Year 2008 Track and Field Meets

To get the meet schedules and maps to each of the meets, please go to www.pentrack.org about two weeks before each meet.

April 19-20 George Dean Memorial Track Meet***  Sidney

May 3-4 Bob Dailey Memorial Track Meet*** Port Alberni

May 10-11 Dogwood Track Meet - Victoria

May 25 Peninsula Pentathlon and Throws Meet*** -Sidney

June 7-8 Garriock Track Meet*** (and Summer Games Trials for 14-15yrs) - Duncan

June 21 Provincial Pentathlon Meet - Whiterock

June 28-29 Comox Cougars Meet*** - Courtney

July 11-13 BC Junior Development Provincial Meet (ages 9-14) - Nanaimo

July 11-13 BC Youth, Junior and Senior Provincial Meet (ages 15 and over) - Kamloops

Our club registration fee covers the meet fees for the Port Alberni meet and the meets with *** next to them. You will need to sign up in the Track Room to attend these sticker meets. Families will be responsible to pay for event fees at Dogwood and Provincial meets (in White Rock and Nanaimo). Sign-up will be 2 weeks before these meets. More information will be available as the time gets closer!

The Summer Games are for 14-15 year old athletes and are held every two years. This year, the trials for the Zone 6 Team (all of Vancouver Island) will be held at the meet in Duncan (June 7/8th) and will include both club and high school athletes. Competition is keen and an athlete may have to WIN an event with both ages to be selected. Sometimes coming second in two or three events can earn an athlete a spot on the team. Steeplechase, Pole Vault, Hammer and Racewalk can be easier to earn entry onto the team. The two days following the Comox Meet, (June 30 and July 1) there will be a Summer Games Camp for those selected to the team (which is usually 40-45 athletes and spares in case an opening comes up. It is a very worthwhile experience, so athletes who are 14 and 15 can think of what events they can focus on to try to get a chance to experience the Summer Games - Kelowna July 24-27.

At sticker meets (also ***meets) athletes should check around the track for our club, and try to sit together. Stickers and a sign-up sheet are available on each day at the meets. Schedules for the meets will be available before the meet so that you can check the events and times for arrival. Our club is responsible for running all the high jump events at each Vancouver Island Meet, so we need lots of parents and older athletes to help out. Training is available if you haven’t done it before. On the track room door about a week before the meet, there is a sign-up sheet for athletes who want to attend a meet, plus one for parents to help at the high jump.

Athletes should also note: to qualify for Vancouver Island Athletic Association Placing and Ribbons you must compete in at least four Vancouver Island Meets. It is always good to make sure you compete in at least one run, jump, and a throwing event.

The following is a list of events open to each age group in 2008:

9 years: 60m, 60m Hurdles, 100m, 800m, Long Jump, High Jump, Shot Put, 800m Race Walk, 4 x 100m

10 years: 60m, 60m Hurdles, 100m, 800m, Long Jump, High Jump, Shot Put, Discus, Javelin, 800m Race Walk, 4 x 100m

11 years: 60m, 60m Hurdles, 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, Long Jump, High Jump, Triple Jump, Shot Put, Discus, Javelin, 800m Race Walk, 4 x 100m, medley relay

12 years: 80m Hurdles, 100m, 200m, 200m Hurdles, 400m, 800m, 1500m, Long Jump, High Jump, Triple Jump, Shot Put, Discus, Javelin, Hammer, 800m Race Walk, 4 x 100m, medley relay

13 & 14 years: 80m Hurdles, 100m, 200m, 200m Hurdles, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m, Pole Vault, Long Jump, High Jump, Triple Jump, Shot Put, Discus, Javelin, Hammer, 1500m Race Walk, 4 x 100m, medley relay

14 years only: 1500m Steeple Chase

Note: Medley Relay is 4 runners – 200m + 200m + 400m + 800m