THE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

 

 

INTERSECTIONAL

CROSS COUNTRY

INDOOR & OUTDOOR

TRACK & FIELD

BY-LAWS

 

 

REVISED: SEPTEMBER 17, 2003

 

 

 

 

 

INTERSECTIONAL C.H.S.A.A. CROSS COUNTRY BY-LAWS

 

1.  THE ASSOCIATION SHALL COUNDUCT THE FOLLOWING RACES:

 

     VARSITY CHAMPIONSHIP

     JUNIOR VARSITY CHAMPIONSHIP

     SOPHOMORE CHAMPIONSHIP

     FRESHMAN CHAMPIONSHIP

 

(A)   THESE RACES WILL CONSIST OF EVERY MEMBER SCHOOL

 

(B)    A TEAM MAY NOT ENTER A JUNIOR VARSITY RACE WITHOUT ENTERING A VARSITY TEAM

 

(C)    POST POSITION WILL BE DETERMINED ON SECTIONAL FINISHES ON A ROTATING BASIS FROM YEAR TO YEAR

 

AS OF 1985:          #1 NEW YORK

                                #2 BROOKYLN

                                #3 ROCKVILLE CENTRE

               

(D)    JUNIOR VARSITY CHAMPIONSHIP RUNNERS NUMBER EIGHT THROUGH FOURTEEN

 

J.V.  “B” CHAMPIONSHIP #15 THROUGH #21

J.V.  “C” CHAMPIONSHIP #22 AND LOWER RANKED RUNNERS FROM YOUR TEAM.

 

NOTE WELL – YOUR TOP 7 RUNNERS MUST RUN IN THE VARSITY RACE

 

EXAMPLE:  VARSITY CHAMPIONSHIP MUST BE YOUR TOP SEVEN RUNNERS

                        JUNIOR VARSITY CHAMPIONSHIP MUST BE YOUR EIGHT THROUGH FOURTEEN RUNNER, ETC.

 

(E)     THE VARSITY INTERSECTIONAL SHOULD BE RUN A WEEK AFTER THE S.A.T.’S.

 

2.  IN CROSS-COUNTRY COMPETITION, A VARSITY TEAM MUST START THE SEVEN BEST RUNNERS REPRESENTING THE SCHOOL IN THE SPORT.  IF, ON THE DAY OF THE MEET, HOWEVER, A SCHOOL HAS ONLY FIVE COMPETITORS, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SCHOOL MUST SEEK THE MEET DIRECTOR WHO MAY CONSULT THE GAMES COMMITTEE FOR A DECISION BEFORE THE RUNNERS CAN COMPETE IN THE RACE.  BLANKET ENTRY IS PERMISSABLE IN ALL RACES.  ANY SCHOOL VIOLATING THE SPIRIT OF THE RULE IN RELATION TO RUNNING ITS BEST SEVEN RUNNERS IN VARSITY, JUNIOR VARSITY, SOPHOMORE OR FRESHMAN CHAMPIONSHIP RACES, WILL FORFEIT ALL PRIZES WON IN SUCH RACES WHERE THE VIOLATION TOOK PLACE.  THEY SHALL ALSO FORFEIT THEIR POINT SCORE AND PLACE STANDINGS IN SUCH RACES, WHERE THE VIOLATION TOOK PLACE.  A SCHOOL MAY ENTER ONLY ONE TEAM OF SEVEN RUNNERS IN THE VARSITY, JUNIOR VARSITY, SOPHOMORE AND FRESHMEN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE. 

 

3.   SCORING FOR ALL CHAMPIONSHIP RACES AND FRESHMAN “B” WILL BE THE FOLLOWING:

 

                FIRST PLACE SHALL SCORE ONE POINT, SECOND PLACE TWO POINTS, AND SO ON.  ALL RUNNERS WHO FINISH THE COURSE SHALL BE RANKED AND TALLIED IN THE MANNER.  THE TEAM SCORE SHALL THEN BE DETERMINED BY TOTALING THE POINTS SCORED BE THE FIRST FIVE RUNNERS OF EACH TEAM TO FINISHED.  THE TEAM SCORING THE LEAST NUMBER OF POINTS SHALL BE THE WINNER.

 

4.  IN THE EVENT THAT A TEAM DOES NOT FINISHED ALL FIVE MEN, THE PLACES OF ALL FINISHING MEMBERS SHALL BE RETAINED AS WELL AS THE INDIVIDUAL MEDALS AND THERE WILL BE NO RETABULATION OF THE SCORE.

 

5.  CONCERNING THE MEDALS AND TROPHY IN A TIE SITUATION, THE TEAM HAVING THE LOWEST 6TH PLACE INDIVIDUAL SHALL BE AWARDED THE TEAM MEDAL AND THE TROPHY.

