The Big Walnut Invitational has come and gone. Saturday was a beautiful day for a track meet and we had 22 individual season bests and 4 season bests by relays - very impressive!! Now we turn and begin to look at the schedule for the first week of May. It will be busy - Monday @ Dublin Sells vs. Dublin Sells and Dublin Karrer; Wednesday @ Dublin Grizzell; and Saturday @ the Worthington Invitational. Spreasheets you will find below: Big Walnut Invitational Results; Season Bests as of the Big Walnut Invitational; and the Events List for Dublin Sells/Karrer (this is incomplete but is continually being updated by coaching staff).
Several things you should know about this week:
(1) Monday @ Sells
This is a "tri-meet" as there are three teams and is a HUGE meet as both of these Dublin middle schools have GIANT teams as a result there may be 200-300 athletes competing in this meet. That means that it will be a long meet (no, not 9 hours). But there may be upwards of a dozen heats of the 100m or 200m so athletes should be prepared to be at Dublin Sells for quite awhile tomorrow evening. I encourage athletes to be prepared for every type of weather as it will get cooler as the meet goes on (that means sweatshirts and long pants) and it may rain (that means wet weather gear). Also, time may permit athletes to get homework done between their events, after all students first, athletes second.
(2) Wednesday @ Grizzell
We are "hosting" this meet and that means VOLUNTEERS! I have commitments from Doug Althauser (shot put or discus) and Karen Fraley (High Jump). Who else is on board? We will need three total volunteers for shot put and discus and two for long jump. Karen informs me that she will handle high jump alone with the help of those competing in the high jump. Lastly, we will need 10 or so volunteers to help with timing and scoring - Coach Mack will guide you so little to no skill is necessary. There will not be nearly the same number of athletes on Wednesday but the speed of the meet is dependent on those who volunteer!
(3) Saturday @ the Worthington Invitational
This meet is a group effort of each of KMS, McCord, and Worthingway so each is coordinating volunteers. McCord is taking care of the hurdle crew. KMS is proving the meet manager, announcer, official scoring, and is staffing judges for the shot put and discus. That leaves Worthingway to find volunteers for long jump, high jump, the ticket booth, and the hospitality tent/booth/area. Further, we will also need to work to stock the hospitality tent. The Worthington Invitational is consider a premier middle school meet in central Ohio as it is electronically timed (like the district, regional, and state HIGH school meets); there are 19 teams participating; and only ONE athlete per team will be participating resulting in an extremely high level of competition.
a. High Jump/Long Jump
The field events begin at 10 AM, volunteers should arrive by 9:45.
Karen Fraley has also volunteered to help with high jump but will need two other helpers for the invitational to help set the bar and judge the event. The amount of time high jump would take is very fluid but should not last more than 4 hours. The girls competition should take less time than boys and there will be a break between the two events for the boys warm up to take place.
The long jump will be "open pit" that means that there will be a limited amount of time for athletes to complete their trials - 2 hours for each gender. If a group finishes early the next group will have a brief warm up period and begin their two hour time block. The longest the three volunteers would be needed is 4 hours.
b. Ticket Booth
We will run the ticket booth in three shifts with two parent volunteers for each shift. This is a fairly straight forward process: adults are $4, students are $2...take money, stamp hand/tear ticket, sell programs, allow spectator through.
Shift 1: 9:30 am - 10:45 am
Shift 2: 10:45 am - 12:00 pm
Shift 3: 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
c. Hospitality Tent/Booth/Area
Karen is helping to coordinate stocking the hospitality area and has suggested the following:
7th grade boys last name A-J: Case of water
8th grade boys last name K-Z: Juice boxes
7th grade girls last name A-J: Cookies
8th grade girls last name K-Z: Snacks or granola bars
Coaches will be providing fruit for coaches and volunteers.
I am also trying to get a couple of local businesses to provide some entree type items. Subway has committed to providing 20, 6-inch subs. Any other suggestions would be appreciated!
In addition to stocking the hospitality tent we will be providing volunteers to serve food, keep things fresh, etc. We will have two shifts for this with two volunteers per shift. Note the overlap, this is to help set up for the break between preliminaries and finals at 12:30 which will serve as the lunch period for coaches and volunteers.
Shift 1: 10:00 am - 12:15 pm
Shift 2: 12:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Any questions please send me an e-mail: jstegman@worthington.k12.oh.us
Big Walnut Invitational Results:
Season Bests (as of Big Walnut Invitational):
Events List for Dublin Sells/Karrer:
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