Track and Field

Technical Specifications

Hurdles
Effective June 1, 2002

Category	Distance (m)	Number	Height (m)	Start to 1st hurdle (m)	Distance between (m)	Distance to finish line (m)
U16 Girls’	80	8	0.762	12.00	8.00	12.00
U18 Girls’	100	10	0.762	13.00	8.50	10.50
U20 Women’	100	10	0.840	13.00	8.50	10.50
Senior Women’	100	10	0.840	13.00	8.50	10.50
U16 Girls’	200	5	0.762	15.00	35.00	40.00
U18 Girls’	300	7	0.762	50.00	35.00	40.00
U20 Women’	400	10	0.762	45.00	35.00	40.00
Senior Women’	400	10	0.762	45.00	35.00	40.00
Category	Distance (m)	Number	Height (m)	Start to 1st hurdle (m)	Distance between (m)	Distance to finish line (m)
U16 Boys’	100	10	0.84	13.00	8.50	10.50
U18 Boys’	110	10	0.914	13.72	9.14	14.02
U20 Men’	110	10	0.990	13.72	9.14	14.02
Senior Men’	110	10	1.067	13.72	9.14	14.02
U16 Boys’	200	5	0.762	15.00	35.00	40.00
U18 Boys’	300	7	0.840	50.00	35.00	40.00
U20 Men’	400	10	0.914	45.00	35.00	40.00
Senior Men’	400	10	0.914	45.00	35.00	40.00

Throwing Events
Effective June 1, 2002

Category	Shot Put (kg)	Javelin (grams)	Discus (kg)	Hammer (kg)
U14 Girls’ (12 and 13 yrs.) born in 2012 or 2011	3.00	500	1.00	N/A
U16 Girls’ ( 14 and 15 yrs.) born in 2010 or 2009	3.00	500	1.00	3.00
U18 Girls’ (16 and 17 yrs.) born in 2008 or 2007	3.00	500	1.00	3.00
U20 Women’s (18 and 19 yrs.) born in 2006 or 2005	4.00	600	1.00	4.00
Senior Women’s (20 - 34 yrs.) born in 2004 through 1990	4.00	600	1.00	4.00
Category	Shot Put (kg)	Javelin (grams)	Discus (kg)	Hammer (kg)
U14 Boys’ (12 and 13 yrs.) born in 2012 or 2011	3.00	500	1.00	N/A
U16 Boys’ ( 14 and 15 yrs.) born in 2010 or 2009	4.00	600	1.00	4.00
U18 Boys’ (16 and 17 yrs.) born in 2008 or 2007	5.00	700	1.500	5.00
U20 Men’s (18 and 19 yrs.) born in 2006 or 2005	6.00	800	1.750	6.00
Senior Men’s (20 - 34 yrs.) born in 2004 through 1990	7.260	800	2.00	7.260

Steeplechase
Effective June 1, 2002

Category	Distance (m)	# of Hurdle Jumps	# of Water Jumps	Height (m)
U18 Boys’	1500	12	3	0.914
U20 Men’s	3000	28	7	0.914
Senior Men’s	3000	28	7	0.914
The distance from the start to the beginning of the first lap will not include any jumps, the hurdles are removed until the competitors have entered the first lap.

Combined Events - use current IAAF Tables to score
Updated April, 2018

Decathlon
Category	Events (in order)
Senior Men’s	Day 1 - 100m, Long Jump, Shot Put (7.26kg), High Jump, 400m Day 2 - 110mH (1.067m), Discus Throw (2kg), Pole Vault, Javelin Throw (800gr), 1500m
U20 Men’s	Day 1 - 100m, Long Jump, Shot Put (6.00kg), High Jump, 400m Day 2 - 110mH (0.990m), Discus Throw (1.75kg), Pole Vault, Javelin Throw (800gr), 1500m
Heptathlon use current IAAF Women's Tables to score
Senior Women’s	Day 1 - 100mH (0.84m), High Jump, Shot Put (4kg), 200m Day 2 - Long Jump, Javelin Throw (600gr), 800m
U20 Women’s	Day 1 - 100mH (0.84m), High Jump, Shot Put (4kg), 200m Day 2 - Long Jump, Javelin Throw (600gr), 800m
U18 (Legion)
U18 Girls’ Heptathlon	Day 1 - 100mH (0.762m), High Jump, Shot Put (3kg), 200m Day 2 - Long Jump, Javelin Throw (500gr), 800m
U18 Boys’ Decathlon	Day 1: 100m, Long Jump, Shot Put 5kg, High Jump, 400m Day 2: 110mH 0.914m, Discus Throw 1.5kg, Pole Vault, Javelin Throw 700g, 1500m
U16 (Legion) Pentathlon
Girls’	One Day: 80m Hurdles 0.762m, High Jump, Shot Put 3.0kg, Long Jump, 800m
Boys’	One Day: 100m Hurdles 0.84m, Long Jump, Shot Put 4.0kg, High Jump, 1000m

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