Meet Information
Festus Early Bird Meet 2017
High School Section
Coaches and Athletic Directors:
Thank you for participating in the 2017 Festus Early Bird Meet.
Date: March 24th and 25th, 2017
Site: Tiger Stadium @ Festus R-6 Campus
Admission: For athletes and coaches free. Everyone 5 and older is $3 and students are $2.
Time: Field Events start at 9:00 am and running events at 10:30. A brief coaches meeting will begin at 8:15am in the track shed located at the northeast corner of the track. You will be allowed to only make scratches, no additions. The scratch meeting will end promptly at 8:45 am. Please review the attached starting times for field events. We reserve the right to change starting times if need be.
Awards: Individual/Relay awards (t-shirts) 1st through 3rd place.
1st place plaques for Men/Women total team points.
Scoring: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1
Surface: 8 Lane rubberized track. We allow 3/16 and below on the track and runways. NO TAPE ON THE TRACK!
Seeding: Heats/Flights will be seeded by time and distances entered.
Field Events: There will be a minimum throw line (shot and discus) and a minimum jump line (triple jump and long jump). All competitors will have at least one attempt measured. The throwing areas are NOT located at the track. They are behind the high school. It is within walking distance for athletes. Head coaches please advise your jumping and throwing coaches so we dont have any confusion at the event. Long jump, triple jump, shot, and discus competitors will be given three attempts. High Jump and Pole Vault we will be vaulting the top 20 in each division boy and girls.
Entry Fees: The entry fee will be $150.00 per girls team and $150.00 boys team for both divisions that needs to paid before or on the day of the meet. Any questions please contact Athletic Director Mr. Allen(636) 937-5946.
There will be no additions/changes the day of the meet!!!
Miscellaneous: There are bathrooms available. we DO NOT have locker rooms available at the track for athletes. There will be a concession stand available. There are areas for putting up tents.
ONLY COACHES AND PARTICIPATING ATHLETES (with bib) ON THE FIELD AND AROUND THE COMPETING AREAS. Parents, fans, friends, etc. will not be allowed down on infield, around the pole vault, jumps, or throwing areas. There are observation areas for both the throws and the horizontal jumps. Vertical Jumps will have to be watched from the stands by fans.
Entries: Teams will be allowed to enter 2 athletes in open events (with the exception of the high jump and pole vault you can enter 2 but we will only jump the top 20 entries) and 2 relays per event.
We will be allowing multiple entries in all events if school had multiple athletes finish in the top 50 rankings for 2016 on MOMILESPLIT. All athletes must meet the mark to run multiple entries. Times must be posted on MOMILESPLIT.COM from previous or current year. If you are an out of state team you need to be on you milesplit to have multiple entries or be able to show documentation well in advance.
You will need to email your multiple entries to John Crites johnjacob775@hotmail.com by Wednesday March 15th.
All entries will be done on MOMILESPLIT.COM . Log on go to calendar and select the Festus Earlybird meet.
Varsity events that will be run on Friday night during the JV meet
4x1600
DMR
5000 meter run
High School Section
Coaches and Athletic Directors:
Thank you for participating in the 2017 Festus Early Bird Meet.
Date: March 24th and 25th, 2017
Site: Tiger Stadium @ Festus R-6 Campus
Admission: For athletes and coaches free. Everyone 5 and older is $3 and students are $2.
Time: Field Events start at 9:00 am and running events at 10:30. A brief coaches meeting will begin at 8:15am in the track shed located at the northeast corner of the track. You will be allowed to only make scratches, no additions. The scratch meeting will end promptly at 8:45 am. Please review the attached starting times for field events. We reserve the right to change starting times if need be.
Awards: Individual/Relay awards (t-shirts) 1st through 3rd place.
1st place plaques for Men/Women total team points.
Scoring: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1
Surface: 8 Lane rubberized track. We allow 3/16 and below on the track and runways. NO TAPE ON THE TRACK!
Seeding: Heats/Flights will be seeded by time and distances entered.
Field Events: There will be a minimum throw line (shot and discus) and a minimum jump line (triple jump and long jump). All competitors will have at least one attempt measured. The throwing areas are NOT located at the track. They are behind the high school. It is within walking distance for athletes. Head coaches please advise your jumping and throwing coaches so we dont have any confusion at the event. Long jump, triple jump, shot, and discus competitors will be given three attempts. High Jump and Pole Vault we will be vaulting the top 20 in each division boy and girls.
Entry Fees: The entry fee will be $150.00 per girls team and $150.00 boys team for both divisions that needs to paid before or on the day of the meet. Any questions please contact Athletic Director Mr. Allen(636) 937-5946.
There will be no additions/changes the day of the meet!!!
Miscellaneous: There are bathrooms available. we DO NOT have locker rooms available at the track for athletes. There will be a concession stand available. There are areas for putting up tents.
ONLY COACHES AND PARTICIPATING ATHLETES (with bib) ON THE FIELD AND AROUND THE COMPETING AREAS. Parents, fans, friends, etc. will not be allowed down on infield, around the pole vault, jumps, or throwing areas. There are observation areas for both the throws and the horizontal jumps. Vertical Jumps will have to be watched from the stands by fans.
Entries: Teams will be allowed to enter 2 athletes in open events (with the exception of the high jump and pole vault you can enter 2 but we will only jump the top 20 entries) and 2 relays per event.
We will be allowing multiple entries in all events if school had multiple athletes finish in the top 50 rankings for 2016 on MOMILESPLIT. All athletes must meet the mark to run multiple entries. Times must be posted on MOMILESPLIT.COM from previous or current year. If you are an out of state team you need to be on you milesplit to have multiple entries or be able to show documentation well in advance.
You will need to email your multiple entries to John Crites johnjacob775@hotmail.com by Wednesday March 15th.
All entries will be done on MOMILESPLIT.COM . Log on go to calendar and select the Festus Earlybird meet.
Varsity events that will be run on Friday night during the JV meet
4x1600
DMR
5000 meter run