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Eligibility

In order to tryout a candidate MUST (1) Be academically eligible, (2) Receive medical clearance from the MEMS health office, and (3) A parental consent form must be in Coach Mayer or Coach Greitz's possession (received through the health office).

Team Selections

• The Track & Field team is a competitive, interscholastic team and NOT and intramural activity. Everyone does NOT make the team

• Selections are based on the candidates performance during each day of the tryout period

• In addition to a candidate's performance times and distances, final determinations about team selection will consider the following criteria such as: attitude, commitment to team events, motivation, and willingness to work hard and improve themself

Track & Field Events

100 meter (shortest racing distance at 1/4 of track length)

200 meter (1/2 of track length that includes a curved segment and final straight segment)

400 meter (1 full length of track that includes 2 curves and 2 straight segments)

800 meter (2 full lengths of the track)

1600 meter (4 full lengths of the track)

Long Jump (jump forward for distance after a running approach)  

High Jump (jump with height in order to clear a bar set at measured distance from the ground)

Shot Put (propel a 9.2 lb "shot" for distance using one arm)

Discus Throw (propel a weighted disc for distance using one arm)