 

6.  A TEAM SHALL BE DISQUALIFIED IF MORE THAN SEVEN RUNNERS PARTICIPATE IN A RACE THAT HAS A TEAM SCORE.  

 

7.  THE VARSITY COURSE SHALL NOT EXCEED 5000 METERS.

 

8.  THE FRESHMAN COURSE SHALL NOT EXCEED 3000 METERS.

 

9.  IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT INTERSCHOOL COMPETION IN CROSS-COUNTRY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TWO COMPETITIVE RUNS EACH WEEK.  AT LEAST THREE WEEKS TRAINING SHALL PRECEED THE FIRST SCHOOL RUN.  THE OFFICIAL CROSS-COUNTRY SEASON RUNS FROM THE LAST WEDNESDAY IN AUGUST TO NOVEMBER 30TH.  STATE LAW REQUIRES 60 HOURS BETWEEN COMPETITION (OR TWO NIGHTS SLEEP).

 

                DEFINITION OF 1ST SCHOOL RUN:

ANY FULLY SANCTIONED MEET WITH A TEAM SCORE CONSITUTES THE FIRST OFFICIAL MEET.

THE CROSS-COUNTRY SEASON RUNS 15 WEEKS.  ANY EXCEPTIONS TO THE NOVEMBER 30TH REGULATIONS SHOULD APPLY TO THE LEAGUE CHAIRMAN.

               

10.  SPOTTERS ARE TO BE PLACED IN THE HILLS FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP RACES TO CALL FOULS AND THE SHORT CUTTING OF THE COURSE.  THE NUMBER OF THESE SPOTTERS WILL BE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIRMAN.

 

11.  MEDALS AND TROPHIES

                                                TEAM PLAQUES                TEAM MEDALS                 INDIVIDUAL MEDALS

VARSITY              A                             3                                              5                                              55

J V                           A                             3                                              5                                              55

J V                           B                                                                                                                             55

SOPHOMORE    A                               3                                              3                                              55

SOPHOMORE    B                                                                                2                                              25

FRESHMAN         A                             3                                              5                                              55

FRESHMAN         B                                                                             3                                              30

FRESHMAN         C                                                                             2                                              25

                VARSITY A RACE WINNER AND WINNING COACH RECEIVE PLAQUES

 

12.  DESIGNATION OF RACES:

       THE FOLLOWING DESIGNATION OF RACES IS TO BE FAITHFULLY FOLLOWED BY ALL COACHES, MODERATORS AND MANAGERS IN FILLING OUT THE INDIVIDUAL CARDS PRIOR TO THE START OF EACH RACES.  THE INDIVIDUAL CARD IS TO BE PINNED TO THE FRONT OF THE RUNNERS SHIRT.

 

      VARSITY CHAMPIONSHIP (RUNNERS 1 THROUGH 7)

      JUNIOR VARSITY CHAMPIONSHIP (RUNNERS 8 THROUGH 14)

      JUNIOR VARSITY “B” CHAMPIONSHIP (RUNNERS 15 TO YOUR LAST RUNNER)

      FRESHMAN CHAMPIONSHIP (RUNNERS 1 THROUGH 7)

      FRESHMAN “B” CHAMPIONSHIP (RUNNERS 8 THROUGH 14)

      FRESHMAN “C” CHAMPIONSHIP (RUNNERS 15 THROUGH YOUR LAST RUNNERS)

      SOPHOMORE “A” CHAMPIONSHIP (RUNNERS 1 THROUGH 7)
      SOPHOMORE “B” (RUNNERS 8 THROUGH YOUR LAST RUNNER)

 

13.  ENTRIES AND ENTRY FEES: REFER TO YOUR ENTRY FORM FOR CLOSING DATES AND ENTRY FEES.

 

14.  WE WILL FOLLOW THE NATIONAL FEDERATION RULES, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS AS INDICATED BY THE CHAIRMAN AND GAMES COMMITTEE, FOR ALL CHAMPIONSHIP RACES.

 

RESERVATIONS ARE NOTED IN THE BY-LAWS AND ANY PROBLEMS, PLEASE CONSULT THE MEET DIRECTOR OR C.H.S.A.A. CHAIRMAN

 

15.  MISCELLANEOUS:

               

                OUTSIDE COMPETITION: 

IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT ALL OUTSIDE COMPETITION SHOULD CEASE WHEN A COMPETITOR HAS PARTICIPATED IN A SANCTIONED TEAM SCORING CROSS-COUNTRY RUN. 

ANY OFFENDERS MAY BE SUBJECTED TO LEAGUE SANCTION

 

                STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: TOP 3 FINISHERS IN INTERSECTIONALS AND 3 MORE

                TO BE CHOSEN FROM THE CHSAA THE PSAL AND THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

 

                LINE UP FRESHMAN SEEDED TEAMS AT THE OPPOSITE END OF BROADWAY

 

NO SCHOOL WILL BE ALLOWED TO COMPETE IN THE INTERSECIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WHO IS IN ARREARS IN THEIR ENTRY FEES.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I.  THE INTERSECTIONAL C.H.S.A.A WILL SPONSOR THE FOLLOWING TRACK AND FIELD MEETS DURING THE INDOOR SEASON:

1.    FRESHMAN CHAMPIONSHIP

2.        SOPHOMORE CHAMPIONSHIP

3.        JUNIOR MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP

4.        VARSITY CHAMPIONSHIP

5.        NOVICE CHAMPIONSHIP

6.        RELAY CARNIVAL CHAMPIONSHIP

 

II.  ENTRY LIMITATIONS ON INTERSECTIONAL MEETS:

1.        ANY VARSITY, FRESHMAN, JUNIOR MIDGET OR NOVICE COMPETITOR            

                     MAY BE IN ANY TWO EVENTS.

