Members Present:
Jim Camburn (South Sectional Director, Member of the Executive Committee, Head
of Guidance at Buena High School), James Casey (Central Sectional Director,
Assistant State Meet Director), Lou Fraulo (North I Sectional Director, Chief
Scorer of Group Meet and Meet of Champions, Head of Guidance at Clifton High
School), Wayne Letwink (North II Sectional Director), Aaron Oldfield (Coach at
Hopewell Valley), Carl Rickershauser (State Rules Interpreter).
Absent Members:
Ryan Hashway, (Coach at
Others present:
Frank Calise (Computer operator for State Meets), Don Danser (NJSIAA staff,
Tournament Director).
1. Tournament Assessment All felt that the three weekends went well.
The new parking and bus drop-off system for both athletes and spectators seemed
to work without many problems.
2. Correspondence Most correspondence (3 e-mails) dealt with the
conflict of the sectional date with the S.A.T. dates. By now, coaches should be
aware that both the S.A.T.s and the sectionals will fall on the first Saturday
of November [except for those years when there are 5 Saturdays in November as
will be the case in 2008. In 2008 S.A.T. will be on Nov. 1, since
they always use the 1st Saturday in November. The sectionals in 2008 will be on November 8. The
sectional date is determined by Thanksgiving Day. The sectionals are held on
the 3rd Saturday before Thanksgiving Day. In 2008, Thanksgiving Day will be Nov. 27.] There are seven dates
during the year when these tests can be taken. Coaches need to advise their
runners and the parents of their runners well in advance to avoid the possible
conflict. They should be telling their sophomores and juniors now. The
committee did not feel it was necessary to change the corresponding dates or
starting times of any of the meets.
Another e-mail dealt with the
annual question of advancement from the Group Meet to the Meet of Champions. As
long as the meets are at
Another e-mail dealt with the
awards ceremonies in the Group Meet. The schedule for the ceremony is
tentative. It tries to be 35 to 40 minutes after the group was scheduled to
run. The committee felt that trying to extend that time would be too long and
teams and spectators may start leaving before the ceremonies began. The
announcer tries to adjust the schedule as needed if coaches report that their
athletes may be delayed in arriving at the stage exactly on time.
The final topic mentioned in
correspondence dealt with the wearing of hats and/or gloves during
cross-country meets. The rules say that it is up to the games committee or
referee. The committee agreed with the writer saying that if a runner wants to
wear these protective items, the referee should automatically allow them, as long
as they are not baseball type hats or are attempts to draw attention to the
runner by means of outlandish decorations on the hats or gloves. Carl
Richershauser, our State Rules Interpreter, will stress this with the Executive
Committee of New Jersey Track and Field Officials when they meet on December 5
and with the local chapter rules interpreters when they meet in February.
3. Changes in the tournament regulations:
1.
Next years Dates:
2.
Sectional Order of Events
3. State
Group Order of Events
Awards Ceremony for each group will following (approximately) the
following schedule:
Site:
4.
Meet of Champions
Site:
4. Miscellaneous: There is talk
that Holmdel Park will be adding a lot of paving, especially around the
starting line which may make it necessary to change the course. We will try to
keep on top of this during the next several weeks.