Meet Information
2024 Akron Tom Meyer Track Invitational
April 27, 2024
Akron High School Sports Complex
Welcome to the 19th 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 27, 2024
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:
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