2.        ONCE FILLED, NO CHANGES WILL BE PERMITTED IN A SCHOOL’S ENTRY EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF A COMPETITOR’S BREAKING HIS NOVICE STANDING IN THE INTERIM BETWEEN THE CLOSING OF THE ENTRIES AND THE DAY OF THE MEET.

3.        CLOSING DATES OF THE ENTRY SHOULD BE ADHERED TO.  IT IS UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIRMAN TO ACCPET OR REJECT ENTRIES.  VARSITY INTERSECTIONAL ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED WITH A $100 LATE FEE.

 

III.  COMPETITION WILL BE HELD IN THE FOLLOWING CLASSIFICATIONS:

1.        VARSITY – A COMPETITOR WHO HAS BROKEN HIS NOVICE STANDING

2.        NOVICE – A COMPETITOR WHO HAS NOT WON A MEDAL OR PRIZE IN COMPETITION, OPEN TO THREE OR MORE SCHOOLS.  THERE ARE TWO CLASSIFICATIONS OF NOVICE:  TRACK AND FIELD.  A BOY BREAKING HIS NOVICE STANDING IN ANY ONE OF THESE CLASSIFICATIONS SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE BROKEN IT IN THE OTHER ONE.  HOWEVER, NO DISTINCTION IS MADE AS TO INDOOR OR OUTDOOR SEASONS.

EXCEPTIONS: A NOVICE CAN ONLY BE BROKEN ONCE.

3.        JUNIOR – A COMPETITOR WHO WEIGH 125 LBS. OR LESS (SEE ARTICLE IV FOR             

WEIGHT-IN REGULATIONS).

4.        MIDGET – A COMPETITOR WHO WEIGHS 115 LBS OR LESS.

5.        SUB-MIDGET – A COMPETITOR WHO WEIGHS 105 LBS OR LESS.

6.        SOPHOMORE – A COMPETITOR WHO IS IN HIS THIRD OR FOURTH SEMESTER OF HIGH SCHOOL AS FAR AS HIS ELIGIBILITY GOES IN RELATIONS TO THE EIGHT SEMESTER RULE.

7.        FRESHMAN – A BOY IN HIS FIRST YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL OR NINTH GRADE OF A JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.  A BOY WHO REACHES HIS 16TH BIRTHDAY BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1ST OF THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR IS INELIGIBLE FOR FRESHMAN COMPETITION.

 

IV.            ALL COMPETITORS WHO DESIRE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WEIGHT CLASSIFICATION OF THE C.H.S.A.A. TRACK AND FIELD PROGRAM MUST BE WEIGHTED IN BY HIS/HER COACH.  THE COACH MUST TYPE UP HIS/HER LIST OF COMPETITORS IN EACH WEIGH CLASSIFICATION AND THEN HAVE THEIR LIST SIGNED BY HIS/HER ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.  THE LIST MUST THEN BE SENT TO THE COACH’S SECTIONAL AND INTERSECTIONAL CHAIRMAN.

 

V.  PROCEDURES FOR ALL MEETS:

1.        ALL EVENTS WILL BE CONDUCTED UNDER THE RULES OF THE NATIONAL FEDERATIONS AS INDICATED BY THE CHAIRMAN AND THE GAMES COMMITTEE

2.        FIELDS EVENTS

a)       CHECKING IN.  A COMPETITOR MAY CHECK INTO A FIELD EVENT ANY TIME DURING THE TRAILS AND BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT ROUND PRESENTLY BEING CONDUCTED.  IN THE INDOOR RELAY CARNIVAL, TRIALS AND FINALS ARE NOT CONDUCTED, A COMPETITOR ARRIVING LATE MAY BE ADMITTED TO THE COMPETITION AT THE DISCRETION OF THE MEET DIRECTOR, BUT MAY NOT AVAIL HIMSELF OF ANY TRIALS FOR ROUNDS OR HEIGHTWHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED.

b)       THE RUBBER SHOT PUT IS THE OFFICIAL SHOT PUT FOR ALL INDOOR MEETS SPONSORED BY THE C.H.S.A.A.

c)       IN THE HIGH JUMP EVENTS THE BAR SHALL BE PLACED AS NOTED BELOW FOR STARTING HEIGHTS.

1. MIDGET HIGH JUMP                     4FT. 6IN.

2. JUNIOR HIGH JUMP                      4FT. 8IN.

                                                3. FRESHMAN HIGH JUMP              4FT. 8IN.

                                                4. SOPHOMORE HIGH JUMP           5FT.

                                                5. VARSITY HIGH JUMP   5FT. 6IN.

d)       IN THE POLE VAULT THE BAR SHALL BE PLACED AS NOTEF BELOW  

        FOR STARTING HEIGHTS

                1. FRESHMAN POLE VAULT           7FT. 6IN.

                2. SOPHOMORE POLE VAULT        8FT. 6IN.

                3. VARSITY POLE VAULT                10FT.

3.  RUNNING EVENTS

a) A COMPETITOR WHO FAILS TO REPORT FOR HIS EVENT TO THE CLERK OF                

   COURSE BY THE “FINAL CALL” SHALL BE SUBJECTED TO DISQUALIFICATION.          

