Meet Information
24th Annual Elmwood Park High School
Tiger Classic Track and Field Invite
Friday, April 22nd, 2022
Chicago Ogden (B/G)Elmwood Park (B/G)Francis Parker (B/G)
IMSA (B/G)Lemont (B)Ridgewood (B/G)
Riverside-Brookfield (B)St. Edward (B/G)Westmont (B/G)
Meet Info
We are very happy to welcome you to our annual invite. We hope you will enjoy your experience here. This year, the meet will be timed by IL Prep Top Timing. To help with making the invite more efficient, each school needs to provide a field event worker. Please e-mail sheridanp@epcusd401.org your worker name and preferred area to work (Shot Put, Discus, Long Jump, Triple Jump, High Jump, Pole Vault by 12pm on Tuesday, April 19th. All schools will assist with exchange zones.
Patrick SheridanKendal Ahlmann
Boys Head CoachGirls Head Coach
General Info:
Entries: Please register for the meet: https://www.milesplit.com/meets/471465/registration and make entries by 12pm on Wednesday, April 20th.
Competitors are limited to 4 events. JV (girls) or Frosh-Soph (boys) athletes may compete on both levels. There will be JV/Frosh-Soph 4x100, 4x200 and 4x800 Relays. ***There will be 3 entries per individual event***
Scratches and substitutions will be allowed before the coaches meeting.
There will be a coaches meeting at 4pm. Please report to the concession stand.
Results will be available at the conclusion of the meet.
Meet Information:
Please keep athletes off the infield and away from the bullpen and finish area.
Runways and apron are rubberized surfaces like the track.
Starting heights will be determined by entries.
Pole Vaulters and throwing implements will be weighed, by 4pm, at the garage next to shot put (southwest part of the stadium). Vaulters must bring their weight card signed by their coach.
For Long and Triple Jump, Shot and Discus, contestants will be given 4 attempts with no finals.
Spikes must be no longer than 1/4th inch length.
Athletes may warm up in outside lanes or on the trail.
Camps should be outside the track fence area.
A concession stand will be open. Bathrooms are in the same building.
A trainer will be on duty.
Girls races will precede Boys races. Please instruct your athletes to be ready for the events so that we may run this meet without any delay. We will be using a 1st call, 2nd call and final call system. At 1st call, athletes should check in with the clerk to receive their hip number/lane assignment. At 2nd call, athletes must report to and stay in the bullpen. At final call, athletes will be walked from the bullpen to the track for their event. We will not wait for any athlete who does not report on time. They will be scratched from the competition.
Any questions, call 708-583-5468 (athletic office), 708-583-6465 (Kendal Ahlmann - ahlmannk@epcusd401.org) or 708-583-6424 (Patrick Sheridan - sheridanp@epcusd401.org).
Awards
There will be medals awarded for 1st-3rd places in the individual events and relays. The JV/Frosh-Soph events will be scored along with the varsity scoring. Please keep the 4x400 Relay comprised of a freshman, then a sophomore, then a junior and then a senior (classic format). If you do not have a runner at the appropriate level, using a promoted younger athlete is preferred. At the conclusion of the meet, the 1st and 2nd place boys and girls teams will receive a team award.
Scoring
Every event will be scored 10-8-6-4-2-1.
Tiger Track Markings
The finish line is a common white line. The starting lines are as follows:
100 hurdles/dash: Yellow 400 relay: Yellow
110 hurdles: Blue 800 relay: Red/Red/Yellow
200 dash: White 1600 relay: Blue
300 hurdles: White 800 run: White
Exchange zones: Large colored triangles
Acceleration zones: Small colored triangles
Order of Events
4:30pm - Field Events
Girls Shot Put and Boys Discus begin
(1-2 flights to be run in order - 4 throws/no finals)
Girls Discus and Boys Discus (following completion of
(1-2 flights to be run in order - 4 throws/no finals)
*Begins 15 minutes after completion of Girls Shot Put and Boys Discus
Girls/Boys Long Jump (45 minutes cafeteria style) 2 separate runways going in the same direction
(4 jumps/no finals)
Girls/Boys Triple Jump (45 minutes cafeteria style) same runways as long jump
(4 jumps/no finals)
*Begins 15 minutes after completion of Long Jump
Girls High Jump followed by Boys (opening heights TBD)
Pole Vault (combined) enter by height (opening heights TBD)
5:00pm - Introduce Elmwood Park Seniors and Parents followed by the National Anthem
5:15pm - Finals of All Running Events
4x800 RelayJV/Varsity Girls (combined) followed by Frosh-Soph/Varsity Boys (combined)
4x100 RelayJV Girls followed by Varsity, then Frosh-Soph Boys followed by Varsity
3200 RunGirls followed by Boys
100 HurdlesGirls
110 HurdlesBoys
100 DashGirls followed by Boys
800 RunGirls followed by Boys
4x200 RelayJV Girls followed by Varsity, then Frosh-Soph Boys followed by Varsity
400 DashGirls followed by Boys
300 HurdlesGirls followed by Boys
1600 RunGirls followed by Boys
200 DashGirls followed by Boys
4x400 Classic Relay Girls followed by Boys (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior order)