Change in Handling of Field Events for 2009

Every year certain of the field events take considerably longer than scheduled.  In order to remove the delays that have been occasioned, the way that we run the field events will be changed this year.  As we have delegated responsibility for various aspects of the meet, ACSI has assigned tha oversight of the field events to Melissa Baughman of Meadowbrook and John Baehr of Timothy.  They have decided the following:

In all the middle school jumping and throwing events (except high jump), we will do flights of twelve athletes and only three throws or jumps in each event.

 

In all high school jumping and throwing events (except high jump), we will do flights of twelve arranged by performances.  The top twelve athletes on the performance lists submitted will be in the final flight.  That way we will do away with the necessity of finals and will have high school athletes take four attempts. 

We do want to reiterate that athletes who have field events and track events at the same time will not be jeopardized by the revised handling.  

We understand that different people have different ideas about how events should be handled.  However, with over 1,000 athletes competing this year, from 42 or so schools, it is essential that we keep the field events moving if we are going to finish the meet at a reasonable time.  We believe these changes will facilitate that goal being achieved.  Thank you very much for your understanding and support.

Brian Lee