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2008 Holiday Inn Invitational

Indoor Track & Field Meet

Bob Devaney Sports Center - Lincoln, Neb.

Friday, Jan. 18 & Saturday, Jan. 19

Competing Teams:

Wyoming, Nebraska Wesleyan, Midland Lutheran, Wayne State College, Emporia State University, Concordia University, Hastings College, Northwest Missouri State University, Nebraska-Omaha (women), Doane College, South Dakota State University, Nebraska-Kearney, Barton County Community College, Black Hills State, Oklahoma State

Entries:

For visiting teams, the following guidelines will be followed:

Long Jump, Triple Jump, Pole Vault, High Jump:

• Three athletes per school per gender. 
• Four or more per event per gender at the Meet Director’s discretion.

All Running Events:                

• Four athletes per school per gender.
• There will be no doubling of athletes in the distance events on Friday, Jan. 18th.

Minimum measurments:

• The Meet Director reserves the right to initiate the use of minimum measurements in the throwing events if the field sizes deem it necessary 

Seeding:

• All races will be seeded as finals against time, with the execption of the 60m Dash and 60m Hurdles. A two section final, consisting of the top 16 qualifiers, will be contested in these events. The number of prelimary heats will determine the qualification procedures to the finals per NCAA rules.
• The top 11 entries in each field event will be selected for the seeded sections.
• In the seeded LJ, TJ, SP & WT, the top eight collegiate marks will proceed to the finals. Plus any post-collegiate athletes, with the total in each final not to exceed twelve.
• The winner of each field event, in each unseeded section, will be invited to the seeded section competition.
• Each competitor will recieve 3 trials only in the LJ, TJ, SP & WT in the unseeded sections, there will be no finals.

Lanes:

•  For the 60m Dash and 60m Hurdles, lanes 1-8 will be used.
•  For the 200m Dash, lanes 2-6 will be used. Preferred lanes are: 5-6-4-3-2
•  For the 400m Dash and 600y Run, lanes 1-6 will be used. Preferred lanes are: 5-6-4-3-2-1.

Team Scoring:

• None

Entry Procedures:

• Online only at ASPi Solutions. The entry link will be emailed to each team.
• Make sure to print out a hard copy of your records after you have declared.
• You may begin processing entries on Dec. 18th, 2007. Final entries must be declarded no later then Jan. 15th, 2008 at 7 p.m.

Entry Fees:

• $15.00 per individual and/or relay, not to exceed $250 per team.
• Combined team entry fee not to exceed $500 for dual gender programs.
• Payment in full must be recieved prior to packet pick up on Jan. 18th, 2008
• You can mail money in advance, or pay in person day of. Make checks payable to: Nebraska Track & Field.

Packet Pickup:

• Available from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 18th, at the meet management tower, northwest corner of the indoor track arena. Or beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 19th.

Relay Cards:

• Due 30 minutes before the start of the Relay - turn them into the meet management tower, northwest corner of the indoor track arena.

Check-in:

• Track Athletes - check in 30 minutes prior to your event on the track. Pick up your hip numbers at then table located along the north wall in Area 4. Ten minutes prior to your event, report to the clerk of the course at the start area.

Implement Certification:

• All implements in both the Weight Throw and Shot Put will be checked-in by the Weights and Measures Cerifying Official during the final call for each event.
• Please do not bring implements to the Inspection table before check-in.
• Coaches and athletes may use the infield equipment to "self-inspect" their implements prior to the first check-in of the day.

Shower Facilities:

• Available on the north side of the track in the upstairs locker rooms (which will have signs on the doors). Please bring your own towels.

Facility Restrictions:

• The use of 1/4" pyramid spikes will be strictly enforced.
• No marking chalk will be allowed on track or runways
• No hard shell 20# or 35# weights allowed.

Pre-Meet Warm-Up:

• The track is open for general warm-up form 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 17th, during which time the track will be flat.
• On Friday, Jan. 18th, general warm-up is available from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
• On Saturday, Jan. 18th, no general warm-up will be available. The facility doors will open at 9 a.m.
• Warm-up will be allowed in the concourse of basketball arean on Friday and Saturday.

Training Room:

• Located at the north end of the track to the right of the concession stand. Please refer to the track diagram and memo from the Nebraska Track & Field Trainer for additional information.

Team Parking:

• All team vans and buses park along the street on the north side of the Bob Devaney Sports Center. No special parking pass is required. There will be no parking on the west side of the Bob Devaney Sports Center.

Results and POP forms:

• Results and POP forms will be available in the press area as soon as possilbe after the meet is completed.
• Results will be posted during the meet in the track area. A formal copy of the results will be made available on our website at www.huskers.com.

Coaching boxes:

• Coaching boxes will be clearly marked around the perimeter of the track for the field events.
• No athletes or coaches are allowed on the infield except those athletes competing in a field event that is in progress.
• Coaches for the pole vault events will be allowed on the infield during warm-ups. Once the event begins, all coaches will be asked to exit the infield.
• Please be respectful of these requests in order to keep the infield a safe area for all competing athletes.

Awards:

• Awards will be presented to each event winner by Holiday Inn.