2024 7th and 8th Grade Track and Field State Championships (2024)

WHEN: Saturday, May 11, 2024. Field events begin at 9 a.m. and running events will begin at 11a.m.

WHERE: Hilliard Darby High School, 4200 Leppert Road, Hilliard, OH43026

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• The meet will host 11 running events and 5 field events
• The 3additional sponsored Seated events will be: 100M, 400M, Shot Put
• An athlete may participate in a maximum of 3 total events (including relays).
• All Running events will use a Timed Final (3 seeded heats).
• Athletes with theTop 24 markspulled from their participation in aOHSAA Qualifier Meet(including ties from the Top Performance List) will qualify for the State Championship.
  • Should ties within the qualifying marks result intoo many qualifiersto complete the competition in the allotted time, the field of qualifiers may be reduced.
  • PLEASE NOTE: No more than TWO (2) individual athletes & ONE (1) relay team (per race) from the same school shall qualify for the state meet. If a single school qualifies more than the number outlined, only the top 2 individual participants & single relay team (per race) will advance, and the next qualifying athlete/relay from a different school would be invited to enter the state meet.
• If aTop 24 qualifiercannot attend, the next athlete/relay on the performance list will be invited until at least 24 qualifiers are confirmed.
• The participation entry fee for the State Championship is$20.00 per athlete-per event.
  • The OHSAA will invoice schools after the meet.

PLEASE NOTE

*** The below information outlines the NEW qualifying procedure for entry into the 7^th& 8^thGrade Track & Field State Championships***

• The OHSAA will select a number of middle school track meets from across Ohio to serve as “OHSAA Qualifying Meets”.

  • Any meet or invitational wishing to be considered as a “OHSAA Qualifying Meet” must adhere to a set list of minimum standards to ensure fair competition & accurate officiating for each athletes. The Meet Hosting Requirements & Application for consideration to serve as a “OHSAA Qualifying Meet” can be found here:

    • Qualifying Meet Hosting Requirements

    • Qualifying Meet Application

      • ​The application window will close on March 23, 2024. After that date please contact BJ Duckworth at[emailprotected]if you would like special consideration on becoming a qualifier.

    • Post Meet Report

• All selected Qualifying Meets will have the capability to allowat minimum12 schools to enter (both genders), with a maximum of two entries per event per school (24 entries per event).

  • No school could or will be denied entry at these selected meets. The meet manager must work with OHSAA Sport Administrators to accommodateindividual entries/relay entries/full teams when the need arises.

    • EXECPTION: Any Conference, League, or County Meet that would not have 12 schools within their league, but would meet the other qualifier requirements, could still be selected & serve as a“OHSAA Qualifier Meet”.
• These Qualifying Meets would be geographically dispersed around the state.

• Schools would be permitted to enter as many of these Qualifying Meets as they wish, noting the following:

  • Participation in these meets do count towards you 12-meet maximum.

• If the school sends a single participant/relay to a meet, the team must count their participation towards their 12-meet maximum for their team for the season.

• PLEASE NOTE: Students who attend non-member schools are permitted to enter these meets (at the discretion of meet management). However, only students who attend a OHSAA Member school would be permitted to qualify for entry into this OHSAA sponsored event

PLEASE NOTE:

Given that each of these Qualifying Meets will be using MileSplit for their meet registration, it has eliminated the need for coaches to contact meet management to ensure if the correctly formatted or accurate results have been submitted for tabulation into the Top Performance List used to determine State Meet qualification.

This process also means that the registration process of those Top 24 qualifiers into the State Meet is much more streamlined. Please see the following process:

• Qualifying Meet dates:March 23 - May 4

  • Results from OHSAA Qualifier Meets held fromSaturday, March 23 – Saturday, May 4, will be used to determine the field of qualifiers for each event at the State Championship.

