Participants may enter ANY three individual events plus a relay (member of one relay team).
All competition categories are School Grade based.
All participants must compete in their grade and gender division, regardless of age.
Each competitor will receive a bib number they must wear on their chest.
In all events, any shoes designed for turf sports are not allowed.
Participants may not compete in their bare feet, slippers or socks.
Participants will be disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct. They may not participate further in that meet and will lose any previously earned awards.
Schools can enter up to three (3) girls and boys in each event/category into TrackFest.
In the Two-hand Overhead Throw and Standing Long Jump, each competitor is allowed three (3) trials.
In the relay, the acceleration zone will not be used, and aids may not be used.
Competitors should be excused from a field event so that they may participate in a running event. Athletes must return to the field event immediately after completing that running event.
Participants are individually responsible for appearing on time and reporting promptly for each event.
Check-in:
All athletes must be on site and report to event officials approximately forty (40) minutes before the start of their event.
Athletes will be identified by their bib number and confirm heat and lane assignments during check-in.
Athletes that fail to check in will not be allowed to participate.
ON MEET DAY - START TIMES CAN BE MOVED UP BY 20 MINUTES!
Wheelchair Racing Basic Rules
The racing chair shall have two large wheels (not to exceed 70cm in diameter) and one small wheel (not to exceed 50cm in diameter).
No part of the racing chair may protrude behind the vertical plane of the back edge of the rear tires nor extend in front of the center of the front wheel hub.
One push rim is allowed for each large wheel.
Mirrors are not allowed.
The athlete is responsible for ensuring that no part of their lower limbs can fall from the wheelchair to the ground or track during an event.
The racing chair must be manually propelled (no gears, levers or electronic steering). The athlete can push the wheelchair independently.
There is no delay because of equipment failure.
An athlete must have a racing helmet that is a hard protective shell and recognized with an international safety standard.
An athlete can use racing gloves (soft or hard gloves).
Hurdles
Distance: 50m/60m
Number of hurdles: 4/5
Colour of Track Marking: Yellow
Start line to first hurdle: 11.50m/13.00m
Distance between hurdles: 8.50m
Last hurdle to finish line: 13.00m
Height of hurdles: 8"
Overhead Throw (ball size #4)
Technique
NEW: The overhead throw must be executed from a 4x4 foot throwing area; athletes cannot exit the boundaries of the throwing area before the ball lands on the floor.
Face in the direction of the throw.
NEW: The ball must be held in both hands directly behind the head and thrown/released with both hands.
NEW: Athletes can stand with parallel feet or in a split stance; an active step(s) forward is permitted as long as they do not cross the foul line.
NEW: If an athlete chooses a split stance position, the rear leg/foot can be dragged or lifted.
UPDATED: Athletes can rock back and forth or take a step(s) forward. Athletes are encouraged to keep their back straight and their core engaged; Athletes must not jump.
UPDATED: Follow-through of the arms is permitted and encouraged.
Before the ball is released, both feet must remain behind the line.
Athletes must not jump.
After the ball is released, the athlete may fall forward.
Start and finish throw with two feet parallel AND side by side to each other; no foot-dragging allowed.
Athletes can rock back and forth (alternating lifting heels and toes off the ground).
Both feet (either heel or toe) must be in contact with the ground during the throw and release.
Fouls
NEW: stepping on the foul line before the ball lands on the floor.
NEW: Participants exit the boundaries of the throwing area before the ball lands on the floor.
“stumbling/stepping” over the throwing line before releasing the ball.
step on the line while still holding the ball;
one foot is off the ground while releasing the ball;
Rules
Each participant will be allowed three throws. All three throws will be recorded to the nearest 0.01m below the distance measured if the distance measured is not a whole centimetre. Throws are not taken consecutively but rather by rounds.
Participants are allowed to do one practice throw before the start of the competition.
The measurement is taken perpendicular to the edge of the scratch line/tape or its extension.
Each athlete is credited with the best of all their trials. The second-best performance of the athletes having the same best performances shall determine whether there has been a tie, then, if necessary, the third-best.
Standing Long Jump
Each participant will be allowed three jumps. Jumps are not taken consecutively but rather by rounds. All three jumps will be recorded to the nearest 0.01m below the distance measured if the distance measured is not a whole centimeter.
Participants are allowed to one practice jump before the start of the competition.
