NORTH COAST SECTION, CIF Meet of Champions Track & Field Management Committee

NORTH COAST SECTION, CIF
5 Crow Canyon Court, Suite 209
San Ramon, CA 94583
Phone: 925-263-2110 // Fax: 925-263-2120
www.cifncs.org

To: NCS MOC Track & Field Management Committee
From: Karen Smith, NCS Associate Commissioner
Date: October 14, 2011
RE: Minutes of Meeting of October 11, 2011


Present: Jack Coakley, Linda Sawyer, Keith Conning, Brad Morisoli, Mike Elliott, Michelle Doggert, Angela Paradise and Karen Smith.

Unable to attend:: Brian Henderson, George Kleeman, Peter Brewer. and Chuck Woolridge

Guests: Making the presentation of the pole vault proposal- Chris Smith,

1. Karen welcomed all present.

2. Pole Vault proposal
Proposal was discussed at length. Proposal is attached. Committee decided to table the proposal until January so we can get more input from other committee members then vote on the proposal in January.

3. Review of the 2012 NCS/Les Schwab Tires Track & Field Championships
a. Sites
• Redwood Empire –NBL HOSTS-TBA – Site Directors
• Tri-Valley – Granada High School, Brad Morisoli – Site Director
• Bay Shore – James Logan H.S., Lee Webb – Site Director
• Class A – Montgomery HS – Site Director- To be confirmed
• MOC – Edwards Stadium, UC Berkeley – Brian Henderson/ Chuck Woolridge Site Directors
b. Championship Bulletins
The committee members present reviewed the Class A/Area and MOC Championship Bulletins. Corrections were made and Karen will update and email to member schools.

4. Gift for Officials
a. It was recommended that hats or fleece jackets be given to officials. Karen will look into the cost.

5. Honoring Officials
a. Nominated officials will be honored. –Dan Graham, Steve Brower, Doyle O’Regan

7. History of Section Competitions
a. Top 10 – compiled by Keith Conning
b. Complete Results
c. Section Individual Records

8. CIF will still be using the Hytek 2.0 for this year at this time. Hal said until the kinks are worked out with 3.0.

9. Issues/items to be resolved for next meeting:

10. Next meeting will be the evaluation meeting in January to vote on the pole vault proposal. A meeting notice will be emailed.
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Pole Vault Proposal

NCS POLE VAULT AND HIGH JUMP JUDGING
POLE INSPECTION AND ATHLETE WEIGHT VERIFICATION (POLE VAULT)
Meet Management Responsibility
1.) Check pole weight labels to insure compliance with NFHS rules regarding athlete weight, matching pole etching and proper label placement prior to the start of the warm up period. Athletes will not be allowed to use a pole that has not been checked by meet management for his/her warm up or competition. Athletes are allowed to share poles if the pole being shared is presented to meet management or the head pole vault official for approval for use by the athlete intending to use said pole.

Coaches Responsibility
1.) Insure the pole(s) are in safe usable condition
2.) Insure pole(s) are proper length and are not altered in any way that would bring them out of NFHS rules compliance
3.) Present to meet management a completed and signed accurate athlete weight Verification form.

MEET MANAGEMENT HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE A SAFE
FACILITY AND LANDING SYSTEM THAT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL NFHS
RULES AND REGULATIONS AND MAINTAIN A SAFE AND CONTROLLED
ENVIRONMENT DURING THE WARM UP AND COMPETITION PERIODS
WARM UP PERIODS
1.) Check in time at the event site for warm up periods will 1½ hours for the pole vault and 1 hour for the high jump prior to the start time for each competition.
2.) Coaches (pole vault only) and athletes will not be allowed to enter the competition area to begin warm up prior to the check in time.
3.) No coach or athlete will be allowed to enter the competition area at any time without proper identification (wrist band or coach’s field pass).
4.) Coaches will remain in the coach’s box during the warm up and competition periods.
Communication with athletes will take place on the side or behind the coach’s box.
The coach may leave the coaches box to during the competition to take care of personal needs however must return promptly and cannot speak with the athlete(s) if the athlete(s) is still a competitor unless they are in the coach’s box. The coach cannot offer coaching to athletes involved in other events while they are in the competition area at any time. The coach and the athlete(s) may leave the competition area once the athlete(s) is no longer a part of the competition however they will not be allowed to
return.
5.) Use of a warm up bungee will be determined by of meet management

COMPETITION PERIODS
STARTING HEIGHTS OF HIGH JUMP AND POLE VAULT
Meet Management will determine starting heights after all of the entries are submitted.
Under no circumstances will the opening height be higher than the 40th percentile of section entry marks. Continuing flights of “five alive” will be used until there are nine or fewer competitors at the next height change. The competition will then be conducted as a single flight consisting of the remaining competitors.

POLE VAULTERS / HIGH JUMPERS COMPETING IN OTHER EVENTS
Athletes may be excused for a maximum of thirty (30) minutes to compete in another event.
Permission may be granted by the head event official to compete in his/her trials at the current height out of order or opt to return to the event with the number of trials remaining he/she was excused with.
In both above cases, the competition will continue and the athlete will return at whatever the crossbar has been raised during his/her excused absence.

TIE BREAKERS
A jump off will occur to determine first place or a placing that would allow the athlete to continue to the next competition (NCS Trials, MOC or CIF State Championships).

ALL NFHS AND CIF COMPETITION RULES FOR THE POLE VAULT AND HIGH
JUMP WILL APPLY