Meet Information

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                                                   A.C. Reynolds High School, Asheville, NC

Last Minute Questions? Meet Director Bill Abromitis: 828-280-4862, Email
Coaches: We recommend that you print this information and bring it with you when you come to the meet.

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Entry Information:
Entry Fees: $45 per team (single gender), $80 for both male & female teams, or $6.00 per individual event.
Entry Limits: Three (3) individual entries per event per team. Four (4) events maximum per athlete (including relays). One (1) relay entry per event per team. Relay team members, including alternates, must be registered (minimum of 4 and maximum of 8).
Qualifying Standards: There are no qualifying standards. There will be opening heights in Pole Vault & High Jump. Women: Pole Vault (7'6"), High Jump (4'2"), Men: Pole Vault (9'6"), High Jump (5'6").
Entry Process: All entries must be made online at Coach O
Entry Deadline: 12:00 Midnight, Wednesday April 11, 2012. You will receive an email confirmation of your entries from Coach O.
Scholarships Nomination Deadline: March 21, 2012
Payment of entry fees: Two options:
1. Pay online at Coach O with credit card when you enter your teams.
2. Mail in check, add $10 handling fee. No personal or club checks, no refunds
All mailed in entry fees should be received the day before the meet. If that will not be possible, bring your check with you and pay at Packet Pickup. Entry fees should be made payable to ACRHS. Mail to: A.C. Reynolds HS, Blue Ridge Classic, 1 Rocket Drive, Asheville, NC 28803
Changes to entries: No changes to your entries can be made after the entry deadline.
Athletes biographies: Email Meet Publicity with highlights of star athletes you are entering so we may recognize their accomplishments. Include Name, PR's, Mark or Time, Place, State or National Titles (including year) and Events.
Performance Lists : Performance lists will be posted on the Coach O website Thursday before the meet.
Eligibility & Sanctions: We have requested sanctions from the National Federation of State High School Associations for North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia. Only member high schools can attend. It is your responsibility to confirm that your state association has sanctioned this meet. Postgraduate students who have completed the 12th grade cannot compete. Participants must be certified and eligible to compete in their state associations.
Unattached athletes: No unattached athletes may enter meet. Athletes must be affiliated with a high school team.

General Information:
Host school and meet location: A.C. Reynolds High School, Asheville, NC
Facilities: Eight-lane latex MaxFlex track surface.
Timing: Fully Automatic Timing by Slip Stream Timing.
Blue Ride Classic Educational Scholarships: Two $500 Educational Scholarships will be awarded at the meet to male and female participating athletes. Athletes must be nominated in advance of the meet by their coaches. March 19th is the entry deadline for scholarship nominations.
Shoe Raffle: Running shoes and spikes to be awarded to athletes and student-helpers at the meet. Winners will be chosen by raffle, and your athletes may enter the raffle at the T-Shirt sales Tent. Winners will be chosen at the Opening Ceremony right after lunch
Inclement Weather: The meet will only be cancelled in the event of a significant snow or ice storm. The will not be cancelled in the event of rain. We will adhere to the NFHS rules regarding lightning (30 sec and 30 minute rule). We have professionally installed staging tents for athletes.
Meet Host Hotel: Comfort Inn River Ridge, 800 Fairview Road, Asheville, 828-298-9141. Special Meet Rate. Use the group code Blue Ridge Classic when making your reservations.
Meet Coordinators: Lee Pantas, Buck Buchanan and Robbin Brent Whittington. For questions regarding meet staffing, planning, organization or vendors contact Coach Pantas 828-779-1569.
Meet Directors: Bill Abromitis (AC Reynolds HS) and Pam Bolton (Hendersonville HS).
For technical questions, meet details and other issues relating to scheduling, standards, entries or results contact Coach Bill Abromitis 828-280-4862.

When you arrive at the meet:
Unloading and parking of team buses: Team buses will be directed to the parking lot behind the high school. When you turn onto Rocket Drive to the high school from Highway 74A, you will be directed to turn left just after the softball field. Follow that road behind the high school to the parking lot. Coaches bringing one or a few athletes with them in cars are also encouraged to park with team buses. This parking lot is the closest to the high school, and from it you will immediately find Packet Pickup, Packet Pickup and Check In.