   SUCH DISQUALIFICATION IS TO BE MADE BY THE MEET DIRECTOR, NOT THE        

  CLERK OF COURSE.

b) IN INDOOR MEETS THE FOLLOWING NUMBER OF COMPETITORS SHALL BE    

   PLACED IN EACH HEATS OR SECTION IN RUNNIG EVENTS WITH THE PROVISION 

   THAT SUCH RESTRICTIONS MAY BE ALTERED BY THE MEET DIRECTOR WHEN   

   SUCH CHANGES ARE NECESSARY AND ADVISBLE DUE TO AN INSUFFICIENT

   NUMBER OR AN EXCESSIVE NUMBER OF LANES, WEATHER AND TRACK                           CONDITIONS ETC:

 

1.        HURDLES – TO BE DETERMINDED BY THE NUMBER OF FLIGHTS AVAILIABLE.  QUALIFIERS FOR THE FINAL, SEMI-FINALS, IF NECESSARY, AND QUARTER FINALS TO DE DETERMINED BY PLACE.

a)    IN THE VARSITY INTERSECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP     ADVANCING IN THE HURDLES IS ON A TIME BASIS TO THE SEMI-FINALS AND QUALIFING FOR THE FINAL IS BY PLACE.

b)    FRESHMAN HURDLES IN THE RELAY CARNIVAL TO BE ADVANCED BY TIME.

2.        SUB-MIDGET 55M DASH – 6

QUALIFIERS PICKED ON PLACES IN HEATS

3.        MIDGET 55M DASH  - 6

QUALIFIERS PICKED ON PLACES IN HEATS

4.        JUNIOR 55M DASH – 6

QUALIFIERS PICKED ON PLACES IN HEATS

5.        VARSITY 55M DASH – 6

QUALIFIERS PICKED ON PLACES IN HEATS

6.        FRESHMAN& SOPHOMORE 55 M DASH – 6 

QUALIFIERS PICKED ON PLACES IN HEATS

7.        JUNIOR & NOVICE 300M DASH – 6

QUALIFIERS PICKED ON A TIME BASIS

8.        FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE 300M DASH – 6

QUALIFIERS PICKED ON PLACES A TIME BASIS

9.        VARSITY 300M DASH – 6

QUALIFIERS PICKED ON PLACES A TIME BASIS

10.     FRESHMAN 600M DASH – 6 IN THE SEEDED HEAT

8 IN UNSEATED HEATS.

FINAL STANDING ON A TIME BASIS

11.     SOPHOMORE 600M DASH – 6 IN THE SEEDED HEATS

8 IN UNSEATED HEATS.

FINAL STANDING ON A TIME BASIS

12.     VARSITY 600M DASH – 6 IN THE SEEDED HEATS

6  - 8 IN THE UNSEATED HEATS.

FINAL STANDING ON A TIME BASIS

13.     JUNIOR 800M RUN –10 IN SEEDED HEATS

12 IN UNSEEDED HEAT

FINAL STANDING ON A TIME BASIS

14.     FRESHMAN 1000M RUN –10 IN THE SEEDED HEATS

12 IN UNSEEDED HEATS

FINAL STANDING ON A TIME BASIS

15.     SOPHOMORE 1000M RUN – 10 IN THE SEATED HEATS

12 IN THE UNSEADED HEATS

FINAL STANDING ON A TIME BASIS

16.     VARSITY 1000M RUN – 8 IN THE SEADED HEATS

12 IN THE UNSEATED HEATS

FINAL STANDING ON A TIME BASIS

17.     FRESHMAN 1600M RUN –12 IN THE SEADED SECTION, 15 IN THE  

UNSEATED SECTIONS – FINALSTANDINGS ON A TIME BASIS

18.     SOPHOMORE 1600M RUN – 12 IN THE SEADED SECTION, 15 IN 

       THE UNSEATED SECTIONS – FINALSTANDINGS ON A TIME BASIS

19.     VARSITY 1600M RUN – 10 IN THE FIRST SECTION, 15 IN THE  

UNSEATED SECTIONS – FINALSTANDINDS ON A TIME BASIS

20.     FRESHMAN 3200M RUN – 12 IN THE IN THE SEEDED SECTION, 20 IN THE UNSEATED SECTIONS – FINAL STANDINGS ON A TIME BASIS

21.     SOPHOMORE 3200M RUN – 12 IN THE SEEDED SECTION, 20 IN THE UNSEEDED SEACTIONS – FINAL ON A TIME BASIS

22.     VARSITY 3200M RUN – 12 IN THE SEEDED SECTION, 20 IN THE UNSEEDED SEACTIONS – FINAL ON A TIME BASIS

23.     800 METER RELAYS – MAXIMUM OF 6 TEAMS PER HEAT.  6 FASTEST TEAMS QUALIFY FOR A FINAL.   IN THE EVENT OF A TIE THE 3 SLOWEST TEAMS WILL RUN IN THE FIRST HEAT AND THE 4 FASTEST IN THE SECOND HEAT.  FINAL STANDINGS ON A TIME BASIS

