NE Championships Information

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25th ANNUAL NEW ENGLAND INTERSCHOLASTIC 

Indoor Track & Field Championships 

Friday, March 2, 2012 at 4:30 P.M. 
At The Bob McIntyre Track 
Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Facility, Roxbury Crossing, MA 
 
Presented by the New England Council of Secondary School Principals’ Association. 
Pres: Robert Johnson, Vermont Principal’s Association 
Executive Director: William Savage, Keene, NH 
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New England Track & Field Committee:
Mass.: James Kalperis, Chairman, Falmouth; Bob Deslisle, M.I.A.A. 
Conn.: Donn Friedman, C.I.A.C. Vermont: V.P.A., Bob Johnson; 
Maine: Mike Burnham M.P.A; N.H.: Hank Basil Asst. Dir. NHIAA.; 
RI: Dick Magarian, R.I.L.L. 
 
Schedule:
Registration begins at 3:00 PM 
Competition begins at 4:30 Field-5:00 Running 
4:30 PM   Long Jump and Shot Put – Boys, followed by Girls 
High Jump (2 pits –Opening Heights: Boys, 6’01”-Girls, 5’01” 
5:00 PM   4 x 800 meter Relay - Sections 
4 x 200 meter Relay - Sections 
1 Mile - Sections – Boys 
1,000 meter - Sections 
600 meter - Sections 
1 Mile - Sections - Girls 
300 meter - Sections (on time) 
2 Mile - Sections 
4 x 400 meter Relay – Sections 
After the High Jumps have been concluded: 
Hurdles – Semifinals 
Dash – Semifinals 
Hurdles – Final 
Dash – FinalNOTE: Girls will compete before the boys. 
Fastest sections will run last. 
All athletes must check in when called. 
 
SPECIAL NOTE from Jim Kalperis, Chairman of the New England Indoor Track 
and Field Championships: 
After conferring with the Meet Directors Frank Mooney and Michael Meagher of 
this meet, the following decisions have been made for the running of the dash and 
hurdle events at the Reggie Lewis Field House: 
First the trials will be run on the track in midfield, but the competitors will not be 
allowed to jump into the mats located at the end of the runway. However, for the 
finals of these events, the oval races will be temporarily halted and the mats and the 
oval track edging will be removed allowing the athletes to run through the 
straightaway onto the oval banking.  
 
REGISTRATION: 
Registration of athletes, packet pickup, and payment of fees will begin at 3:00 PM in the 
gymnasium, not the track area. All coaches and athletes should report directly to the gym, 
entering from the Malcolm X Blvd., aka New Dudley Street side door. 
Coordinator of Entries: Lucia Carroll 
Web Site: www.newenglandsports.com and sent to all state meet coordinators. 
 
FEES: 
$20.00 per individual athlete.   $30.00 per relay team. 
Make checks payable to: New England Council. Entry fees must be paid at the time of 
registration.  Receipts will be given, if needed. A New England commemorative lapel pin 
and a certificate of participation will be given to each competitor. The individual schools 
will pay all expenses for this meet. 
 
AWARDS: 
Special N.E. Meet plaques will be presented to the first place winners of each event, 
including relays. 
 
Athletes/relays placing 2nd through 6th in their events will receive medals. LIMITATIONS: 
Each state will be allowed to submit the names of six (6) competitors per event. The 
selection of athletes will be made by each state’s Principals’ Committee. Final decision of 
an athletes participation remains with the Meet Director and the New England 
Representative of his or hers state. Individual state restrictions govern each state’s 
athletes’ participation in the N.E. meet. 
 
Competitors are limited to a maximum of four (4) events. No athlete may be entered in 
more than four events, including relays. The four athletes entered are your team for that 
relay. If you need to change an athlete in a relay the only substitute for a relay team 
should be an athlete already entered in the meet. National Federation rules govern the 
meet. No event will be held up to wait for an athlete competing in another event. 
 
SCHOOL REPS:
All competitors must have an adult representative of their school present in order to 
compete in the meet. 
 
EQUIPMENT: 
Starting blocks, shot puts, relay batons will be supplied by the meet.
 
LOCKERS: 
There are no locker rooms available at Reggie Lewis. Athletes should come ready to 
compete. 
 
GENERAL ADMISSION TO MEET: 
General admission: $10.00, tickets go on sale at 3:00 PM at the front entrance. 
 
SPIKES: 
Athletes are to wear their spikes only in the field house and only during their competition. 
Spike worn anywhere else in the center may cause your athlete to be disqualified. 
SPIKES: only 1/4” pyramid or 1/4” Christmas tree spikes allowed. Other spikes will 
cause elimination from the meet. 
 
COACHES & ATHLETES ADMISSION INFORMATION: 
Each school entered will receive no more than two (2) coach’s wristbands! Only athletes 
actually entered in the competition will be allowed into the meet, and they must wear 
their wristband to enter the Field House. Coaches or Athletic Directors passes will not be 
accepted at this meet.  Relay teams must wear numbers. IMPORTANT:  
spectators come from all the N.E. states, the Reggie Lewis Center is filled 
to capacity. So we are obliged to monitor carefully all non- all non-registered  --
. . . 
We cannot allow non----
competitors to be passed into the meet for free. The Boston Fire Marshals  e 
are very cognizant of overcrowding, and in the past have ordered us to 
close the doors early causing some parents to be unable to see their sons 
or daughters compete.  
 
DIRECTIONS TO REGGIE LEWIS:
North of Boston: follow I-93 South to Mass. Ave. exit; 
West of Boston: follow Mass. Pike East to I-93 South (Southeast Expressway); 
South of Boston: Rte. I-93 North to Southeast Expressway to Mass. Ave. exit; 
Take the Mass. Ave exit ramp, continue straight through the lights on to Melnea Cass 
Blvd., and follow Melnea Cass to the end. Go left onto Tremont Street – Reggie Lewis is 
1/2 mile on the left. 
 
HOTELS: 
Accommodations are available at the Hampton Inn - 811 Mass. Ave. – 617-445-6400 - 
N.E. Meet room rate includes a complimentary breakfast. Mention N.E. Meet at the desk. 
 
Directions:
Get off I-93 at Mass. Ave. The Hampton Inn will be on the right at the first set of lights. 
Go through the lights (Mass Ave.) onto Melnea Cass Blvd, and take right at the next light 
and a right into the parking garage. 
 
COACHES SHOULD READ THE “INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGGIE 
LEWIS” INCLUDED IN EACH PACKET AT REGISTRATION SO THEY 
UNDERSTAND THEM AND THEIR ATHLETES’ RESPONSIBILITIES.
 
Remember you pay for your entries at the registration desk.  All 
field event athletes must report to their site at the initial call.  
The decision of the games committee is final!