Tickets and spectator entrance: Tickets for the general public are available at the gate for $6 per person. Children under 5 are admitted free. The only entrance to the meet for paying spectators is from the upper parking lot in front of the stadium.
Packet pickup: Packet Pickup is located in the school cafeteria beginning at 7:00 A.M. Follow the signs from the parking lot to the cafeteria which is located on the way to the track. Athletes and coaches will not be allowed to enter the stadium area without wearing meet identification received at Packet Pickup.
Team tents setup: Anywhere in Visitor Stands. Sides and top twelve rows only in Home Stands.
Scratch Meeting: There will be a scratch meeting at 8:30 hosted by one of the Meet Directors in the Awards Tent in the middle of the field. A second scratch meeting may also be held in the afternoon. If so, this will be announced.
Lunch break: There will be a 30 minute lunch break immediately after the finish of the preliminary races. Lunch for coaches at the Hospitality Tents starts at 1:30. This may be earlier than the official lunch break.
Coaches Hospitality: Breakfast beginning at 7:00, and lunch beginning at official lunch break in the Hospitality Tents (north side of the Tennis Courts) for team coaches wearing meet identification. Hospitality Tents open all day for snacks & drinks for team coaches. Dinner will be served in the late afternoon beginning approximately at 4:00 p.m. and will be announced.
Concessions: The concession stand on the home team side will be open during the meet. Healthy "Athlete's Special" lunch choices will be available.
Track supplies at the meet: Foot RX Running will have a tent in the Blue Ridge Village.
First aid/trainer: First aid and trainer services at Trainer Tent in the "Blue Ridge Village" area. Free taping and icing for all athletes and team coaches.
Implement Weigh In: All throwing implements must be weighed in at Implement Weigh In from 7:30-8:45 located in the school cafeteria. This is the same location for Packet Pickup and Meet Hospitality. Athletes must provide their own throwing implements.
Pole Vault Weigh In: All Vault Contestants must weigh in at the school cafeteria. Women from 8:00-9:00, Men from 9:00-10:00
Open track: Open Track: The track will be open from 6:00 to 8:45 a.m. and during the lunch break for warm up.
Warm up areas: Ipods or other personal musical devices with earphones only are allowed.
Restricted areas: Coaches risk the disqualification of their athletes if they violate the following rules concerning restricted areas and competition venues:
         Baseball Facilities & Football Field (except designated walkways): Off limits
         Jumps & Throws Venues: Off limits at all times except for athletes in competition. The only exception is
         the Pole Vault "Coaches Box".
        Track: Athletes only
         Staging Tent: Athletes only
Schedule:
        Track Events: Rolling schedule for track events, finals after lunch break.
        Field Events: Field events times are posted on the schedule.

