KNOX COUNTY SCHOOLS - MIDDLE SCHOOL

 TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

April 29 and May 1, 2008

KARNS HIGH SCHOOL TRACK

Meet Entry Information: All meet entries will be performed online. 

Please click here for online entry. 

The deadline for submitting your entries is Saturday April 27, 2008 (11 PM EST) - No Exceptions !!  No faxed, email or late entries will be accepted - No Exceptions!!.  Please make sure that you use a functional email address.  Upon accessing the online entry page you must first enter team information into the system before you submit your roster.  Your team will not appear in the team menu until you do so. 

Please refer to online tutorial if you have any questions regarding the online entry process.  It is important that you submit a performance mark with your athletes’ entries.  Please be honest with your athlete’s capabilities and use marks achieved during the season - not what you feel they will be able to achieve during the Championship Meet.  If you do not provide marks for your athletes they will be put into the slowest heats.

Heat Seeding  / Field Event Flights / Advancement: Seeding for sprint prelims will be random.  Section vs.Time Finals will be seeded slow heat to fast.  By rule nine will be taken to field event finals (# of lanes on the track + 1).  There will be three preliminary attempts for all field participants followed by three final attempts for the top nine prelim marks. If there are large numbers of field event participants meet management reserves the right to change to three or four maximum attempts with no finals.  Field event flights will be seeded worst to first. Top eight times advance to sprint and relay finals from prelims.

Team Scoring / Entry Limits: Team points will be awarded 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.  A maximum of two scorers per team per event.  Events listed in schedule as per rules meeting are unlimited.  Relays only one per team.  All other events are limited to two entrants per team. 

Meet Schedule / Event Check In: We encourage teams to arrive after 3:45 PM to avoid traffic problems with Karns HS class dismissal.  Listed times in the schedule are estimates only and may change depending on the number of entrants in each event.  The meet may run as much as 45 minutes ahead of schedule so please stay alert and listen for the event calls.  All athletes entered in the 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200 and all relays are required to check in when their event is called.  Athletes are to report to the clerks area adjacent to the 100m start for check in and assignment of hip numbers.  Field Event Athletes will report directly to their field event venues when called.  Throwing events are located outside of the main track area next to the Karns HS tennis courts.  Please do not warm up for throwing events if there is not a throws official present.  Failure to do so will result in disqualification.  If an athlete is entered in both field and running events running event check in will take precedent.  Failure to check into your event will result in disqualification.

April 29, 2008: Prelims - Field Event Finals

(May 1 = Inclement Weather Date)

May 1, 2008: (May 6 = Inclement Weather Date)

Safety and Security: Karns High School Track and Infield Areas will not be used for warm-ups.  Athletes and coaches are expected to adhere to this requirement.  Field event athletes may not warm up at their venues without an official present.  Failure to comply with this safety requirement will result in disqualification from the meet.

Admission Fee: Adults $3.00 students and children $2.00 at the gate.  Athletes, coaches and officials no charge.

Karns High School Area Map: Please click here for Karns map.

For Further Information or Technical Questions Contact: Marty Sonnenfeldt Knoxville Track Club: 865-406-4128 or TennRunner@aol.com