Welcome to OIA Track 101

Our mission is to provide you the most up to date

information on the 2013 track season just for coaches

Contact us at: menehunetrack@gmail.com 

HHSAA requires concussion education for all state tournament coaches

National Letter of Intent Signing Day

What's New!!!

• New Cross Country Website for parents & athletes (See Link at Top of Page)

• OC 16 2013 HHSAA State Track DVD Available

• New Website for parents & athletes> OIA Track Info & Results Page

• Runner'sHi 20% off coupon available> Runner's Hi

•  Awesome High School Track Story Last Place Finish>The Most Memorable Finish

• Cool Track & Cross Country Site: Flotrack> http://www.flotrack.org/

• Need Track Equipment? See Cal Track Hawaii> Cal Track Hawaii

• OIA Risk Video Click> OIA Risk Management Video

Up Coming OIA Track Events:

• Qualifying Meet #1 2/22 & 2/23 CANCELLED!!!!

• Qualifying Meet #2 3/1 & 3/2 DONE

• Invitational Week: 3/8 Velasco Invitational at Mililani High School Field at 4:00 pm Running at 5:00 pm DONE 3/9 Smithe Invitational Meet at Leilehua High School Field at 3:00 pm Running at 3:30 pm  DONE 3/9 Sakamoto Invitational at Kaiser High School*** 3/9 DONE   Roosevelt Meet at Roosevelt High School Field at 2:00 pm Running at 3:00 pm DONE  

• Qualifying Meet #3 3/15 & 3/16 DONE  

• Cal Track/Ruby Tuesday Invitational  at Punahou School 3/23 Saturday Field 8:30 AM Running 10:00 AM  DONE  Limited Parking Available!!!!

• Qualifying Meet #4 3/28 & 3/30 DONE 

• JV Eastern Division Championships at Kaiser High School Friday 4/5 3:45 PM***  DONE JV Western Division Championships at Mililani High School Friday 4/5 3:15 PM*** DONE

• Varsity Eastern Division Championships at Kaiser High School Saturday 4/6 3:00 PM*** DONE  Varsity Western Division Championships at Mililani High School Saturday 4/6 3:15 PM*** DONE

• Honolulu Marathon Invitational at Mililani High School Friday 4/12 Field Events 3:45 PM Running Events 4:15 PM DONE

• OIA JV Championships at Mililani High School Saturday 4/13 3:00 PM *** DONE

• Punahou Relays at Punahou School Trials Thursday 4/18 3:30 PM DONE  Finals Saturday 4/20 9:30 AM DONE Limted Parking Available!!!!

• OIA Qualifying Meet at Leilehua High School Friday 4/26 3:30 PM  DONE 

• Castle High School Saturday 4/27 3:00 PM CANCELLED!!!! 

• OIA Varsity Championships at Mililani High School Trials Thursday 5/2 3:30 PM DONE  

• OIA Varsity Championships at Mililani High School Finals Saturday 5/4 3:00 PM*** DONE 

• HHSAA State Championships at Mililani High School Trials Friday 5/10 Coaches Meeting 2:00 PM Field Events Boys Discus 12:00 PM Boys Shot Put & Long Jump 2:15 PM Girls Pole Vault 3:30 PM Running Events 3:15 PM *** DONE

• HHSAA State Championships at Mililani High School Finals Saturday 5/11 Time Coaches Meeting 4:15 PM Field Events Boys Discus 2:30 PM Boys Shot Put   4:30 PM Boys Long Jump 3:30 PM Boys Pole Vault 3:30 PM Running Events 4:30 PM  ***  DONE 

*** Admission will be Charged 

OIA Championship Meets Finals only:

 Students $4.00 Adults $7.00 ***

HHSAA State Championship Trials & Finals:

Student $5.00 Adults $7.00 Senior Citizens (62 and over) $5.00 ***

??? Admission Charge Pending

Up Coming OIA Events:

• OIA Golf Tournament TBA

• OIA Foundation Dinner: TBD

• HIADA Conference (Big Island) June 4‐7, 2014

• OIA Coaches Banquet June 18, 2014 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Free Online Course – The Role of the Parent in Sports – Now Available

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (October 19, 2010) — A new online education course – The Role of the Parent in Sports – is now available through the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) at www.nfhslearn.com.