24.     1600 METER RELAYS – 6 TEAMS MAXIMUM PER SECTION FOR ALL LEVELS WITH THE SIX FASTEST TEAMS QUALIFYING FOR THE FINALS.  IN THE EVENT OF A TIE THE 3 SLOWEST TEAMS WILL RUN IN THE FIRST HEAT AND THE 4 FASTEST IN THE SECOND HEAT. FINAL STANDING ON A TIME BASIS

25.     SPRINT MEDLEY REELAY -  6 TEAMS MAXIMUM PER SECTION FOR ALL LEVELS WITH STANDINGS ON A TIME BASIS

26.     3200 METER RELAY AND DISTANT MEDLEY RELAYS – MAXIMUM OF TEN TEAMS PER SEEDED SECTION AND 14 TEAMS PER UNSEEDED SECTIONS.  FINAL STANDINGS ON A TIME BASIS.

 

                                C) SEEDING COMPETITORS

1.        A SEEDED COMPETITOR OR RELAY IS DEFINED AS ONE WHO HAS A REASONABLE CHANCE TO ATTAIN A SCORING PLACE IN HIS EVENT, BASED ON SUSTANTIATED PAST PERFORMANCE IN THAT EVENT OR IN A SIMILAR EVENT.

2.        IN RANKING SEEDS THE GAMES COMMITTEE WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY

3.        PROPER SEEDING IS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT AS WELL AS THE MOST NECESSARY ASPECTS OF AWELL CONDUCTED MEET.  THEREFORE, IT IS INCUMBENT ON ALL, COACHES, MODERATORS, GAMES COMMITTEE MEMBERS,  OFFICIALS, TO EXERCISE THE MOST CAREFUL AND OBJECTIVE JUDGEMENT IN ESTABLISHING SEEDS.  IF A COACH DOES NOT SEED HIS ATHLETE OR RELAY, THEY CAN NOT SCORE OR WIN A MEDAL IN THE VARSITY INTERSECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. THEY WILL HOWEVER BE ALLOWED TO COMPETE IN THE MEET AS LONG AS THE SCHOOL'S ENTRY FOR THE MEET HAS BEEN RECEIVED.

IF AN ENTRY FEE HAS NOT BEEN RECIEVED THEN A $100 LATE FEE WILL APPLY PAYABLE THE DAY OF THE MEET.    A NON-SEEDED ATHLETE CAN QUALIFY FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ONLY IF THERE IS AN OPENING SPOT ON THE ROSTER AND THEY MUST HAVE MET THE QUALIFING STANDARD.

4.        ALL SEEDED HEATS WILL BE RUN FIRST.

5.        EVENTS THAT HAVE A TRIALS AND FINALS MAY BE RUN AS A FINAL ON TIME, DEPENDING UPON THE DISCRETION OF THE MEET DIRECTOR.

6.        IN THE VARSITY INTERSECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, ALL FIELD EVENT ATHLETES MUST BE SEEDED AND DECLARED AT THE SEEDING MEETING.

VI.  TIES

1.        A TIE FOR FIRST PLACE IN THE OVERALL TEAM SCORING SHALL NOT BE DISSOLVED, BUT BOTH SCHOOLS SHALL BE DECLARED CO-CHAMPIONS.

2.        TEAM AWARDS – A TIE FOR ANY PLACE IN THE TEAM SCORING WILL DE DISSOLVED BY THE HIGHEST NUMBERS OF FIRST PLACES, SECONDS, AND THIRDS, ETC.  IF STILL UNDECIDED, A FLIP OF THE COIN WILL DECIDE.  NO DUPLICATE PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED.  THE TEAM WITH THE MOST FIRST PLACES OR SECOND PLACES OR THIRD PLACES WILL GET THE TROPHY AND THE GOLD PLAQUE.

 

VII.  PRIZES

A.       TEAM AWARDS – IN EACH MEET, TEAM PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED ACCORDING TO INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE ENTRY BLANKS.

SCORING IS BASED ON A 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 BASIS.

THE RELAY CARNIVAL HAS NO TEAM AWARDS.

FRESHMAN – 3 PLAQUES FOR THE TOP 3 TEAMS.

SOPHOMORE – 3 PLAQUES FOR THE TOP 3 TEAMS.

JUNIOR MIDGET – NO PLAQUES.

NOVICE - 3 PLAQUES FOR THE TOP 3 TEAMS.

VARSITY - 3 PLAQUES FOR THE TOP 3 TEAMS.

B.       INDIVIDUAL AWARDS:

1.        AN OUTSTANDING TRACK, OUTSTANDING FIELD PERFORMER AWARDS WILL BE GIVEN IN THE VARSITY INTERSECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.  THIS AWARD WILL BE VOTED ON BY THE GAMES COMMITTEE.

