Meet Information
Minooka Smith Strong Invitational
Hosted by: Minooka Community High School
Date/Time: Saturday, April 16, 2022
Location:Minooka Community High School - Central Campus
Meet Time: Field Events - 10:00amFinal Running Events - 11:00am
Schools: Batavia, Evanston, Homewood-Flossmoor, Huntley, Kaneland, Lockport Township, Lyons Township, Minooka, Neuqua Valley, Normal West, Oak Park-River Forest, Oswego, Plainfield South, Sandburg, St. Ignatius College Prep, Waubonsie Valley
Coachs Meeting: 9:40am at Finish Line
Meets Coordinators: Jeri Brockett (Minooka), Bob Tyrell (Minooka), Paige Schoolman (Minooka), Nick Lundin (Minooka)
Timer: Illinois Prep Top Timing Entries Due By: Noon on 4/14 via MileSplit IL
Entries: 2 Entries per race, per level; 1 Varsity Relay per relay; 1 Fr/So Relay per relay
Officials: Mike Powers (11811), Pete Struck (35834), Steve Riederer (49880)
Clerks: Dennis Carrabine & Christine Kump Field Events Coordinators: Nick Micetich
High Jump: Jes Hopkins (Min)Long Jump: Kellen Walker, Kevin Lueshen (Min)
Assistants: Lyons, EvanstonAssistants: HF, Pl South
Pole Vault: Michael Ruettiger (Min)Triple Jump: Barajas, Lasinis, Loudermilk (Min)
Assistants: Normal West, LockportAssistants: Batavia, NV
Discus: Dylan Meyer (Min)Shot Put: Evan Berti (Min)
Assistants: Kaneland (Varsity Discus iPad)Assistants: Oswego (Varsity Shot iPad)
OPRF (F/S Discus iPad)Huntley (F/S Shot iPad)
Hip/Awards Numbers: Candace BakerTrainers: Randy Highbaugh/Payton Laczynski
*Hip numbers will be given by the Northwest Gate
Gate Supervisors: Elizabeth Zurava & Peggy Babic - Southeast Sliding Gate by Baseball Field
Karla Jacobs - Athlete Entrance - Northwest Gate
Race Announcer: Matt PiescinskiReads/Music:Roland Hopkins
Hospitality: Gina Schalk - Meals prepared & funded by our athletes families and our Boosters.
Entry Charge: SmithStrong Scholarship Donation(Optional)
Trophies: Team Plaques awarded to 1st & 2nd Place TeamsPins: inch max
Awards: Medals - Top 3Bus Parking: Front of schoolLanes: 8 Straight Away
Camps: Practice Football Fields/Visitor BleachersFans: Home Bleachers.
Shot and Disc Weigh Ins: Upon arrival, you can weigh-in implements at the event. Weigh-ins end at 9:45 when the rings open.
High Jump: Starting Height will be 1.70m (57) at the Varsity Level. 1.50 (411) at the Frosh/Soph Level. Please make sure your athletes that are entered can reach those heights before entering. This is a high powered meet so Im okay with setting this limitation.
Pole Vault: Starting Height will be 3.10m (102) for Varsity. 2.18m (72) for Fr/So. Please make sure your athletes that are entered can reach those heights before entering. This is a high powered meet so Im okay with setting this limitation.
Check-In: Athletes will check in for their hip number on the Northwest side of the stadium (North side of home bleachers). They will again check-in with our Clerk once 1st & Final calls are made. We will have benches set up on the field for a staging area. By now our athletes should know this but please remind them. We will not slow down to wait for athletes.
Scoring: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 (Individual & Relays)
Field Events:
Field Events - 10:00am
High Jump - Starting Height for Varsity 1.70m (57) - Jump 1st
Starting Height for Fr/So 1.50 (411) - Jump 2nd
Long Jump
Two Flights 4 Jumps Top Flight 1st - Varsity First
Triple Jump
Triple Jump will be run simultaneous with Long Jump using our 2nd runway
Two Flights 4 Jumps Bottom Flight 1st- If there is an overlap of athletes we may be able to work around to ensure all athletes get their jumps in.
Pole Vault - Starting Height for Varsity 3.10m (102) - Vault 1st
Starting Height for Fr/So 2.18m (72) - Vault 2nd
Discus
Fr/So First: 4 Throws- No Finals
Varsity Second: 3 Throws, Top 9 to Finals
Flight order: (Bottom Seeds to Top)
Shot Put
Varsity First: 3 Throws, Top 9 to Finals (Will finish event before starting discus)
Fr/So Second: 4 Throws- No Finals
Flight order: (Bottom Seed to Top)
Stadium Open for all athletes from 9:00am to 10:10am. At 10:10am it will be emptied. No athletes will be allowed on the Track or in the Field until 20 minutes before their races. We will try to keep up with the time schedule. Will go ahead if possible. Athletes should follow that.
Smith Strong Scholarship Presentation - TBA - Time 9:50amNational Anthem - 9:55am
Music will be played throughout the Invitational
10:20am Fr/So Sections of 3200m Run:
10:20am: Fr/So 3200m Run Section 1
10:40am: Fr/So 3200m Run Section 2
11:00am Finals:This is approximate but athletes should be ready around these times. We will not hold up the start of races to wait for athletes.
11:00am: Fr/So 4x800m - 1 section - Double Waterfall
11:12am: Varsity 4x800m Relay - 1 section - Double Waterfall
4X100 EXCHANGE ZONES - #1 - Batavia/Oswego #2 - St. Ignatius/Kaneland
#3 - Sandburg/Waubonsie Valley
11:25am: Fr/So 4x100m Relay - 2 sections (Yellow to Yellow)
11:35am: Varsity 4x100m Relay - 2 sections
11:45am: 3200m Run - 2 sections - Big Waterfall
12:15pm: Fr/So 110m High Hurdles - 4 sections
12:30pm: Varsity 110m High Hurdles - 4 sections
12:45pm: Fr/So 100m Dash Finals - 4 sections
12:55pm: Varsity 100m Dash Finals - 4 sections
1:05pm: Fr/So 800m Run - 3 sections - Double Waterfall
1:15pm: Varsity 800m Run - 3 sections - Double Waterfall
4X200 EXCHANGE ZONE - 1 & 3 Sandburg/St. Ignatius/Waubonsie Valley
1:25pm: Fr/So 4x200m Relay - 2 sections - (1st 2 exchanges, Red to Red, 3rd exchange, Yellow to Yellow)
1:35pm: Varsity 4x200m Relay - 2 sections
1:45pm: Fr/So 400m Dash - 4 sections
1:55pm: Varsity 400m Dash - 4 sections
2:05pm: Fr/So 300m Int Hurdles - 4 sections
2:15pm: Varsity 300m Int Hurdles - 4 sections
2:25pm: Fr/So 1600m Run - 3 sections
2:45pm: Varsity 1600m Run - 3 sections
3:05pm: Fr/So 200m Dash - 4 sections
3:15pm: Varsity 200m Dash - 4 sections
3:25pm: Fr/So 4x400m Relay - 2 sections
3:40pm: 4x400m Relay - 2 sections