Competition and rules enforcement
The Blue Ridge Classic Meet will run according to the rules set forth in the current NFHS Rules and Case Book. These rules will be strictly enforced. We do not want to have to disqualify anyone for infraction of these rule. Competing while wearing jewelry, hair accessories or headwear and/or using electronic devices is a safety hazard to the athlete and other competitors and will not be tolerated.
Jewelry Rules:
    A. No jewelry is to be worn during warm-ups or in competition. (This includes rings, studs, earrings, anklets and bracelets of any material). Jewelry cannot be covered with tape or a band aid. Jewelry also includes tongue and naval rings. Athletes will not be required to open their mouths or lift their shirts; however if a meet official sees these items during the competition, it falls under the jewelry rule.
    B. Medical alert medals or tags are not considered jewelry. The alert should be visible. When the medal is attached to bracelets made of metal or an unyielding material, it shall be taped to the body. If the bracelet is made of pliable material, it is not required to be taped to the body. A medical alert tag attached to a necklace must be taped to the body.
    C. Religious medals are not considered jewelry and must be worn under the uniform and taped to the body.
    D. Sports watches for the 1600 & 3200M Runs are allowed.
    E. Unadorned devices, such as bobby pins, barrettes and hair clips, no longer than 2 inches, may be worn to control a competitor's hair.
Jewelry Violation Penalty: For the first violation, the competitor shall be required to remove the jewelry before further competition, the team shall receive a team warning and a subsequent violation by any team member shall result in disqualification of that current athlete from the event. The referee shall be notified of the violation by the observing meet official and he/ she shall then notify the head coach of the offending school of the violation and the team warning.
Hair Accessories & Headwear: Headwear including do-rags, bandanas, skullcaps and hats are not allowed during warm-ups or in competition. Unadorned devices, such as bobby pins, barrettes and hair clips, no longer than 2 inches, and rubber bands, cloth headbands and scrunchies, may be worn to control a competitor's hair. Adorned devices, beads or hard plastic balls are prohibited. Athletes that must wear headwear for religious purposes must inform the Clerk of Course when checking in.
Electronic Devices: No cell phones, ipods or other electronic devices are allowed in the competition areas (including Staging Tent). IPODS or personal musical devices (with earphones only) are allowed in the warm up areas.
Relay Uniforms:
    A. Each team member shall wear the same color and design of school uniform although the length of the bottom or one-piece uniform may vary. If two members of the relay team have on uniforms with the school name and the other two have uniforms that has the mascot or mascot name on it, the uniforms are not the same.
    B. Any visible garment(s) worn by two or more relay team members underneath the uniform top and/or bottom shall be unadorned and of the same single, solid color but not necessarily the same length. These include compression shorts, tights and/or t-shirts. The t-shirts and compression shorts or tights do not have to be the same color as the uniform but all relay members must have the same colors.
    C. Jog Bras and socks are not considered to be part of the uniform. They may be any color.
Key Uniform Rules:
    A. Each competitor shall wear a full length track top and bottom, or a one-piece uniform issued by the school and worn as intended by the manufacturers. Rolling the waistband of shorts is a violation of this rule.
    B. The top or one-piece uniform may have school identification and the top may have the competitor's name.
    C. Plain T-shirts of any color, cutoffs, football jerseys, shorts with a football, basketball or other sport logo are not allowed.
    D. The top portion of the uniform shall hang or fall below or be tucked into the bottom portion when the competitor is standing upright.
    E. Bare midriff tops are not allowed.
    F. The waistband of a competitor's shorts shall be worn above the hips AND MAY NOT BE ROLLED DOWN.
    G. Any visible garment(s) worn underneath the uniform top or bottom must be unadorned and of a single, solid color. This includes the stitching.
    H. Loose-fitting, boxer type or compression-type bottoms are permitted for boys and girls. Closed-leg briefs are acceptable for girls. French or high-cut apparel shall not be worn in lieu of the uniform bottom.
Removal of Team Uniform Violation & Penalty: Removing any part of the team uniform, excluding shoes, while in the area of competition is illegal. Doing so by the competing athlete shall lead to a warning, and if repeated, to disqualification from the event. If the incident recurs, the competitor will be disqualified from further competition in the meet.

Track Events
Rolling Schedule: finals after lunch break
Scratch Meeting: There will be a scratch meeting at 8:30 hosted by Meet Director in the Awards Tent in the middle of the field. A second scratch meeting may also be held in the afternoon. If so, this will be announced. Please attend these meetings. Scratching athletes will allow for reseeding of heats, and eliminate heats with only few athletes. This will help the meet flow faster.
Calls: Three calls for each event, at 15, 10 and 5 minutes.
Check in and warm up clothing: Prior to checking in, have your athletes remove their warm-up clothing (sweat pants, sweat shirt, etc). The Check In Clerks need to be able to see their uniform. If they report with these clothes items on they will be asked to step to the back of the line to remove them. After they are checked in they may put these items back on. Disqualification will occur at check in if the athlete is in violation of Meet Jewelry, Electronic Devices or Relay Uniform Rules.
Spikes and blocks: ¼” pyramid only. Athletes will not be allowed to use their own blocks.
Relay exchange zone accessories: Tape only for marks. Batons provided.
Hip numbers: Hip numbers must be worn on the right hip along the seam of the shorts.
Seeding: All first round events (prelims) will be randomly seeded. Running events that do not have preliminaries will be run as finals with sections vs. time events, seeded from slow to fast, with the slowest sections run first.
Lapped runners: Lapped runners in the distance races will be moved to lane 3.
Advancement to the finals in track events: The top eight times in the running preliminaries will advance to the finals. with sections vs. times, and the slowest sections always running first. The winners in these races will be the top eight performances overall.
Posting of results and finals qualifiers: Names of the eight finalists for the 100, 110 & 300 M Hurdles, and 100, 200 & 400 M Dashes will be posted during the lunch break.
Results Boards: Blue Ridge Village on tennis court fence.
Start of finals in track events: Finals will begin after lunch and immediately after opening ceremony.
4x800M relay teams: 4X800M Relay teams should be prepared to report to Clerk Tent towards the end of the lunch break.