No part of the participant’s foot may cross over the edge of the scratchboard/tape before the jump attempt. At the start of the jump, both feet must be parallel to one another. If any part of the foot crosses over the scratch board/tape, or if the contestant’s feet are not parallel (i.e., they are staggered) at the beginning of the attempt, the jump is a “foul” --that is, it counts as an attempt but does not count for distance.
The jump is measured from the front edge of the scratchboard/tape to that part of the participant’s body that lands closest to the scratchboard/tape after the jump. In other words, if a child falls or steps backward, the jump will be measured to their hand/foot/whatever is closest to the scratchboard/tape. Children should walk out of the FRONT of the pit area/jumping area to avoid unnecessary penalty.
The measurement is taken perpendicular to the take-off line or its extension.
Each athlete is credited with the best of all his trials. The second-best performance of the athletes having the same best performances shall determine whether there has been a tie, then, if necessary, the third-best.
Running Events
Participants may not wear shoes designated for spikes.
Lane and position will be drawn by chance.
Starting blocks are not permitted.
The starting position is optional - Crouch Start, Standing or 3-point start.
An athlete/relay team is allowed one false start. An athlete/relay team responsible for the second false start will be disqualified.
All events are finals or timed finals.
Starting Commands:
Up to and including 400m and relays: 1) “On your marks”; 2) “Set”; 3) the gun will be fired.
For 600m event: 1) “On your marks”; 2) the gun will be fired.
Running in lanes:
In the 50m/60m, 50mH/60mH, 150m and 200m, athletes must run the entire distance in their designated lanes. All starts will be made from a standing position.
300m:
NEW IN 2023: Participants in the Grades 3 & 4 category will use a common start line, waterfall start, where all the athletes would start on the same line but could cut into the inside late as soon as the gun went off. Up to 10 runners will be seeded in each race.
In the 600m
Up to 12 runners will be seeded in each race.
Relays
General Relay Information
There can only be four (4) athletes on each relay team
A school can enter up to 3 relay teams per gender in each grade category: 3&4 and 5&6
Relay teams cannot be mixed between participants in grades 3&4 and 5&6. All grades 3&4 must participate in the morning relay teams, and those in grades 5&6 must participate in the afternoon session relays.
Relay teams cannot be comprised of mixed-gender participants. Girls’ teams must be composed of all girls, and boys’ teams must run with all boys.
An athlete can only be a member of one relay team.
NEW RELAY TEAMS, and team members in running order MUST BE submitted to the NLAA office before the registration deadline.
There are no relay team alternates:
Students participating in TrackFest for the relay event ONLY must be registered online as a spare. Please register these students as spares to ensure they are registered for the meet and have a t-shirt or certificate available on race day.
MEET DAY RELAY TEAM CHANGES:
On the meet day, schools can use the MEET DAY RELAY TEAM CHANGES form, inside the “Coach’s Package,” to make substitutions with the eligible athlete(s) OR change the relay running order.
Timeframe to make final changes in the running order and to substitute team members:
Morning Session 9:15 am - 9:30 am;
Afternoon Session 2:45 pm - 3:00 pm.
Following the MEET DAY RELAY TEAM CHANGES period, relay teams that have altered the declared order or team members will be disqualified.
Relay hip/lane numbers
Relay participants MUST wear a “hip” number placed on the top right side.
“Hip” numbers will be distributed during the relay team assembly.
The “hip” numbers are assigned in the running order of team members.
All members of the same relay team will have the same “hip” number.
Rules
NEW IN 2023:
The 20-meter exchange zones are open-ended; teams will not be disqualified if incoming or outgoing runner exchange the baton outside the designated zone. This rule applies to both competition categories: Grades 3 & 4 and Grades 5 & 6
Modified relay rule for Grades 3 & 4 and Grades 5 & 6: Participants will use a common start line, waterfall start, where all the athletes would start on the same line but could cut into the inside late as soon as the gun went off. Up to 8 teams will be seeded in each race.
The baton must be carried by hand; if dropped, it must be retrieved by the runner who dropped it.
Grades 5 & 6: (rule changed on Wednesday, May 10, 2023)
In the 4x200m race, all the first leg and the first bend of the second leg up to the nearer edge of the breakline must be run in lanes.
The second, third and fourth athletes are not permitted to begin running outside their takeover zones and must start within this zone.
The waiting athletes in the third and fourth legs of the 4x200m race must, under the direction of a designated official, place themselves in their waiting position in the same order (inside to out) as the order of their respective team members as they enter the last bend.