File Photo by Patrick Bendzick
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!