The Wapiti Striders Track and Field Club present …

2010 Peace Country Track and Field Classic
(includes Peace Country Hershey Meet)
WHEN:
Saturday, May 15, 2010, 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 2000/2001 or before; 1998/99; 1996/97 (athletes born in 2002 or earlier are welcome, but they'll compete with the 2000/01 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 11 at noon.  Late entries may be accepted up to Friday, May 14 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 - 2010 HERSHEY ENTRY FORM (pdf file)  

High School and All Comers individuals, use this form - 2010 PC CLASSIC ENTRY FORM (pdf file) 

High School and All Comers teams, use this form - 2010 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 in  June (TBA).  Top placing Hershey competitors 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
00/01 x x x x           x   x       x
98/99   x x x x         x   x       x
96/97   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, 00/01, 98/99, 96/97
9:40 1600m 1 heat, 96/97 only  9:05 High Jump, HS and open
9:50
100m
All
9:15
Discus, HS and open
10:55
50m
2 heats, 00/01 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, 00/01, 98/99, 96/97
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