AN OUTSTANDING TRACK AND FIELD PERFORMER AWARD WILL BE GIVEN OUT IN EACH OF THE FRESHMAN AND SOHPOMORE INTERSECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

2.        VARSITY INTERSECTIONAL CHAMPS – MEDALS WILL BE AWARED TO THE TOP FIVE INDIVIDUALS IN EACH VARSITY EVEMT.  FIVE SETS OF MEDALS WILL BE AWARDED TO ALL THE VARSITY RELAYS.

 

FRESHMAN:

MEDALS ONE THROUGH FIVE IN INDIVIDUAL EVENTS

MEDALS ONE THROUGH THREE IN ALL RELAYS

JUNIOR MIDGET:

MEDALS ONE THROUGH FIVE IN INDIVIDUALS EVENTS

MEDALS ONE THROUGH THREE IN AL RELAYS

NOVICE:

MEDALS ONE THROUGH FIVE IN INDIVIDUAL EVENTS

MEDALS ONE THROUGH THREE IN ALL RELAYS

SOPHOMORE:

MEDALS ONE THROUGH FIVE IN INDIVIDUAL EVENTS

MEDALS ONE THROUGH THREE IN ALL RELAYS

RELAY CARNIVAL:

TOP FIVE INDIVIDUALS IN THE INDIVIDUAL EVENTS

MEDALS ONE THROUGH FIVE IN ALL RELAYS

 

VIII.  APPEALS:

A.  PROCEDURE – APPEALS RELATING TO MATTERS WHICH DEVELOP

      DURING THE CONDUCT OF THE MEET SHOULD BE MADE TO THE MEET     

      REFEREE WITHIN THIRTY MINUTES.

      THE REFEREE, WHO MAY CONSULT WITH THE GAMES COMMITTEE,    

      WILL DECIDE THE OUTCOME OF THE APPEAL.

      THE COACH MUST SPECIFY THE RULE UNDER WHICH HE IS APPEALING.

 

IX.  MISCELLENEOUS:

1.        ANY ADDITIONS IN THE BY-LAWS WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THREE YEARS.

2.        ENTRY FEES WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE CHAIRMAN AND BY THE GAMES COMMITTEE.

3.        THE NO-BREAK RULE IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL INTERSECTIONAL MEETS EXCEPT THE FRESHMAN INTERSECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

4.        ANY TEAM THAT HAS INTERSECTIONAL FINANCIAL ARREARS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO COMPETE IN THE INTERSECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.  (THIS PROPOSAL WAS PASSED DECEMBER 15, 1984)

5.        ALL MEMBER SCHOOL MUST SUPPORT ALL INTERSECTIONAL MEETS WITH A MINIMUM ENTRY FEE TO BE DETERMINED BY THE GAMES COMMITTEE ($15.00 PER MEET).

6.        LENGTH OF THE INDOOR SEASON:

THE THIRD TUESDAY IN OCTOBER (OCT. 22) FOR TWENTY-TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKS UNTIL MARCH 26TH.

7.        A TEAM MAY COMPETE IN ONE MEET PER DAY.

8.        OUTSIDE COMPETITION:  IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT ALL OUTSIDE COMPETITION SHOULD CEASE WHEN A COMPETITOR HAS COMPETED IN HIS OR HER FIRST INTERSECTIONAL INDOOR MEET.  ANY OFFENDERS MAY BE SUBJECTED TO LEAGUE SANCTION.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I.  THE INTERSECTIONAL C.H.S.A.A. WILLL SPONSOR THE FOLLOWING CHAMPIONSHIPS  

     TRACK AND FIELD MEETS DURING THE OUTDOOR SEASON.

                1.    FRESHMAN CHAMPIONSHIP

2.    SOPHOMORE CHAMPIONSHIP

3.    JUNIOR MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP

4.    VARSITY CHAMPIONSHIP

5.    NOVICE CHAMPIONSHIP

6.    RELAY CARNIVAL CHAMPIONSHIP

 

II.  ENTRY LIMITATIONS ON INTERSECTIONAL MEETS:

1.    ANY VARSITY, FRESHMAN, JUNIOR MIDGET OR NOVICE COMPETITOR            

                      MAY BE IN ANY TWO EVENTS.

2.    ONCE FILLED, NO CHANGES WILL BE PERMITTED IN A SCHOOL’S ENTRY              EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF A COMPETITOR’S BREAKING HIS NOVICE STANDING IN THE INTERIM BETWEEN THE CLOSING OF THE ENTRIES AND THE DAY OF THE MEET.

3.    CLOSING DATES OF THE ENTRY SHOULD BE ADHERED TO.  IT IS UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIRMAN TO ACCEPT OR REJECT ENTRIES.  VARSITY INTERSECTIONAL ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED WITH A $100 LATE FEE.

 

III.  COMPETITION WILL BE HELD IN THE FOLLOWING CLASSIFICATIONS:

1.    VARSITY – A COMPETITOR WHO HAS BROKEN HIS NOVICE STANDING

2.    NOVICE – A COMPETITOR WHO HAS NOT WON A MEDAL OR PRIZE IN COMPETITION, OPEN TO THREE OR MORE SCHOOLS.  THERE ARE TWO CLASSIFICATIONS OF NOVICE: TRACK AND FIELD.  A BOY BREAKING HIS NOVICE STANDING IN ANY ONE OF THESE CLASSIFICATIONS SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE BROKEN IT IN THE OTHER ONE.  HOWEVER, NO DISTINCTION IS MADE AS TO INDOOR OR OUTDOOR SEASONS.

