Peace Country Classic/Grande Prairie Hershey Meet

WHEN:
 Saturday, May 11, 2013, 9 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
WHERE:
Legion Field, Grande Prairie
(adjacent to the Composite High School and Leisure Centre Pool)
AGE CATEGORIES:
Hershey: Born in 2003/04 or later; 2001/02; 1999/2000 (athletes born in 2005 or later are welcome, but they’ll compete with the 2003/04 category)

High School: Junior (Grade 9, 10) and Senior (Grade 11, 12)

All Comers: post-high school athletes

AB Seniors Games: age 55-64; age 65-69; age 70+ (ages as of December 31, 2013)

NOTE: Grade 8 and 9 students born in 1998 or earlier will compete in the High School Junior category
ENTRY INFORMATION:
Send entries via fax OR scan and e-mail to Bill Corcoran  (780) 539-2796 fax or bcorcoran@gprc.ab.ca
- Deadline for entries is Tuesday, May 7 at noon.  Late entries may be accepted up to Friday, May 10 at the discretion of the meet
director with a $5 penalty per event.
- Due to overwhelming response, we are not able to accept day of meet entries.  Please get your entries in on time.
- Please limit entries to three individual events – except for AB Senior Games categories.
- Permission to enter more than three events in the Peace Country Classic may be granted if space is available – an additional entry fee will apply.  (Contact the meet director.)
ENTRY FORMS:
Hershey competitors, use this form
2013 HERSHEY ENTRY FORM
High School and All Comers, use this form

2013 PC CLASSICENTRY FORM (pdf file)

High School and All Comers teams, use

2013 PC CLASSIC TEAM ENTRY FORM (pdf)

Alberta Seniors Games NW Trials, use this form

2013 NW Zone AB SRS GAMES FORM (pdf)
ENTRY FEE:
For High School, AB Seniors Games and All Comers athletes:
$12 for first individual event;
$15 for two or three individual events; $20 for four or more individual events (AB Seniors Games only)
maximum of $35 for an immediate family.
Athletics Alberta members deduct $3.
The 4 x 100m relays is free for all competitors.

Make cheques payable to: GPRC Wolves Athletics Club 

For Hershey athletes:

Entries made before the deadline are free
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
    • The track is a rubberized all weather surface.
    • No long jump this year (except Standing LJ for Hershey); the long jump pits have been removed.
    • Spike length is 7mm for the track and runways.
    • The throwing circles are concrete.  High jump and javelin run ups are on the track area.
    • All timing will be hand timed without wind gauges.
    • For field events, participants will be given four trials to be taken within the 30-minute window for the event.
    • All events will be timed finals (even the sprints!!). If seed times are provided, heats can be seeded.  Age groups will be combined into heats to save time.

For Hershey athletes:

  •   Spikes or starting blocks are not permitted
    • Maximum of 3 events per individual (i.e. 2 track and 1 field or 2 field and 1 track) NOTE: The 4 x 100m relay counts as a running event.
    • The Long Jump will be a standing Long Jump competition.
PROVINCIAL QUALIFIERs:
The meet allows serves as a qualifier for:
Provincial Hershey Final on June 22 in Edmonton.  Details about the Provincial Hershey meet are available on the Athletics Alberta website.
Alberta 55 + Seniors Games, July 25 to 28, in Barrhead/Westlock.  See www.albertagames.com for details.

EVENTS OFFERED

50m – Hershey 2003/04 only

100m – all categories

200m – all categories

400m – all categories except Hershey 1999/ 2000 and AB Seniors

800m – all categories except Hershey 2003/04 and AB Seniors

1500m - High School and All Comers and AB Seniors

1600m – Hershey 1999/ 2000 only

3000m – High School and All Comers

2000m Predicted Time Walk – AB Seniors only (changed to 2000m April 13)

1500m Race Walk - High School only (check with meet director)
Sprint Hurdles – High School and All Comers
4 x 100m – all categories

Standing Long Jump – All Hershey categories

Ball Throw – All Hershey categories

Long Jump – High School and All Comers (CANCELED THIS YEAR – no LJ pits)

High Jump – High School and All Comers

Shot Put – High School, All Comers, AB Seniors

Discus – High School, All Comers, AB Seniors

Javelin – High School, All Comers, AB Seniors

SCHEDULE – (Subject to change – pick up final schedule
on meet day)

9:00
3000m
1 heat, all categories
9:00
Standing Long Jump, 02/03, 00/01, 98/99
9:30 1600m, 1500m race walk, and 2000m Predicted Walk Combined heats on the track at the same time 99/00, High School, and AB Seniors  9:05 High Jump, HS and open Men
9:50
100m
All
9:15
Discus, all men
10:55
50m
2 heats, 03/04 only
 9:20  Shot Put, all women
11:00 800m 5 or 6 heats, all 11:00 High Jump, HS and open Women
11:45
Sprint H
3 or 4 heats, HS and open
11:15
Shot Put, all men
noon  11:20    Discus, all women
12:30
Break and Catch Up
12:30
Break and Catch Up
1:30
200m
All
1:30
Ball Throw, 03/04, 01/02, 99/00
2:30
1500m
3 or 4 heats
3:15
400m
5 or more heats
2:45
Javelin, HS, Open, and AB Seniors
4 x 100m
2 or 3 heats

For more information
contact:

Bill Corcoran
GPRC Wolves Athletics Club

(780) 538-2369

bcorcoran@gprc.ab.ca