The Wapiti Striders Track and Field Club present …

2009 Peace Country Track and Field Classic
(includes Peace Country Hershey Meet)
WHEN:
Saturday, May 9, 2009, 9 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
WHERE:
Legion Field, Grande Prairie
(adjacent to the Composite High School and Leisure Centre Pool)
AGE 
CATEGORIES:
Hershey: Born in 1999/2000 or before; 1997/98; 1995/96 (athletes born in 2001 or earlier are welcome, but they'll compete with the 1999/00 category)
High School: Junior (Grade 9, 10) and Senior (Grade 11, 12)
All Comers: post-high school athletes
NOTE: Grade 9 students will compete in the High School Junior category
ENTRY
INFORMATION:
Send entries via fax or e-mail to
Bill Corcoran 
(780) 539-2796 fax or corcoran@runquick.com
  • Deadline for entries is Tuesday, May 5 at noon.  Late entries may be accepted up to Friday, May 8 at the discretion of the meet director with a $5 penalty per event.
  • Due to overwhelming response, we are not able to accept day of meet entries.  Please get your entries in on time.
  • Please limit entries to three individual events.  Permission to enter more than three events in the Peace Country Classic may be granted if space is available - an additional entry fee will apply.  (Contact the meet director.)
ENTRY FORMS:
Hershey competitors, use this form - 2009 HERSHEY ENTRY FORM (pdf file) 

High School and All Comers individuals, use this form - 2009 PC CLASSIC ENTRY FORM (pdf file) 

High School and All Comers teams, use this form - 2009 PC CLASSIC TEAM ENTRY FORM (pdf file)
ENTRY FEE:
For high school and all comers athletes:

$12 for first individual event; $15 for two or three individual events; maximum of $35 for an immediate family.  Athletics Alberta members (or equivalent) deduct $3. Relays are free.

Make cheques payable to: Wapiti Striders Track Club 

For Hershey athletes:

Entries made before the deadline are free 
TECHNICAL
INFORMATION:
  • The track and long/triple jump runways are a rubberized all weather surface. 
  • Spike length is 7mm for the track and runways. 
  • The throwing circles are concrete.  High jump and javelin run ups are on grass. 
  • All timing will be hand timed without wind gauges. 
  • For field events, participants will be given four trials to be taken within the 30-minute window for the event. 
  • All events will be timed finals (even the sprints!!).  If seed times are provided, heats can be seeded.  Age groups will be combined into heats to save time.
    •  
For Hershey athletes:
    • Spikes or starting blocks are not permitted
    • Maximum of 3 events per individual (i.e. 2 track and 1 field or 2 field and 1 track) NOTE: The 4 x 100m relay counts as a running event.
    • The Long Jump will be a standing Long Jump competition.
HERSHEY
QUALIFIER:
The meet allows serves as qualifier for the Provincial Hershey Final on June 20.  Hershey competitors finishing in the top 4 of each event will have the opportunity to compete in the Provincial Meet. Details about the Provincial Hershey meet are available on the Athletics Alberta website.
SCHEDULE: See attached.

EVENTS OFFERED



 50m 100m 200m 400m 800m 1500m 1600m 3000m Sprint
Hurdles		 Ball
Throw		 HJ LJ Discus Shot
Put		 Jav 4 x 100
Relay
99/00 x x x x           x   x       x
97/98   x x x x         x   x       x
95/96   x x   x   x     x   x       x
High
School		   x x x x x   x x   x x x x x x
Open   x x x x x   x x   x x x x x x

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE – (Subject to change – pick up final schedule on meet day)

9:00
3000m 
1 heat, all categories 
9:00
Standing Long Jump, 99/00, 97/98, 95/96
9:40 1600m 1 heat, 95/96 only  9:05 High Jump, HS and open
9:50
100m
All
9:15
Discus, HS and open
10:55
50m
2 heats, 99/00 only


11:00 800m 5 or 6 heats, all

11:45
Sprint H
3 or 4 heats, HS and open
10:30
Shot Put, HS and open
noon



12:30
 
Break and Catch Up
12:30
Break and Catch Up
1:30
200m
All
1:30
Ball Throw, 99/00, 97/98, 95/96
2:30
1500m 
3 or 4 heats, HS and open only

3:15
400m
5 or more heats
2:45
Javelin, HS and open
4:15
4 x 100m 
2 or 3 heats
3:15
Long Jump, HS and open

For more information contact:

Bill Corcoran
Wapiti Striders Track Club
(780) 539-2735 (work)
(780) 538-2369 (home)
corcoran@runquick.com