Similar to the Concussion in Sports – What You Need to Know online course released in May, the new parent course is being offered at no cost. Anyone can register for the free course at www.nfhslearn.com. 

“Parents of students who participate in athletics make a huge difference in the quality of the sport experience for their sons and daughters,” said Tim Flannery, NFHS assistant director who directs the NFHS Coach Education Program. “Parents unintentionally spoil the educational experience of their children at times by the way they talk to them after games, behave in the stands and interact with coaches and officials. This online course provides information and resources to help parents understand their role in ensuring an educational experience for their son or daughter.” 

The NFHS Coach Education Program was started in 2007, and more than 140,000 coaches have taken the core course — Fundamentals of Coaching. Forty-five of the 51 NFHS member associations have adopted the course.

In addition to the core courses (Fundamentals of Coaching and NFHS First Aid for Coaches), eight sport-specific courses are available in football, basketball, soccer, softball, cheer and dance, spirit safety, wrestling and volleyball. The program also includes four elective courses and the two free courses.

The NFHS offers coaches the ability to become Level 1 certified as an Accredited Interscholastic Coach. In addition to the Fundamentals of Coaching course, coaches must complete NFHS First Aid for Coaches, or its equivalent, and one of the sport-specific courses or Teaching Sport Skills, and then can apply for certification online.

All NFHS coach education courses are available at www.nfhslearn.com. 

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About the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS)

The NFHS, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, is the national leadership organization for high school sports and fine arts activities. Since 1920, the NFHS has led the development of education-based interscholastic sports and fine arts activities that help students succeed in their lives. The NFHS sets direction for the future by building awareness and support, improving the participation experience, establishing consistent standards and rules for competition, and helping those who oversee high school sports and activities. The NFHS writes playing rules for 17 sports for boys and girls at the high school level. Through its 50 member state associations and the District of Columbia, the NFHS reaches more than 19,000 high schools and 11 million participants in high school activity programs, including more than 7.6 million in high school sports. As the recognized national authority on interscholastic activity programs, the NFHS conducts national meetings; sanctions interstate events; produces publications for high school coaches, officials and athletic directors; sponsors professional organizations for high school coaches, officials, spirit coaches, speech and debate coaches and music adjudicators; and serves as a national information resource of interscholastic athletics and activities. For more information, visit the NFHS Web site at www.nfhs.org. 

MEDIA CONTACTS: 

    Bruce Howard or John Gillis, 317-972-6900

    National Federation of State High School Associations

    PO Box 690, Indianapolis, Indiana 46206

    bhoward@nfhs.org or jgillis@nfhs.org 

Memorandum

To:                          State Association Executive Directors and Track and Field Administrators

From:                    Jim Tenopir/Becky Oakes

Subject:               Pole Vault Planting Box Padding

Date:                     April 4, 2013

___________________________________________________________________________

The Track and Field Rules Committee recommended and the NFHS Board of Directors approved an immediate rule change to Track and Field Rule 7-5-24 pertaining to padding for the pole vault planting box. Rule 7-5-24 now permits the use of planting box padding that meets the new ASTM Specification Standard.

Rule 7-5-24…The planting box shall not contain any foreign materials except planting box padding. Such padding, if used, shall meet the applicable ASTM Specification Standard, and can be incorporated into the design of the planting box or can be a padding addition to an existing planting box. NOTE: Padding meeting the ASTM Standard may be used immediately, subject to rejection or conditional approval by state association action.

Rationale: For the purpose of minimizing risk of injury to a pole vaulter, allow planting box padding that meets the applicable ASTM Specification Standard.

