The Fourth Annual New Balance Armory Collegiate Invitational
February 13 – 14, 2004
The Armory Track & Field Center
New York City

 1. Rules of Competition

 Competition will be governed by the active editions of:

Colleges - the NCAA Track and Field/Cross Country Men's and Women's Rules, with exception as needed by meet management.
Open Division - the USA Track and Field Competition Rules
High School - the Official National Federation Edition Track & Field and Cross Country Rules Book

The meet referee is Mr. John Chaplin, of Pullman, Washington.
A fee of $50 must accompany an appeal.

2. Facility

The track is a 200-meter banked 6-lane Mondo track. The lanes are 36" wide. The horizontal jumps are contested in two parallel pits. The women's runway is 53 meters, or 173 feet, in length. The men's runway is 54 meters, or 178 feet in length. The pole vault runway is 45 meters, or 147 feet, in length. The runways are Mondo. The high jump is contested at both ends of the infield; two high jumps can be conducted simultaneously. The Mondo straightaway is 8 lanes and 60 meters. The lanes are 48" wide.  The weight throw will be thrown at Manhattan College 5 miles away. Only bag weights can be used.

There is warm-up space on the 2nd floor and 3rd floors.
Spikes may be 1/4" Christmas trees or pyramids. No 1/4" pins.
Only starting blocks supplied by the Armory may be used.

3. Lanes   

For seeding purposes, lane priorities will be:

In the 200, 400, 500 and 4x400, the order of lane priority will be 5-6-4-3-2-1.
On the straightaway, lane priority will be 4-5-3-6-2-7-1-8.

In the 200 meters, lanes 2 through 6 will be used in the preliminaries and 3 through 6 in the finals. The finals will be 2 sections; the faster section will be run last.

In the 400 meters, all lanes will be used in the preliminaries and 3 through 6 in the finals.  The finals will be run in two sections, with the faster section last.

4. Entries

All college entries must be submitted electronically through DirectAthletics or by using the link on the Armory website www.armorytrack.com. Teams that do not yet have a password will be assigned one.  Entries close at noon EST Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2004. Events will be seeded on Wednesday, February 4, with the exception of the 4x400s, which will be seeded the following Tuesday, Feb. 10.

All heat and lane assignments will be posted on the Armory website by 6 p.m. Thursday, February 5. The names of all athletes accepted in individual events will be posted on the website.

A form explaining entry procedure will be mailed December 1, 2003. 

 5. Entry fees

College teams - $200 per sex.
High school - $25 per relay team and $10 per individual event.
Open athletes - $20 per athlete

6.  Divisions

The college competition is conducted in two divisions, Championship and University. The Championship division is limited to approximately 12 teams per sex.   

Competition will be combined in the weight throw, 4 x 800 meter relay, distance medley, 500 meters, 1,000 meters and 5,000 meters, but separate awards will be given.

Selection of the divisions will be announced on January 5, 2004

 7. Team scoring

Events will be scored 10 points for 1st place, 8 for 2nd, 6 for 3rd, 5 for 4th, 4 for 5th, 3 for 6th, 2 for 7th and 1 for 8th.  There will be separate scoring for each division and sex. Trophies will be awarded to the top three teams in each division for each sex.

In those events with timed sections, all competitors are eligible to place and score.  In those events with combined divisions (5k, DMR, weight throw), all performances will be used to determine the scorers. Scored events will consist of those contested at the NCAA Division I Championships.

8. Open Events

The 800 meters and mile runs will be contested for men & women. The deadline for entries is January 15, 2004

9. High school events

In the 4x200 and 4x400, there will be 6 teams per sex. In the 4x800, the fields will be limited to 10 teams per sex.  The fields in the 2 mile runs will be limited to 12 per sex.

The lists of accepted teams will be posted on the Armory website on Wednesday morning, Feb. 4, 2004.

10. College events

60 meters and 60-meter hurdles - all 8 lanes will be used in the preliminaries and finals.
The dash fields will be limited to 48 competitors per sex in the University division, 24 in the
Championship division. The hurdle fields will be limited to 40 in the University, 24 Championship. The fastest 8 finishers in the preliminaries will advance to the final. Lane assignments in the preliminary round will be random. Heat assignments will be seeded.   

