Meet Information
2021 Akron Invitational Track Meet
Tom Meyer Invite
Saturday May 14, 2021
Akron High School Sports
Complex
Welcome to the 14th Akron Invitational Track Meet
(Tom Meyer Invite) at the Akron Sports Complex '10' lane, all-weather track. We are excited to be hosting this
meet as a state qualifying meet. We are asking each school to be prepared to help out wherever and whenever possible throughout the day. Each school will be assigned a field event and should provide enough adult helpers to run the event efficiently. You should also be prepared to bring tape measures for your event if at all possible. Akron
will be in charge of moving hurdles and starting blocks, but may assign a couple schools to help with hurdles. We will use co.milesplit.com for your entries. Check site for deadline time.
Date:May 14, 2021
Time: 8:00 am Coaches Meeting - Concession
Stand-pickup Declaration sheets.
8:00 amShot & Disc weigh in, Vaulters
weigh in and pole check below concessions.
8:30 am - field events
9:30 am - running events
Entry fee: $150.00 per school (or $15.00 per athlete if under 10 athletes) - Please bring with you on 4/29 or mail in earlier.
Entries: Online through Milesplit No more than 4 entries per event.
Admissions:
Adults: $6.00
Students/Seniors: $5.00
*This is a state qualifier meet.We will use the FinishLynx F. A. T. System and wind gauges.All throwing implements
and vaulters must be weighed prior to your events.This will be done in the storage shed on the south side of the home stands underneath the concession stand.
Meet: Director:Greg Clarkson
Track Referee:
Starter:
Assistant Starter:
Field Referee
Clerk:
Scoring/Timing:Greg
Clarkson/Tyler Pickens
Wind Gauge:Sprints-; TBA , Jump gauges-Schools
at jumps
Schools confirmed:
Akron,
Hospitality: For coaches, officials, and workers will be provided. Coaches can get tickets for
lunch at the coaches meeting.
Running and jumping events: All weather surfaces.3/16 inch spikes or less only.
Throwing events:
Cement rings.
Field events: 4 attempts per field event. We will measure all throws/jumps. No finals.
Awards: Batons for Girls & Boys Champions
Warm Up Area:Please have athletes warm up on the practice
FB field just north of the baseball field.Please stay off the football infield until you are called for an event
and then leave the infield immediately after your event is finished. The warmup area is for team camps as well. No tents in the bleachers.
Bus Parking -
Please have bus drivers park the buses along the North side of the complex next to the track or on the East side of the complex.
Finish Line
-Please remind athletes, coaches, parents,
etc. that only officials will be allowed inside the area defined by a
restraining rope that will be from the staging area to the scaffolding at the
finish line.
Field events: 8:30 am
Girls:Boys:
Pole Vault HighJump
Long jump Triple jump
Discus Shot put
Then opposite after completion of 8:30 am field events.
School assignments for field events: schools can divide into
events by gender - measure, rake, record, wind gauge (for jumps.)
Long jump:, Triple jump:
High jump:
Shot put:
Discus:
Pole vault:
Exchange zones :LPAA
officials, Akron
Starting blocks/hurdle crew: Akron athletes and any schools
that can help (athletes/coaches)
High jump - girls and boys start-TBD
Pole Vault-start at (TBD)
Address all inquiries to Akron Athletic Director, Tyler Pickens-t.pickens@akronrams.org (Phone-970-520-1673)
Akron High School Track Invitational
Running events: 9:30
am through to conclusion
9:30 am Sprint medley relay - girls
3200M relay - girls4 x 8
3200M relay - boys4 x 8
100M hurdles - girls
110M hurdles - boys
100M - girls
100M - boys
800M relay - girls4 x 2
800M relay - boys4 x 2
1600M run - girls
1600M run - boys
400M relay - girls4 x 1
400M relay - boys4 x 1
400M - girls
400M - boys
300M hurdles - girls
300M hurdles - boys
800M run - girls
800M run - boys
200M dash - girls
200M dash - boys
3200M run - girls
3200M run - boys
1600M relay - girls4 x 4
1600M relay - boys4 x 4
Baton presentation