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What to pack for practice
What to pack for practice
Workout clothes for warm, cold, rainy weather (always have back up layers).
Water bottle and healthy snacks.
Running appropriate running shoes in good condition.
If you are unsure of what shoes to buy, where to buy, if your shoes should be replaced, etc. talk to your event coach!
Running socks.
Hair ties & sports bra if applicable.
GPS/Smart watch and massage roller are not required.
Meet Basics
Meet Basics
All athletes are required to compete in our duel meets (held on weekdays) UNLESS an athlete is sick or injured. Athletes who are absent more than 1/2 the school day are not able to compete in or attend the meet.
1/2 day means present from 7:30 am- 10:30 am OR 10:30 am to 2:01 pm.
Athletes will be competing in events based on their training, their event coaches' advice, and what is best for the team.
Only varsity athletes who meet the qualification standards will be competing at the Saturday/Sunday invitationals or at Divison 3 States and the Meet of Champions
Any athlete who qualifies for the Division 3 State Meet OR the Meet of Champions is required to attend. Failure to attend will result in the athlete losing their varsity letter.
What to pack for Meets
What to pack for Meets
Warm up clothes (always have back up layers).
Uniform AND race bib.
Water bottle and plenty of healthy snacks.
Running appropriate running shoes in good condition.
If you are unsure of what shoes to buy, where to buy, if your shoes should be replaced, etc. talk to your event coach!
Racing flats & spikes, if applicable.
Running socks.
Hair ties & sports bra, if applicable.
GPS/Smart watch and massage roller are not required.
MIAA-Handbook-23-25.pdfDHS Athletic Handbook - 2024_25.docx.pdfMIAA Rule 45 Bona Fide Team Player
A bona fide member of the school team is a student who is consistently present for, and actively participates in, all high school team sessions (e.g. practices, tryouts, competitions). Bona fide members of a school team are precluded from missing a high school practice or competition in order to participate in a non-school athletic activity/event in any sport recognized by the MIAA. Students cannot be given special treatment (late arrival, early dismissal, etc.) for non-school athletic programs.
First Offense: Student-athlete is suspended for one (1) contest and shall not participate in the next scheduled interscholastic competition that is part of their regular season schedule or in tournament play.
Second Offense: Student-athlete is suspended for an additional 25% of the season, and is ineligible for tournament play immediately upon confirmation of the violation.
Massachusetts General Law, Part IV, Title I, Chapter 269 Sections 17-18 (Hazing)
Massachusetts General Law, Part IV, Title I, Chapter 269 Sections 17-18 (Hazing)
"Section 17. Whoever is a principal organizer or participant in the crime of hazing, as defined herein, shall be punished by a fine of not more than three thousand dollars or by imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than one year, or both such fine and imprisonment.
The term ''hazing'' as used in this section and in sections eighteen and nineteen, shall mean any conduct or method of initiation into any student organization, whether on public or private property, which wilfully or recklessly endangers the physical or mental health of any student or other person. Such conduct shall include whipping, beating, branding, forced calisthenics, exposure to the weather, forced consumption of any food, liquor, beverage, drug or other substance, or any other brutal treatment or forced physical activity which is likely to adversely affect the physical health or safety of any such student or other person, or which subjects such student or other person to extreme mental stress, including extended deprivation of sleep or rest or extended isolation.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section to the contrary, consent shall not be available as a defense to any prosecution under this action."
"Section 18: Failure to report hazing
Section 18. Whoever knows that another person is the victim of hazing as defined in section seventeen and is at the scene of such crime shall, to the extent that such person can do so without danger or peril to himself or others, report such crime to an appropriate law enforcement official as soon as reasonably practicable. Whoever fails to report such crime shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars."
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