  • The final date to participate in a qualifying meet is Saturday, May 4. If a meet held on Saturday May 4 cannot be completed till Sunday May 5th due to “weather delays”, these results would be permitted, so long as the meet is completed by 10:00 PM on Sunday May 5

    • ​LIST OF OHSAA Qualifying Meets(MileSplit Hub page….COMING SOON)

• Weekly Tabulation posting: Tuesdays (April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30)

  • Each week, the top 50 athletes/relays results collected from the previous weeks OHSAA Qualifying Meets will be tabulated and shared onpages hosted on the OHSAA site & Ohio MileSplit.

  • Only results recorded during the “FINALS” of these Qualifying Meets would be counted towards the Top 50 weekly performance list.

• Final Qualifier tabulation:Sunday May 5

  • Once the Final Qualifier tabulations are complete, those athletes/relays who qualified would be contacted to verify their acceptance into the meet. If they are not able to attend, then the next up will be offered a spot…

• Qualifier acceptance period:Monday May 6 – Wednesday May 8

  • There will not be a need for team or individual registration for the State Meet, as theACCEPTEDfinal top 24 qualifying marks will be automatically entered directly into theOHSAA 7th & 8th Grade Track State Championship page hosted by MileSplit.

  • Athletes / relays who have not ACCEPTED not registered prior to7:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 10thwill automatically be considered asDECLINED.

• Final list of the State Meet qualifiers: Wednesday May 8

• State meet:Saturday May 11

All athletes & teams must be registered on MileSplit to register for these Qualifying Meets. CoachesMUSTcreate aFREE ACCOUNT on Ohio MileSplit:

• CLICK HERE:How to create a new account (if needed)

• CLICK HERE:How to Claim your team (if needed)

Coaches should review their roster to confirm that all names and grades are correct for their athletes.

• CLICK HERE:How to Edit your Roster

Coaches should verify their athlete’s final placement on theTop Performance Listafter7:00 AM on Monday, May 6thand contact Ohio MileSplit to report errors or duplicate names.

TheTop Performance Listis hosted on the OHSAA & Ohio MileSplit page, with updated links posted on both sitesWEEKLY(weekly dates TBA)

Qualifying marks for both RUNNING and FIELD events will ONLY be tabulated from final results tallied from the participation in a OHSAA Qualifier Meet held between March 23 – Saturday, May 4.No Exceptions!

PLEASE NOTE: Students who attend non-member schools are permitted to enter these OHSAA qualifier meets (at the discretion of meet management). However, only students who attend an OHSAA Member school would be permittedto participate in theOHSAA 7^th& 8^thGrade Track & Field State Championships.

Report errors in the final performance list to Ohio MileSplitIMMEDIATELYby emailing:

• [emailprotected]

The tournament committee reserves the right to make adjustments to the final qualifying list as necessary.

To ensure a full field of competitors, the coaches of athletes / relays in the Top 32 places listed on the Ohio MileSplit Top Performance List will receive aSTATE MEET CONFIRMATIONemail. This email will outline theACCEPTorDECLINEprocedures for their participants.

1.Coaches will have from 12 a.m. Monday May 6 to 7 a.m. Wednesday May 8toACCEPTorDECLINEtheir qualifiers spot into the State Meet.

2.Athletes / relays who have not beenACCEPTEDprior to7:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 8will automatically be considered asDECLINED.

3.Acceptance for athletes outside of the Top 24 (including ties) will be conditional until after 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 8, at which time theFINAL LISTof qualifiers will be reviewed by the tournament committee and published on the OHSAA & MileSplit Meet page.

4.Only theTop 24 ACCEPTEDqualifierswill be ‘registered’for the State meet.

5.All coaches must check the FINAL LIST of qualifiers after 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 8.

6.No personal phone calls or txts will be made to inform schools of their qualifiers. Only the procedure listed above, where coachesACCEPTorDECLINEtheir athlete's participation via the procedure outlined in theSTATE MEET CONFIRMATIONemail and then the review of the final list of qualifiers will be utilized.