Tom Meyer Invite 2023

Akron, CO

Meet Information

2023 Akron Tom Meyer Track Invitational    

April 29, 2023

Akron High School Sports Complex

Welcome to the 18th Akron Tom Meyer Track Invitational 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.  If your school is assigned a field event please 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: April 29, 2023

Time:  8:30 am Coaches Meeting - Concession Stand-pickup Declaration sheets.

            8:30 am  Shot & Disc weigh in, Vaulters weigh in and pole check below concessions.

 9 am - field events

11:00 am - running events

Entry fee: There will be an entry fee of $150.00 per school if you choose to help run a field event and $225 if you do not want to help run field events.

Batons will be given for Boys and Girls Champions. No individual awards.

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:  Chad Day

Starter:  Tracey Lungwitz

Assistant Starter:Rob Zahller

Field Referee  Dave Huss

Clerk:  

Scoring/Timing:Samara Pickens/Stephanie Woods

Wind Gauge:Sprints-; TBA , Jump gauges-Schools at jumps

Schools confirmed: r, 

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: 9 am 

Girls:Boys:

Pole Vault High Jump

Long jumpTriple jump

Shot put Discus

Then opposite after completion of 9:00 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: Akron

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) or Greg Clarkson: greg.clarkson@akonrams.org or (phone 970-554-0053)

Akron High School Tom Meyer Track Invitational

Running events: 11:00: AM * or immediately after field events- through to conclusion

11:00 PM Sprint medley relay - girls

3200M relay - girls  4 x 8

3200M relay - boys  4 x 8

100M hurdles - girls

110M hurdles - boys

100M - girls

100M - boys

800M relay - girls  4 x 2

800M relay - boys  4 x 2

1600M run - girls

1600M run - boys

400M relay - girls  4 x 1

400M relay - boys  4 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 - girls  4 x 4

1600M relay - boys  4 x 4

Baton presentation