EXCEPTIONS: A NOVICE CAN ONLY BE BROKEN ONCE.

3.    JUNIOR – A COMPETITOR WHO WEIGH 125 LBS. OR LESS (SEE ARTICLE IV FOR             

WEIGHT-IN REGULATIONS).

8.        MIDGET – A COMPETITOR WHO WEIGHS 115 LBS OR LESS.

9.        SUB-MIDGET – A COMPETITOR WHO WEIGHS 105 LBS OR LESS.

10.     SOPHOMORE – A COMPETITOR WHO IS IN HIS THIRD OR FOURTH SEMESTER OF HIGH SCHOOL AS FAR AS HIS ELIGIBILITY GOES IN RELATIONS TO THE EIGHT SEMESTER RULE.

11.     FRESHMAN – A BOY IN HIS FIRST YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL ON NINTH GRADE OF A JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.  A BOY WHO REACHES HIS 16TH BIRTHDAY BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1ST OF THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR IS INELIGIBLE FOR FRESHMAN COMPETITION.

 

   IV.  ALL COMPETITORS WHO DESIRE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WEIGHT CLASSIFICATION OF THE C.H.S.A.A. TRACK AND FIELD PROGRAM MUST BE WEIGHTED IN BY HIS/HER COACH.  THE COACH MUST TYPE UP HIS/HER LIST OF COMPETITORS IN EACH WEIGH CLASSIFICATION AND THEN HAVE THEIR LIST SIGNED BY HIS/HER ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.  THE LIST MUST THEN BE SENT TO THE COACH’S SECTIONAL AND INTERSECTIONAL CHAIRMAN.

 

     V.  PROCEDURES FOR ALL MEETS:

1. ALL EVENTS WILL BE CONDUCTED UNDER THE RULES OF THE NATIONAL FEDERATIONS AS INDICATED BY THE CHAIRMAN AND THE GAMES COMMITTEE

2. FIELDS EVENTS

a.  CHECKING IN.  A COMPETITOR MAY CHECK INTO A FIELD EVENT ANY                      

     TIME DURING THE TRAILS AND BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT ROUND   

     PRESENTLY BEING CONDUCTED. 

b.  IN THE HIGH JUMP EVENTS THE BAR SHALL BE PLACED AS NOTED   

     BELOW FOR STARTING HEIGHTS.

1. MIDGET HIGH JUMP                     4FT. 6IN.

2. JUNIOR HIGH JUMP                      4FT. 8IN.

                                                3. FRESHMAN HIGH JUMP              4FT. 8IN.

                                                4. SOPHOMORE HIGH JUMP           5FT.

                                                5. VARSITY HIGH JUMP   5FT. 6IN.

c.  IN THE POLE VAULT THE BAR SHALL BE PLACED AS NOTED BELOW  

                                     FOR STARTING HEIGHTS

                1. FRESHMAN POLE VAULT           7FT. 6IN.

                2. SOPHOMORE POLE VAULT        8FT. 6IN.

                3. VARSITY POLE VAULT                10FT.

d.  STARTING HEIGHTS AND INTERVALS AT WHICH THE BAR IS TO BE    

    RAISED MAY BE ALTERED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE MEET DIRECTOR.    

    HOWEVER, THE MINIMUM HEIGHT MAY NOT BE LOWERED.

3.  RUNNING EVENTS

a) A COMPETITOR WHO FAILS TO REPORT FOR HIS EVENT TO THE CLERK OF                

   COURSE BY THE “FINAL CALL” SHALL BE SUBJECTEED TO DISQUALIFICATION.          

   SUCH DISQUALIFICATION IS TO BE MADE BY THE MEET DIRECTOR, NOT THE        

  CLERK OF COURSE.

b) IN INDOOR MEETS THE FOLLOWING NUMBER OF COMPETITORS SHALL BE    

   PLACED IN EACH HEATS OR SECTION IN RUNNIG EVENTS WITH THE PROVISION 

   THAT SUCH RESTRICTIONS MAY BE ALTERED BY THE MEET DIRECTOR WHEN   

   SUCH CHANGES ARE NECESSARY AND ADVISBLE DUE TO AN INSUFFICIENT

   NUMBER OR AN EXCESSIVE NUMBER OF LANES, WEATHER AND TRACK                CONDITIONS ETC:

                VARSITY, SOPHOMORE AND FRESHMAN EVENTS:

1.  HURDLES – TO BE DETERMINDED BY THE NUMBER OF FLIGHTS      AVAILIABLE.  QUALIFIERS FOR THE FINAL, SEMI-FINALS, IF NECESSARY, AND QUARTER FINALS TO DE DETERMINED BY PLACE.

a)    IN THE VARSITY INTERSECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP     ADVANCING IN THE HURDLES IS ON A TIME BASIS TO THE SEMI-FINALS AND QUALIFING FOR THE FINAL IS BY PLACE.

b)    FRESHMAN HURDLES IN THE RELAY CARNIVAL TO BE ADVANCED BY TIME.