Field Events
Field events check in: Competitors in the field events should check in at the field event venue at the designated time or they will be scratched from the event. Disqualification will occur if the athlete reports to the field venue and is in violation of Meet Jewelry, Electronic Devices or Relay Uniform Rules.
Starting heights: Women: Pole Vault (7'6"), High Jump (4'2"), Men: Pole Vault (9'6"), High Jump (5'6"). Vaulters must supply their own poles, poles, and these must be labeled with proper weight certification. Athletes whose poles do not have this certification will not be allowed to use them. All Vault Contestants must weigh in at the school cafeteria. Women from 8:00-9:00, Men from 9:00-10:00
Advancement to the finals in the field events: The top nine marks will advance to finals. All field events will be in flights with the weaker flights always competing first. Competitors should stay at the venue until the finalists are announced.
Jumps and throws competitors in the track events: Jumps and throws competitors who must leave the jump or throw competition to check in for running events should wait until the 2nd call before doing so. They should first ask the Field Event Judge running at their event if they can leave to run before doing so. Upon return they will be allowed any jumps or throws they missed. High jump and pole vault competitors, upon return to the competition, will have to reenter the competition at the current height.

Protests, awards and scoring
Protests: A protests must be made first to the meet referee. If the coach still feels after consulting with the referee that the terms and conditions or the application of the rule(s) have been misapplied or misinterpreted, a written appeal can be made to the jury by the coach. This protest must be made in writing to the Protest Clerk located in the Administration Tent using a Protest Appeals Form supplied by the clerk. A $50 cash protest fee must be paid when a protest is filed. The decision of the Jury of Appeals on all protests is final. The fee will be refunded only if the protest is upheld.
Awards: Athletes should report to the awards tent in the middle of the field once the award has been announced. Unclaimed awards will not be mailed.
      Individual awards: Custom medals 1-3, ribbons 4-8.
      Meet MVPS: Plaques to Men & Women Track, and Men & Women Field.
      Event MVPS: Plaques to Men and Women most outstanding performers in Hurdles, Sprints
                   (100, 200 & 400M dashes), Distance (800, 1600, 3200M Runs), Jumps and Throws.
     Team Awards: Cup trophies to the top two Men and Women's teams.
Team scoring: 8 places using the 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 scoring system.
Online results: Dyestat, NCMilesplit, NCPrepTrack & meet website (www.blueridgeclassic.org).

Host hotel
Ramada Inn -River Ridge. (828) 298-9141, 800 Fairview Avenue, River Ridge Mall, Asheville NC 28805 . Take Exit 8 off of 1-240 in Asheville and proceed to River Ridge Mall. Continental Breakfast. $79. To secure a room at the meet rate of $79, you must make your reservation one week in advance of meet. Inform them you would like the Blue Ridge Classic rate.

Directions
From Eastern North Carolina: Take I-40 west to Asheville and get off at Exit 53A. Take Highway 74A south towards Fairview, Bat Cave and Lake Lure for approximately 1 1/2 miles and turn right at high school sign. Dalton Stadium is above the high school. Turn left beyond the school buses.
From the Charlotte area: Take I-85 west from Charlotte and get on Highway 74 west at Exit 10. Take 74 to I-26 north to Asheville. Get on I-40 in Asheville at Exit 46. Take I-40 east and get off at Exit 53A. Take Highway 74A south towards Fairview, Bat Cave and Lake Lure for  approximately 1 1/2 miles and turn right at high school sign. Dalton Stadium is above the high school. Turn left beyond the school buses.
From South Carolina: Take I-26 north from South Carolina to the intersection of I-40 in Asheville at Exit 46. Take I-40 east and get off at Exit 53. Take Highway 74A south towards Fairview, Bat Cave and Lake Lure for  approximately 1 1/2 miles and turn right at high school sign. Dalton Stadium is above the high school. Turn left beyond the school buses.
From Knoxville Tennessee area: Take I-40 east from Tennessee and get off at Exit 53 in Asheville. Take Highway 74A south towards Fairview, Bat Cave and Lake Lure for  approximately 1 1/2 miles and turn right at high school sign. Dalton Stadium is above the high school. Turn left beyond the school buses.
From Kingsport Tennessee area: Take I-181 south to 19-23 and take 19-23 to Asheville. In Asheville take I-240 east and get off at Exit 9. Take Highway 74A south towards Fairview, Bat Cave and Lake Lure for approximately 2 miles and turn right at high school sign. Dalton Stadium is above the high school. Turn left beyond the school buses.