2008 adidas Classic Meet Information

ADIDAS CLASSIC

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Friday & Saturday, February 8 and 9, 2008

 

 

Meet Information

Competition Teams:
Alabama (women), Allen CC, Barton County CC, Butler County CC, Cloud County CC, Colorado State, Concordia University, Cowley College, Drake, Emporia State, Iowa State, Johnson County CC, Kansas, Lewis University, Midland Lutheran, North Dakota State, Nebraska-Omaha (women), Nebraska Wesleyan, Nebraska-Kearney, Neosho County CC, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Baptist, Ottawana, South Dakota State, Texas San Antonio, South Dakota, University of Northern Iowa, Wichita State and Wyoming.

 

Entries:

For visiting teams, the following guidelines will be followed:

Weight Throw One entry per school per gender guaranteed.

Two entries per school per gender if both are over 16.00m (men) or 15.00m (women).

Three entries per school per gender if all are over 17.00m (men) or 16.00m (women).

Four or more entries per school per gender at the Meet Director’s discretion.

   Shot Put

One entry per school per gender guaranteed.
Two entries per school per gender if both are over 13.75m (men) or 12.00m (women).
Three entries per school per gender if all are over 15.00m (men) or 13.00m (women).
Four or more entries per school per gender at the Meet Director’s discretion.

 

 

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.

 

Minimum mesurements:

 Long Jump           Men 6.40m (21’-0”)  Women 5.00m (16’- 4 ?”) Triple Jump           Men 13.70m (44’ ? 11 ?”)     Women 10.35m (33’ ? 11 ?”)

 

 

• 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 exception of the 60m Dash and 60m Hurdles.  The number of preliminary heats will determine the qualification procedures to the finals per NCAA rules.
• In the 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.

 

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 January 8^th, 2008.  Final entries must be declared no

later than February 5^th, 2008 at 7:00pm CDT.

 

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 received prior to packet pick up on February 8^th, 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 am - 5 pm Friday, February 8th, at the Track Office, 1631 Court Street.  Or beginning at 9 am Saturday, February 9^th.

 

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 the 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. 
• Field event athletes - report to the head event official 45 minutes prior to your event.

 

Implement Certification:

• All implements in both the Weight Throw and Shot Put will by checked-in by the Weights and Measures Certifying 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 being your own towels.

 

Facility Restrictions:

• The use of ?” 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 from 5:00pm to 7:00 pm on Friday, February 8^th, during which time the track will be flat. 

 

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 BobDevaneySportsCenter.  No special parking pass is required.

 

Results and POP forms:

• Results and POP forms will be available in the press area as soon as possible after the meet is completed. 
• Results will be posted during the meet in the track arena.  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 the top two collegiate place winners in each event by adidas.