Meet Schedule

Meet Schedule | Track Meets - Summer | Ted Haydon Holiday Classic

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.

Entries: To enter online use this link:

http://www.directathletics.com/states/IL/track/club.html

Teams: Enter through the website. You can choose whether to pay though the website or by mail. There is a convenience fee for paying through their website with a credit card. The website allows you to see your entries, so please check them carefully. We can't adjust them on the day of the meet.

Unattached individuals: If you enter through the website, you must pay through the website. If you choose not to pay through the website, you must enter by mail.

Deadlines:

Website entries and payments: Midnight, Thursday, December 15, 2011

Mail entries and payments: Must be received by Monday, December 12, 2011

Send payments, entries, and signed waiver forms to:

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

Late Entries: ($25 per event) will be accepted Saturday, December 17 until 10 AM. In order to make effective use of automatic timing, while still permitting day-of-meet entries, the following conditions apply: day-of-the meet entries in the 55m and 55m hurdles will run in separate, unseeded sections, AND will not be able to advance to finals in an event. 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: $5.00 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. Pole vault warmup starts with women at 10:00 AM.
6. 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:11'
• 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 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 strives to continue Ted Haydon's goal of promoting the sport of track and field by providing a club for active athletes, by putting on track meets, and by providing officials for track meets at all levels.

In addition to the indoor Haydon meet, the UCTC organizes six summer all-comers track meets. These events are open to everyone. In recent years, the competitors have ranged from younger than 2 years to older than 70 years, and their abilities have ranged from complete novice to nationally-noted high school athletes.

While the club occasionally sponsors a few 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.

On March 24, the 2012 UCTC Banquet will be an especially significant one: it will celebrate Ted Haydon's 100th birthday. Watch the website for more information about the program and the speakers.

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 2011-11-17