200 meters - Lane 1 will not be used in the preliminary round. The fastest 8 finishers in the preliminaries will advance to the final, which will be conducted in 2 sections of 4 runners each.
Heat I of the final will be comprised of the slowest 4 qualifiers, Heat II the fastest 4. Final places will be determined by comparing times. Lanes 1 and 2 will not be used in the finals. Assignments and lanes in the heats and finals will be seeded. The fields will be limited to 50 competitors per sex in the University division and 30 per sex in the Championship division.

400 meters - The fastest 8 finishers in the preliminaries will advance to the final, which will be conducted in 2 sections of four runners each.  Heat I of the final will be comprised of the slowest 4 qualifiers, Heat II the fastest 4. Final places will be determined by comparing times. Lanes 1 and 2 will not be used in the finals. Assignments and lanes in the heats and finals will be seeded. Lane 1 will be avoided where possible in the prelims. The fields will be limited to 60 competitors per sex in the University division, 30 per sex in the Championship division.

500 meters, 800, 1000, mile, 3,000 - The competition will be conducted using timed sections. Where there are consecutive heats, the fastest runners will run last. The size of the fields will be limited to: 500 meter run - limit 18 per sex; 50 800-meter runners per sex in the University division and 30 per sex in the Championship division; 1000 meter run - limit 20 per sex; 36 male milers and 26 female milers in the University and 24 per sex in the Championship; 36 male 3,000-meter runners an 18 female runners in the University and 18 3,000 per sex in the Championship division.

5,000 meters - The field will be limited to 18 runners per sex. There will be one heat, comprising both divisions.

4 x 400 - No qualifying times are necessary, but to be seeded a team should submit its best time for the 2003-04 indoor season, no later than noon Monday, Feb. 9. This may be done by fax (212-923-2146) detailing the name, date and location of the competition. Teams will be assigned
heats and lanes that afternoon, and that information will be posted on the Armory website by noon Tuesday, February 10. Fields in the fastest 2 sections will be limited to 6 teams; fields in slower sections may exceed 6 teams. The fastest 6 teams in each division will run in the
seeded section Saturday afternoon.  Fields will be limited to 24 in the University and 12 in the Championship per sex.

4 x 800 -- This event is not scored. The fields are limited to 12 teams per sex. The race will be run in 1 section, regardless of division.

Distance medley - Sections will be divided by seed time, not division. The fields will be limited to 24 teams per sex.

No B relay teams will be permitted.

Field events - The order of competition will be seeded, with the best entrants competing in the final flight. The top 8 plus ties will advance to the final. Finalists will compete in reverse order of
their standing after the preliminaries. All attempts will be measured. Distances will be measured and recorded in meters, but announced in feet and inches. The limits of the fields are:

High Jump            24 men and women university, 18 men and women championship
Long Jump            24 men and women university, 18 men and women championship
Triple Jump             24 men and women university, 18 men and women championship
Pole Vault            24 men and women university, 18 men and women championship
Shot Put                24 men and women university, 18 men and women championship
Weight Throw    24 men and 32 women, combined divisions   

The weight throw will be conducted as a combined competition, with the top 8 competitors, regardless of division, advancing to a single final. Bag weights only.

10. Awards

Trophies will be given to the top three teams in each division for each sex. These awards will be made on the infield immediately following the final event. Coaches and team members are asked to stay for the ceremonies.

Trophies will be awarded to the Outstanding Competitors, chosen for each sex, in each division, in the college competition.

Medals will be awarded to the top 6 finishers in every high school and college event, including all 4 members of the appropriate relay teams.

11. Passes   

Teams will be issued two passes per sex. An additional trainer's pass will be issued upon request. Any additional passes may be purchased by an authorized team representative.
Athletes must wear their competitor numbers to be admitted.

12. Tickets

Tickets will be sold in advance and at the gate. Prices are:
 Adults    Friday $15, Saturday $20
 Students    $5 each day
 All seats are unreserved.

13. Implement weigh-in   

Friday, February 13 at Manhattan College beginning at 8:00 a.m.
Friday, February 13 at the Armory beginning at 11 a.m. and on Saturday, February 14, beginning at 8:30 a.m.

 14. Practice

The Armory will be open for practice on Thursday, February 12 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
The Armory will open at 8:00 a.m. on Friday February 13, and Saturday, February 14.

15. Contact Numbers   

 Web Site: http://armorytrack.com