2.     100M DASH – 6 PICKED

QUALIFIERS PICKED ON PLACES IN HEATS

3.     200M DASH – 6 PICKED

QUALIFIERS PICKED ON A TIME BASIS

4.    400M DASH – 6 PICKED

QUALIFIERS PICKED ON A TIME BASIS

5.    800M RUN – 10 MAXIMUM IN THE SEEDED HEATS

12 IN THE UNSEEDED HEATS

FINAL STANDINGS ON A TIME BASIS

6.    1600M RUN – 12 MAXIMUM IN THE SEEDED HEATS

15 IN THE UNSEEDED HEATS

FINAL STANDINGS ON A TIME BASIS

7.    3200M RUN – 12 MAXIMUM IN THE SEEDED HEATS.

15 IN UNSEEDED HEATS.

FINAL STANDINGS ON A TIME BASIS

8.    3000M STEEPLECHASE – 15 MAXIMUM IN THE SEEDED HEATS AND 15 IN       HEATS.  FINAL STANDING ON A TIME BASIS

9.    400M AND 1600M RELAYS – 6 PICKED 8 PER HEAT

QUALIFIERS PICKED ON A TIME BASIS

10.   3200M RELAY – 10 TEAMS MAXIMUM IN THE SEEDED SECTION AND 14 TEAMS IN UNSEEDED SECTIONS.  FINAL STANDINGS ON A TIME BASIS

11   SPRINT MEDLEY RELAY – 8 TEAMS MAXIMUM PER SECTION FOR ALL LEVELS WITH FINAL STANDING ON A TIME BASIS

NOVICE AND WEIGHT EVENTS:

1.        SUB-MIDGET 55M DASH – 6 PICKED

QUALIFIERS PICKED ON PLACES IN HEAT

2.        MIDGET 55M DASH – 6 PICKED

QUALIFIERS PICKED ON PLACES IN HEAT

3.        JUNIOR 100M DASH – 6 PICKED

4.        ALL OTHER EVENTS SAME AS ABOVE

QUALIFIERS PICKED ON PLACES IN HEAT

C.  SEEDING COMPETITORS

1.        A SEEDED COMPETITOR OR RELAY IS DEFINED AS ONE WHO HAS A REASONABLE CHANCE TO ATTAIN A SCORING PLACE IN HIS EVENT, BASED ON SUSTANTIATED PAST PERFORMANCE IN THAT EVENT OR IN A SIMILAR EVENT.

2.        IN RANKING SEEDS THE GAMES COMMITTEE WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY

3.        PROPER SEEDING IS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT AS WELL AS THE  MOST NECESSARY ASPECTS OF A WELL CONDUCTED MEET.  THEREFORE, IT IS INCUMBENT ON ALL, COACHES, MODERATORS, GAMES COMMITTEE MEMBERS, OFFICIALS, TO EXERCISE THE MOST CAREFUL AND OBJECTIVE JUDGEMENT IN ESTABLISHING SEEDS. IF A IF A COACH DOES NOT SEED HIS ATHLETE OR RELAY, THEY CAN NOT SCORE OR WIN A MEDAL IN THE VARSITY INTERSECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.  THEY WILL HOWEVER BE ALLOED TO COMPETE IN THE MEET AS LONG AS THE SCHOOL'S ENTRY FOR THE MEET HAS BEEN RECEIVED.  IF AN ENTRY HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED THEN A $100 LATE FEE WILL APPLY PAYABLE THE DAY OF THE MEET.  A NON-SEEDED ATHLETE CAN QUALIFY FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ONLY IF THERE IS AN OPENING SPOT ON THE ROSTER AND THEY MUST HAVE MET THE QUALIFING STANDARD.

4.        ALL SEEDED HEATS WILL BR RUN FIRST.

5.        EVENTS THAT HAVE A TRIALS AND FINALS MAY BE RUN AS A FINAL ON TIME, DEPENDING UPON THE DISCRETION OF THE MEET DIRECTOR.

6.        IN THE VARSITY INTERSECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, ALL FIELD EVENT ATHLETES MUST BE SEEDED AND DECLARED AT THE SEEDING MEETING.

VI.  TIES

1.        A TIE FOR FIRST PLACE IN THE OVERALL TEAM SCORING SHALL NOT BE DISSOLVED, BUT BOTH SCHOOLS SHALL BE DECLARED CO-CHAMPIONS.

2.        TEAM AWARDS – A TIE FOR ANY PLACE IN THE TEAM SCORING WILL BE  

       DISSOLVED BY THE HIGHEST NUMBERS OF FIRST PLACES, SECONDS, AND    

       THIRDS, ETC.  IF STILL UNDECIDED, A FLIP OF THE COIN WILL DECIDE.  NO

       DUPLICATE PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED.  THE TEAM WITH THE MOST FIRST

       PLACES OR SECOND PLACES OR THIRD PLACES WILL GET THE TROPHY AND

       GOLD PLAQUE.