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Entering the 2022 New Jersey Relays

College Men & Women

 

 

All times in the schedule are tentative and subject to change.

 

  1. The Rules of Eligibility for colleges and universities in the relays shall be those of the By-Laws of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

 

  1. The Rules of Competition for this relay event shall be the 2021-22 NCAA Track & Field/Cross Country Men's and Women's Rules, except where the longtime practices, special facilities, and special written rules of the Relays may require otherwise.

 

  1. Track and Field Surfaces: The track, all jumping surfaces and the javelin runway are synthetic surfaces of 3/8" thickness.

 

  1. Spikes: Only 1/4" spikes are allowed. No corkscrew spikes will be allowed. Spikes will be checked.

 

  1. Checkpoints: Relay zone and jumping event checkpoints may be marked with standard white trainer’s tape only.  No other items may be used, including chalk, powder, duct tape, masking tape, tacks or safety pins.

 

  1. Starting Blocks because of Covid-19 protocol all teams are required to bring their own starting blocks and they are to be used where the use of blocks is considered essential. This includes heats and finals of all dash and hurdle races and finals of all College relays starting in lanes. Please do not share starting blocks with other teams.

 

  1. Ties for Qualifying: Eight teams will qualify for all relay event finals starting in lanes. Running event ties will be broken by re-reading the photo-timer images to one-thousandth of a second. All field event ties involving the ninth qualifying position will be advanced to the final three attempts.

 

 

9.The NCAA has adopted the International exchange zone, making the old 10-meter fly zone part of the 30-meter exchange zone.

 

  1. Results will be posted at the meet.

 

13. PROTEST PERIODS FOR TRACK EVENTS

  1. For Qualifying Races: A protest period of 30 minutes for Colleges shall commence upon the posting of the Tentative (Unofficial) Qualifiers list(s) to the Jersey Relays results. All protests must be filed within the protest period at the Referees’ table inside of turn 1 on the track (please come to the fence behind the table and ask for the head referee). The protest period will NOT close if there is a pending protest or a decision has affected another team.  Once all protests have been addressed, the Qualifiers list(s) will become “Official.”

 

  1. For Finals:  A protest period of 30 minutes for Colleges shall commence upon the posting of the last result for that event or the final on time standings, whichever is later. All protests must be filed within the protest period at the Referees’ table inside of turn 1 on the track (please come to the fence behind the table and ask for a head referee). The protest period will NOT close if there is a pending protest or a decision has affected another team.  Once all protests have been addressed, the Results will become “Official.”

 

  1. Jury of Appeals will be chaired by Lionel Leach. A $25.00 fee must accompany an appeal. The Jersey Relays video review will rely only on available archived Relays web streaming, and no independent video may be used in protests or appeals.

 

  1. Events will not be delayed for those who double.

 

 

 

JERSEY RELAYS COLLEGE PROTOCOL

Note that online entry for Colleges must be concluded by Wed, April 20, 2022 at 3:00 PM (EDT). You may enter anytime until the deadline.

 

 

Appeal of rejected entries will be handled by e-mail only.

 

As we wish to serve as many runners as possible and reject as few as possible, we are listing a few items to guide you on your entries:

 

  1. We will accept approximately 20 – 10,000m runners

  2. We will accept approximately 15 - 5000 runners

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Track

  • Arrive to clerking with everything you need to compete. You will be called one event prior to the start of your event. Do not arrive early.

  • You will check-in at the Clerking Tent outside of the track. Then you will report to the designated area by the start line for your event prior to the start of your event.

  • One event at a time will be sent to the track and set-up by heats.

  • Athletes will wear masks when waiting for their event to begin and will remove masks prior to racing.

 

 

 

Field

  • Field Events will check-in at the event 30 minutes before their flight.

  • Only athletes competing will be allowed to remain in the field event area.

  • Athletes will wear masks in this area when they are not competing or warming-up. Athletic Training

  • Athletic training is available on site to handle new injuries/ medical emergencies. The only modality available will be ice. They will be in two designated areas near the finish line and the throws area. Masks are always required in the Athletic Training areas and social distancing should be maintained.

  • 30 minutes cool down period after the final event.

  • Every team must depart the track 30 minutes after the meet ends.

 

 

Contested of Events

 

Track

  • 400 IH

  • 3200 Meter Relay (4x800)

  • 400 Meter Relay (4x100)

  • Distance Med. (1200-400-800-1600)

  • 800 Meter Relay (4x200)

  • Sprint Med. (200-200-400-800)

  • 1600 Meter Relay (4x400)

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Field Events

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  • High Jump

  • Long Jump

  • Triple Jump

  • Discus

  • Shot Put

  • Hammer (college only)

  • Javelin

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