Meet Schedule

Track Meets - Summer | Ted Haydon Holiday Classic | USATF Illinois Schedule

Entry Fees: $10 per individual event, $40 per relay team; $250 per team

The team entry fee is good for up to 30 athletes per team. For additional entries, enter a second team or pay individual rate for each athlete. For day-of-the-meet entries, there is no the team rate.

Mail or email entries are still possible, but must be received with payment by Friday, December 11, 2009.

Website entries must be completed by Monday, December 14. The website allows you to see your entries, so please check them carefully. We can't adjust them on the day of the meet.

Payment: Payment can be made through the website with a credit card. The registration website charges a small handling fee for the use of a credit card. If that is not possible, mail payment together with list of entries to:

UCTC, c/o P. Palmer, Astronomy, 5640 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago, IL 60637

Such entries and payment must be received by Friday, December 11. There can be no exceptions.

Late Entries ($25 per event) will be accepted Saturday, December 19 until 10 AM. In order to make effective use of automatic timing, while still permitting day-of-meet entries, the following conditions apply: IN ADDITION to a late fee, day-of-the meet entries will run in separate, unseeded sections, AND will not be able to advance to finals in an event. FAT for day-of-the meet entries will not be available immediately, but will be posted soon. Team entry rate is not available day-of-meet.

Athletic trainers will be provided by the University of Chicago Athletic Department. Athletes must bring their own tape supplies if they need to be taped.

Spectators Entry Fee: $3.00 Results will be posted at www.uctc.org

Location: Henry Crown Field House, University of Chicago, 56th Street and University Ave., Chicago

Additional Information:

1. The long jump boards are at 8 and 12 feet. Entrants must be able to safely jump at least 8 feet.
2. There will be two mens hurdle races (39 and 42 inch). There are no age requirements for either race, but you must enter one or the other. Switching on day-of-meet will not be possible. For women, 33 inch only. If there is only one trial heat of an event, that hurdle event will be run as a straight final at the scheduled time of the final.
3. Wear 1/4 inch pyramids or xmas tree spikes only. No needle spikes and nothing longer than 1/4 inch.
4. Weight events: bring your own implement. Indoor implements only.
5. There will be a designated "picnic room" on the first floor in which you are invited to bring your own snacks and drinks. Food and drinks (except bottled water) are not permitted in other parts of the Henry Crown Field House.

If website or email is not possible, use form on last page

• Building will open at 8 AM.
• Pole Vault warmup begins at 10:00 AM. Starting height: W:8', M:12'
• Check in for running events 15 minutes before each event to allow time for reseeding the heats.
• 55m dash and hurdle trials will begin at 11:00 AM.
• The rest of the running events will begin at 12:30 PM with the 4x200 relay(W). Thereafter, events will run on a rolling time schedule in the order listed.
• We expect to finish at about 5:30 PM

FIELD EVENTS
8:30am	20lb weight (W)
(to follow WWT)	35lb weight(M)
(to follow MWT)	Shot put (W)
(to follow WSP)	Shot put (M)
9:00am	Long jump (M)
(to follow MLJ)	Long jump (W)
(to follow WLJ)	Triple jump (M)
(to follow MTJ)	Triple jump (W)
10:00am	High jump (W)
(to follow WHJ)	High jump (M)
11:00am	Pole vault (W)
(to follow WPV)	Pole vault (M)
RUNNING EVENTS
11:00am	55m Hurdle trials (W)
	55m Hurdle trials (39 inch) (M)
	55m Hurdle trials (42 inch ) (M)
	55m Dash trials (W)
	55m Dash trials (M)
12:30pm	4x200m relay (W)
	4x200m relay (M)
	Mile run (W)
	Mile run (M)
	400m run (W)
	400m run (M)
	800m run (W)
	800m run (M)
	55m finals (W)
	55m finals (M)
	55m hurdle finals (42 inch) (M)
	55m hurdle finals (39 inch) (M)
	55m hurdle finals (W)
	200m dash (W)
	200m dash (M)
	2 mile run (W)
	2 mile run (M)
	4x400m relay (W)
	4x400m relay (M)

Description of Activities

The University of Chicago Track Club Holiday Meet was founded in 1953 as a holiday get-together when coach Edward ``Ted'' Haydon organized an indoor meet for his growing club and for other Chicago-area track and field athletes home for Christmas. The UCTC continues to sponsor a holiday track meet, now known as the Ted Haydon Classic, every December in the Henry Crown Field House on the University of Chicago campus.

The UCTC today sponsors elite, local, and youth programs. Sponsoring indoor and outdoor track meets and a growing youth program continue the UCTC tradition of offering competitive opportunities for track and field athletes at all levels.

In addition to the indoor Haydon meet, the UCTC organizes summer all-comers track meets. These events are open to everyone. In recent years, the competitors have ranged from younger than 3 years to older than 70 years, and their abilities have ranged from complete novice to nationally-noted high school athletes.

While the club sponsors a small number of elite athletes and is represented by some national champion masters runners as well as other adult runners of all abilities; in recent years, the UCTC has concentrated its energies on a growing youth program. Faced with limited opportunities for Chicago-area youngsters to compete in track and field, the UCTC attempts to fill this void by offering competitive opportunities and coaching. Youngsters compete locally, regionally, and nationally. This program relies heavily on parental support and requires that participants keep up with their schoolwork if they are to compete in a club uniform.

Required individual entry information:

Name:___________________________________________    Female ____ Male ____

Affiliation ________________________________________

Event _______________ Mark ________________ Event _______________ Mark ________________
Event _______________ Mark ________________ Event _______________ Mark ________________

Waiver statement I submit this entry recognizing that track and field is a strenuous activity which can result in serious injury and even life threatening events. I agree to indemnify and hold USATF, UCTC, UCTC's directors, members, and volunteers and the University of Chicago harmless should such occur.

Signature __________________________________________
(competitor or parent/guardian if competitor is under 18 years)


Patrick Palmer 11-19-2009