2009 GREAT 8 HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD INVITATIONAL
presented by
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29th, 2009
MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY, NASHVILLE, TN
Middle Tennessee’s best high school track & field athletes are invited to compete at the 2009 Great Eight High School Track & Field. All athletes from middle Tennessee1 who are eligible to compete for their high school under TSSAA rules are invited to enter, and the best eight athletes in each event, regardless of their classification (AAA, A-AA, or Div.II) will go head-to-head at the meet. All events will be finals.
Entry Process
Online registration will be open on Sunday, March 1, 2009. All meet entries must be submitted by each school’s track & field coach online at www.tnrunning.com/great8
Entry performances must be 2009 performances (indoor or outdoor) and the results must be available online for verification (you will be asked to supply a link). No “split times” or “estimations of ability” will be accepted, and track times for distances of 800m or less must be FAT (no hand times will be accepted).
A descending order list of entries will be available at the meet website throughout the entry process.
In the event of a tie between entry performances, the athlete whose entry was received first will be given preference. Online entry will close at 11:59pm on Saturday, April 25th.
Athletes may enter and compete in a maximum of 3 events.
Scratching & Alternates
A coach may scratch an athlete from the meet entirely, or from an event (or events) on or before Sunday, April 26th. After that time, it will be assumed that each athlete intends to compete in all events entered.
The top three alternates are invited to show up to the meet ready to compete. While we, of course, cannot guarantee they will get to compete, there are always scratches, and our aim is to have eight athletes compete in EVERY event.
Alternates should check in as if they were competing. If an athlete has not checked in with the clerk 15 minutes before the start of their event they will be automatically scratched and their spot will be offered to the first alternate (who has checked in) in that event.
Entry Fees
There will be a $5 per athlete entry fee to be paid on the day of the meet at packet pick-up. Checks should be payable to "Tennessee Running". Cash is okay too.
Each competing athlete will get an ASICS Great 8 t-shirt. Event winners will receive an ASICS Great 8 Spike Bag. The Male and Female Athletes of the Meet will receive an ASICS Backpack.
For further information, contact Coach Dave Milner at dave.milner@tnrunning.com
2009 GREAT 8 MEET SCHEDULE
| 3:00pm | Boys’ Pole Vault (opening ht: 11’) | Girls’ Long Jump |
| 4:00pm | Boys’ High Jump (opening ht: 5’8”) | |
| 4:00pm | Boys’ Discus & Long Jump | Girls’ Shot |
| 4:15pm | Girls’ Pole Vault (opening ht: 8’) | |
| Girls’ High Jump (opening ht: 4 ‘10”) | ||
| 4:45pm | Boys’ Shot | Girls’ Discus |
| Boys’ Triple Jump | Girls’ Triple Jump | |
| 5:30pm | Boys’ 110m hurdles | |
| 5:40pm | Girls’ 100m hurdles | |
| 5:50pm | Boys’ 1600m | |
| 6:00pm | Girls’ 1600m | |
| 6:10pm | Boys’ 100m | |
| 6:15pm | Girls’ 100m | |
| 6:20pm | Boys’ 400m | |
| 6:25pm | Girls’ 400m | |
| 6:35pm | Boys’ 300m hurdles | |
| 6:45pm | Girls’ 300m hurdles | |
| 6:55pm | Boys’ 800m | |
| 7:00pm | Girls’ 800m | |
| 7:05pm | Boys’ 3200m | |
| 7:20pm | Girls’ 3200m | |
| 7:35pm | Boys’ 200m | |
| 7:40pm | Girls’ 200m | |
| 7:50pm | PRESENTATION OF ATHLETE OF THE MEET AWARDS | |
1 Note: The region defined as Middle Tennessee is bounded by the to the west by the Tennessee River and the county line dividing Wayne and Hardin Counties, to the north and south by the Tennessee state line, and to the east by the eastern boundary of Pickett, Fentress, Putnam, White, Van Buren, Grundy, and Franklin counties. The area includes the cities of Nashville, Murfreesboro, Clarksville, and Cookeville, and encompasses the following counties: Wayne, Lawrence, Giles, Lincoln, Moore, Franklin, Perry, Lewis, Maury, Marshall, Bedford, Coffee, Warren, White, Van Buren, Putnam, Humphreys, Dickson, Williamson, Davidson, Rutherford, Cannon, Dekalb, Warren, Houston, Stewart, Montgomery, Robertson, Cheatham, Sumner, Wilson, Trousdale, Macon, Smith, Jackson, Clay, Overton, Pickett, & Fentress