Florida Middle School State T&F Championship

Regional Meet Entry Fee:
Varies by region.

State Meet Entry Fee:
FREE if you competed in the regional meet. $15 if you qualified through a qualifying standard in an FHSAA State Series Meet.

Admission Fee:
$4 per non-athlete or coach, Children under 12 free, only two coaches per team, parents of individual athletes do not count as a coach

Concessions:
Sports drinks and other refreshments will be sold, some regions may grill burgers and dogs but actual offerings will vary by meet.

T-Shirts:
Regional Meets: $12
State Meet: $15 (Athletes names printed on back)

Individual Awards:
Regional Meets: 1st Place Medals, 2nd-8th Ribbons
State Meet: Top Three Medals, 4th-8th Ribbons

Team Awards:
State Meet: Champion and Runner-Up Trophies

Middle School track & field in the state of Florida is scattered and has no uniformity. Most athletes only see in county rivals and never have an end goal of something higher than their county championship (if there county even has one). It is a major goal of flrunners.com to build up middle school athletics in the state. We know that if we can help to build a love of the sport early, it will reap huge rewards in the years to come.

In order to increase motivation, fun, and the level of competition we have organized this state championship meet. While this will be our fourth year doing the meet, it is the first time we have done so with regional qualifying meets. In the past, the "state championship" has been an all-comers. By making qualifying standards to compete in the state championship, we have three major goals: 1) make it a more legitimate state championship 2) increase awareness on the local level the state championship series exists and 3) give more kids the chance to compete.

We hope you will take part in this exciting event!

Jason Byrne
Founder, flrunners.com

RULES AND DETAILS

Sanction: The state and regional meets will be sanctioned by the USATF. Teams or athletes competing do NOT need to be member of the USATF; however, we will be using the USATF rulebook as our guide, so coaches should be at least vaguely familiar with them.

Team Uniforms: Team uniforms WILL be allowed. Any school team competing whose school is a member of the FHSAA should be aware that they should NOT wear their school official uniforms. Alternate team attire should be worn; however, we will not be enforcing this. It is up to the coach to do so. FHSAA schools will violate FHSAA rules if they do not adhere to this.

Entries: There are no limits on the number of participants a club or team may enter in any one event. The standard FHSAA guidelines will apply for an individual’s limits on events. This means that each athlete will be allowed to compete in up to five events, with no more than three of them being running events. An athlete could be entered in five field events if they do not compete in any running events. There will not be minimum marks for Field events, as we want to encourage participation as much as possible in this meet.

Hurdles Heights: We will be following USATF Youth rules for the hurdle heights. The 100 Meter Hurdles will be set at 30 inches for girls and 33 inches for boys. The 200 Meter Hurldes will be set at 30 inches for both boys and girls.

Shot/Disc Weights: USATF Youth rules apply for implement weights. Discus is 1kg for both boys and girls. Shot is 4kg for boys and 6lbs. for girls.

Regional Meet Entry Forms
North Region: Click Here for Online Entry
Panhandle Region: Click Here to Download Printable Entry Form
West Region: Click Here to Download Printable Entry Form
East Region: Click Here to Download Printable Entry Form
No South Meet

Contact
Jason Byrne - Email: jason@flrunners.com Cell: (321) 947-9879
Dan Dearing - Email: dan_dearing@hotmail.com