The events list for Big Walnut has been finalized. This week has been particularly challenging due to ever changing family schedules and activities. The coaching staff was exasperated making last minute changes and undoing changes, feverishly trying to find substitutions, it was quite a chaotic Friday practice. Which leads me to say PARENTS: PLEASE LETTING COACHING STAFF KNOW WHETHER OR NOT YOUR CHILD IS NOT ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN AN INVITATIONAL ASAP!! I submitted our roster on Tuesday thinking I had all conflicts noted as I had asked on two separate occasions (a week ago Thursday and this past Tuesday) if athletes could attend. Alas, coaching was blindsided with weekend committments through the beginning of practice TODAY.
A little background on how large (15+ team) Invitationals are organized:
1. Organizers of host team contact athletic directors of those schools whose teams have been invited to ask that they (the athletic directors) pass along information to coaching staff.
2. Coaching staff is given a deadline as to when rosters along with qualifying times are to be submitted. This week that was Thursday by noon.
3. Meet organizers close the window to submit changes and create heat sheets and lane assignments based on the time coaches have submitted.
4. Meet goes, theoretically, off without a hitch as no changes are made - ha!
5. Coaches submit 11th hour scratches and changes at the meet which causes organizers headaches and causes the meet to be held up.
This week, at 6 PM on Friday, I submitted to meet organizers 16 CHANGES due to coaching staff not being made aware of conflicts causing athletes to not be able to attend the Invitational.
*steps down off soap box*
I have included some important information at the bottom of this post:
1) Events list
2) Meet information
3) ***IMPORTANT*** Directions
Buses will depart from Worthingway at 7:45 AM Saturday morning, athletes should plan on arriving by 7:30 AM. Parents may take athletes home from Big Walnut, as long as they check out with a member of coaching staff, or pick athletes up at Worthingway. In the past we have been back to the school by 3:30/4:00 PM. Information sheet about the meet along with directions follow below!
2014 24th Big Walnut MS Track Invitational
Information Sheet
Saturday April 26th, 2014
Location of Meet: Big Walnut Middle School
777 Cheshire Road
Sunbury, OH 43074
Gate Fee: $4.00 adults - $2.00 students - $2.00 Buckeye Card
Times: 8:30 Coaches/Scratch Meeting(Just Outside Press Box) Coffee and Doughnuts
9:15 Field Events begin
Boys Discus and Girls Shot Put will be first.
Boys Long Jump and Girls High Jump will be first
Long Jump (1.5 hrs open pit)
High Jump - Starting height will be 4' 0" for girls and 4' 4" for boys.
11:00 Heats will begin
12:00 Running events will begin
Entries: 2 athletes per event; One relay team per event
Awards Team – 1st, 2nd and 3rd (Boys and Girls)
Individual – 1st, 2nd 3rd (Medals) 4th,5th,6th (Ribbons)
Events Scoring: All events place the top 8 10,8,6,5,4,3,2,1
Total Events: Each athlete may participate in 3 total events for the day.
Participating Schools:
* Big Walnut * Westerville Blendon
* London MS * Genoa Christian
* Westerville Genoa * Delaware Dempsey
* S.W. Norton * Olentangy Berkshire
* Olentangy Hyatts * Olentangy Liberty
* Olentangy Shanahan * Olentangy Orange
* Worthington Wolves * Whitehall Rosemore
* Worthington Cardinals * SW Finland
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