2018 CIFSDS TRACK/FIELD PRESEASON MTG 1/23/18 MT. CARMEL HS ROOM D-19 1) 4:05 pm Start 2) Introductions 3) Officials Association a) Jim Cervaney b) Uniforms (1) School approved is the standard that will be used c) Meet Management i) Please have your meet properly staffed; prior to the start of your meet 4) Para- track & field, Unified Sports a) Vanessa Fowlkes – CIFSDS Staff b) Para- athletes i) Points will be included in the team score (1) 1st place = 2 points (2) 2-6 place = 1 point (3) Maximum of 6 points per gender ii) Scoring concerns (1) Scoring isn’t equitable (a) Some districts send all of their challenged students to one school Not equitable for schools that don’t have access to these athletes 5) Valerie Ruiz Sweetwater UHSD - District coordinator for unified sports (1) There will be 2 events (a) 4 x 100 (i) 8 teams maximum (ii) None of these students can be members of your track/field team (b) Shot Put (i) 8 Entries maximum (ii) 4 pound shot (iii) 2 Throws are allowed per team/thrower (iv) None of these students can be members of your track/field team (c) Unified team entries will be non scoring (2) Definition of a unified team (a) 4 X 100 (i) 2 students must be intellectually challenged, 2 students must be general education students (ii) General education students cannot be a member of the track team (b) Shot put (i) 2 students must be intellecturall challenged, 2 students must be general education students (ii) General education students cannot be a member of the track team (3) May 5, 2018 Unified team qualifier (a) Sweetwater UHSD will host the qualifier meet for CIFSDS meet (b) Grant money is available for schools (4) Concerns (a) Scoring isn’t equitable (i) Some districts send all of their challenged students to one school. Not equitable for schools that don’t have these athletes 6) SD Padres (a) A day of the week must be determined for their proposed fundraiser event (b) Teams purchase Padre tickets for $15-17 (i) Tickets would be resold for $20-25 (ii) Padres need to know what date teams would be recognized at a Padres game 7) Maximum number of competitions is a) 16 b) Will be 14 competitions, for the 2018-19 school year 8) Post Season Mtg (a) 6/5/18 (b) Mt. Carmel HS (c) Room (i) D-19 (d) 4:00 pm 9) Competition dates a) Sign onto: www.cifsds.org/calendar/master calendar 2017-18 . To view i) First day of practice ii) First day of competition iii) Last day of competition iv) Section prelims & finals 10)Meet schedule (a) CIF entries must be posted using the Hy-Tek backup files (b) Any league champion scratches should be noted in the email with the backup file. Do not scratch them from your list (c) All other forms will be submitted online using Google Forms. This includes prelim and finals scratches, relay team names, coaches information and a list of your assistant coaches (d) Prelim and final schedules, CIFSDS and State automatic qualifier standards are posted on the CIF website (e) Qualifying for CIF State. Can be done from the B Heat finals. (i) Athlete must meet the state Q mark (2) Section Meet (a) Vertical events (i) Wording on who qualifies will be changed. (b) Jump offs may occur to get the field between 9-12 entries in each division, but they will not occur to determine who gets into the A flight (c) After the Thursday mandatory meeting at MCHS, 3 alternates in most events will be taken 11)Michael Adkins - Olympian HS, Coach a) Presentation of proposing to add a division at the state level from 1 division to 2 or more divisions b) Contact Michael Adkins for additional information, or for him to meet with your league coaches for more detailed information 12) Michael Cummings (a) Discussion on increasing the section championship to 3 divisions (i) Discussion of 2 separate proposals (ii) Contact Mike Cummings for additional details on each proposal (b) The time to run the meet remains the same (c) Cost factors were discussed (d) Discussion on a return to a master’s type meet for state qualifiers if an increase in divisions is desired (e) Discussion/decision/proposal will be revisited at post season meeting in June Present Mike Cummings – Valley Center Sean Helgesen – El Camino Michael Adkins – Olympian Ron Shane – Central Union Wolgang Horner – Imperial Jim Cerveny – Starters Assoc. Chris Ruff – Del Norte George Green – Coronado Kevin Reaume – LJCD Paul Byrne – La Jolla Don Jones – Rancho Bernardo Gary MacDonald – Starters Assoc. Chuy Nunez – Monarch Charles Tyler – Steele Canyon Gary Stathas – Steele Canyon Pat King – San Pasqual Dan Geiger – Cathedral Catholic Ted Thompson – Canyon Crest Keith DeLong – Pt. Loma Dennis McClanahan – Mt. Carmel Jamal Felton – Westview Valerie Ruiz – Sweetwater Union HSD Vanessa Fowlkes – CIFSDS Staff Carlton Hoggard – CIFSDS Staff