. I adopted these ideas for our Limited/Unlimited Invite's format. The meet will take place on Friday, March 24th at Parkway Central High School. The genius of the format is all your kids get to compete, they don't get overloaded, and the meet is run relatively quickly. If you would like to join us, please contact me as we have THREE Girl's Team Openings we would like to fill before the meet.
Format for the Limited Unlimited Meet
Athletes will compete at grade level. Each division will get scored separately.
The Track events are as followed with unlimited entries:
800 Run (Sixteen Athletes Per Heat Power Seeded by Grade)
100 High Hurdles (Power Seeded by Grade)
100 Dash (Power Seeded by Grade)
1600 Run (Sixteen Athletes Per Heat Power Seeded by Grade)
400 Dash (Power Seeded by Grade)
The Field events are all contested but with four entries in each grade level except in the Pole Vault and High Jump. In the two vertical Jumps, we will be allowing two athletes per grade level.
Last year's Results can be found by clicking here
The teams that competed last year: DeSoto, McCluer North, Parkway Central, Parkway South, Northwest Cedar Hill, Lindbergh, and Ursuline. We are accepting entry from at least THREE More teams for those who want to come down! Please contact me if you are interested.
Returning Athlete Highlights from Last Year's Meet
Alex Rosenberger of Lindbergh HS in the 100-meter dash
Amanda Isom of St. Joseph's Academy in the 100 Dash
Sarah Peoples of DeSoto HS in the 800 run
Kimberlee Sewester Ursuline Academy in the 800 run
Aly Vancardo Lindbergh High School in the 800 run
Sydney Rodgers of McCluer North in the 400 Dash
Chyna Moore of Parkway Central in the Hurdles
Paige Wallis of Parkway Central in the Discus
Friend Series Cup
We have also adopted this for our "Friend Series" which is like a mini-touring cup. Each of these meets has a different schedule. The first meet is the "short" events (100, 400, 1600, 110, Long Jump, High Jump, and Shot Put). The second Meet is the "long" events (200, 800, 3200, 300LH, Triple Jump, Pole Vault, Discus, and Javelin. The third and final meet is a relay meet (100HH Shuttle, 4x800, 4x200, Distance Medley, 4x100, 4xMile, Sprint Medley, plus three best competitors combined distances in the field events).
Interested?
Limited/Unlimited March 24th
Friends Series
Wed, Apr 5-JV Friends Series #1 @ Parkway Central
Wed, Apr 19-JV Friends Series #2 @ Northwest
Wed, Apr 26th-JV Friends Series #3 @ Parkway Central
If you are interested in joining us, please contact me at rbanta@parkwayschools.net