The Track and Field Rules Committee recommended the rule change for the purpose of risk minimization with release of the ASTM standard and new product availability. In addition, with the NCAA requiring such planting box padding by December 1, 2013, there is a growing number of facilities utilizing the padding this outdoor season. Thus, high schools may encounter padding meeting the new standard. Unless determined otherwise by the respective state association, it is now permissible to use pole vault planting box padding meeting the ASTM standard.

All current rules requirements for padding are still in effect. For additional information regarding NFHS pole vault equipment requirements, please refer to the 2013 NFHS Track and Field Rules, 7-5.

Should you have any questions, please contact Becky Oakes, boakes@nfhs.org or 317-822-5739. Thank you for your attention and consideration.

JT/BO:jd

c: Bob Gardner, NFHS

    NFHS Track and Field Rules Committee

2012 High School Track and Field Rules Changes Focus on Jewelry Violations and Pole Vault Requirements

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                        Contact: Becky Oakes

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (July 5, 2011) — The penalty for wearing jewelry during high school track and field competition will shift from the team to the individual competitor beginning next season.

In its June 8-10 meeting in Indianapolis, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Track and Field and Cross Country Rules Committee addressed the jewelry rule and clarified two rules in the pole vault among its nine major changes. All changes were subsequently approved by the NFHS Board of Directors.

The revised jewelry rule states that “for the first violation, the competitor shall be required to remove the jewelry before further competition and be issued a warning that a subsequent violation shall result in a disqualification from the event.”

“The rule still prohibits the wearing of jewelry, but the members of the rules committee and results of the questionnaire strongly support the penalty applying only to the competitor involved as opposed to the entire team,” said Becky Oakes, NFHS assistant director and liaison to the Track and Field Rules Committee.

In Rule 7-5-2, requirements for pole vault competitors were changed. The rule eliminates the limit of only two layers of tape on the grip end but still requires any tape placed on the pole to be of uniform thickness on the grip end.

In addition, Rule 7-5-25 clarifies who may touch or catch the pole and under what circumstances touching the pole is not allowed. The rule reads, “No person shall be allowed to touch the vaulting pole except an assigned official, assigned pole catcher or the competitor, when circumstances warrant, but never to prevent the pole from dislodging the bar.”

            “The competitor or designated official can catch the pole, but the touch or catch by the competitor that prevents the crossbar from being dislodged is still a foul,” Oakes said.

            The committee also made updates to Rule 9-1-1 regarding the method of measuring a cross country course that reflect trends in the sport. The cross country course shall be measured along the shortest possible route that a runner may take, as opposed to measuring down the middle of the course.

            Another change now makes it legal for competitors to wear visible undergarments that have a contrasting stitching to the color of the single, solid color of the undergarment. The stitching must function in the construction of the undergarment and not as a design.

            Other rules changes approved by the committee include:

• Rule 3-4-2: The referee retains clerical authority over the contest through the completion of any reports, including those imposing disqualifications, that are responsive to actions occurring while the referee had jurisdiction. State associations may intercede in the event of unusual incidents after the referee’s jurisdiction has ended or in the event that a contest is terminated prior to the conclusion of regulation play.

• Rule 5-7-3: The starting command for individual races – or opening relay legs of 800 meters or more outdoors and 600 meters or more indoors – shall be to instruct all competitors to take a position three meters behind the starting line or dashed arc behind the line. With “On your marks,” the competitors step to the starting line.

• Rule 7-4-10: The games committee may assign competitors to flights of no less than five for preliminary competition or may conduct the event in continuing flights.  In continuing flights, the first five competitors, as determined by the games committee, constitute a flight. As a contestant clears the bar, passes a turn at the height or is eliminated, the next competitor in order will be moved up so that the number of competitors in the active flight remains constant. When the field is down to eight or fewer competitors, it is recommended that participants are called as listed on the event sheet.

• Rule 9-3-3: Updates were made to this rule that address the use of bib transponders or timing chips on the shoes and the official order of finish when the computerized item(s) are used.