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8th ANNUAL CHARACTER GAMES The Official Website of the Character Games!!! |
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April 3rd & 4th
WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL
2379 UNION ROAD, SW
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30331
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::MEET FORMAT:: |
- Friday, April 3rd JV Relays First events starts at 6:00pm
- Saturday, April 4th Varsity Invitational First events starts at 9:00am
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::ENTRY FEES:: |
- Make fees payable to Westlake High School
- Male and female teams are considered separate.
- $45.00 per junior varsity team
- $90.00 per varsity team
- $10.00 per athlete if team has <5 members
- No cash or personal checks please.
- Entry deadline: Wednesday, April 1st @ 10:00pm.
- Entry fee deadline: Wednesday, April 1st.
Submit Payments to:
Coach Robert Wilson
Westlake High School
2400 Union Road
Atlanta, Georgia 30331
Fees may be mailed in or submitted electronically during the on-line entry process.
All schools that do not have entry fees in by the date of the meet will be scratched from the meet.
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::ELIGIBILITY:: |
- We have requested National sanctioning from the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS).
- Participants must be eligible to compete in their state associations.
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::ENTRY LIMITS:: |
- JV: Two (2) relay entries per event per team.
- Varsity: Two (2) individual entries per event per team. Four (4) events maximum per athlete (including relays). One (1) relay entry per event per team.
- All relay team members, including alternates, must be entered in the meet.
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::FIELD EVENT RULES & STANDARDS:: |
- Participants will be allowed four (4) jumps in the Long Jump and four (4) in the Triple Jump.
- Participants will be allowed four (4) throws in the Discus and four (4) throws in the Shot Put.
- All first attempts will be measured; however any jump or throw thereafter that does not meet the minimum meet standards will not be measured.
| EVENTS | Boys | Girls |
| Shot Put | 40' | 30' |
| Discus | 120' | 80' |
| Long Jump | 20' | 16' |
| Triple Jump | 40' | 32' |
| Start Height | Boys | Girls |
| High Jump | 5' 10" | 4' 8" |
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::TRACK EVENTS:: |
- All races 200 Meters and above will be run as Finals against time.
- Sections and lanes in running events will be assigned based upon athletes who check-in for competition.
- All running events are heated and laned according to submitted times.
- Qualifying for finals will be based on the ten (10) best times from the prelims. There will be a two heat final in the 100m and the Short Hurdles.
- 800m, 1600m and 3200m will have a waterfall start.
- Lapped runners in the 1600m and 3200m may be pulled at meet directors discretion.
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::TRACK:: |
- Westlake H.S. has a 8-lane rubber all-weather track built in 2008. All runways and jumping areas are rubber surfaced. No spikes over 1/4" may be worn.
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::CHECK-IN PROCEDURE:: |
- Athletes should check in with the Clerk within (30) minutes of their event.
- Heats will be assigned after event check-in has closed.
- Athletes failing to check-in within the (30) minutes of their event will be scratched.
- One event prior, athletes will be called into the clerking area for heat assignments, lane assignments, and hip numbers.
- FIELD EVENTS: Athletes should listen for the call for the event but should not report to the field event venue more than 30 minutes prior to their scheduled event.
- Running events will take precedent!!! We will not hold up a running event for an athlete who is also competing in a field event. It is the responsibility of the athlete to leave the event for a running event check-in.
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::SCORING:: |
- Scoring will be 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 FOR ALL EVENTS
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::AWARDS:: |
- Individual awards: Medals to 2nd & 3rd, and ribbons thru 6th.
- Most Outstanding Athlete Awards: Boys and Girls awards will be given.
- Team Awards: Awards will be given to the top two Boys and Girls teams.
- Scholar-Athlete Character Awards: T-shirts awarded to athletes chosen by each team's coach. Click here for scholar-athlete form.
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::EVENT RULES:: |
- National Federation rules will be in affect for this meet.
- No warm-up will be allowed on track after the track is closed.
- No athletes allowed inside track oval unless instructed by a meet official.
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::HOW TO ENTER THE MEET:: |
- Click here to enter meet.
- The Character Games athlete entries will be processed by Bags by Coach O.
- The Coach O website address is http://www.coacho.com/
- No fax or phone entries will be permitted for teams.
- All entry questions should be addressed to meetentries@hotmail.com.
- Entry deadline: Wednesday, April 1st @ 10:00pm. Fees may be mailed in or submitted electronically during on-line entry. All schools that do not have entry fees in by the date of the meet will be scratched from the meet.
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::TIMING:: |
- Fully Automated Timing (F.A.T.) will be done by Q-MTA. Finishlynx will be the timing system of the meet. If you have meet management or timing needs please visit http://www.quicksilvertrackclub.com/qmta.html
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::CONTACT INFORMATION:: |
- Online Entries: www.coacho.com
- Entry Questions: contact meetentries@hotmail.com
- General Questions: contact char_ed_games@yahoo.com