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those of YOU who missed out on today's practice please print the following document and give it to your parents. thanks and see you all tomorrow! End of the Season practice schedule and what is Sectionals???
Anyone who wants to is welcome to come workout with us this
week! NOTE TO PARENTS Our Sectional Meet will be held on Saturday at Memorial Stadium hosted by Washington Middle School. Participating in our Sectionals are Chatham Glenwood, Pawnee, Petersburg Porta, Pleasant Plaines, Riverton, Rochester, Spfld Franklin, Spfld Grant, Spfld Jefferson, Spfld Lincoln, Washington Middle School and Williamsville. Thirteen teams will compete over a period of approx. 6 hours. (Boys field, girls running, boys running girls field) YOUR CHILD MUST be there by 8:00 a.m. at the very latest!!!!!! The order of events is the same as always. Usually there are four heats per age division in the open 100M, 200M, 100 and 110M hurdles. There are generally only two heats per 400M and 800M. The mile may or may not have two heats depending on the number of entrants. All heats will be run with proper age groups, meaning they will not ever run 7th and 8th together. Prelims are only run in the 100M/110M hurdles and the 100M Dash. Meaning, if this is your event you will run a preliminary heat and if your time is good enough you will go on to run in the finals. All other running events are placed according to times no matter the heat. Commonly but not always, the slower heats go first. ONLY two entries are allowed per event. We have placed our two fastest runners, according to this years seasons personal best, in each race. In some cases the next two fastest times are being allowed to run mostly for the experience in the 8th grade division. Examples of that are: Allie Bloxdorf and Emily Boll in the 800M. Running as an eighth grader this year DOES NOT disqualify you from running as an eighth grader again next year. We want to give everyone the best opportunity to qualify for state. Track is NOT ABOUT winning or losing races!!!!! Track is about TIMES and Distances. We are always running against the clock not each other. If you participate in a meet and you have beat your best time than it doesn't matter if you ran against a 7th grader or an 8th grader. You beat the clock when you run a personal best and that should always be the goal. In regard to sectionals, you can finish dead last in a race and still attend the State meet if you have a state qualifying time or distance. On another note if you DO NOT run a state time but place first or second according to your time then YOU STILL qualify for State. Meaning just because your son or daughter is not running state time now does not mean he/she will not go to state. If their time places them first or second in their event then they still get to go to state. Hope to see you all this weekend for a day in the sun! Any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to call. Thank you to all. So far it has been a GREAT SEASON!!!!!!!!!! Jacki Ralph
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