Dan Horyn Invitational

04/21/2017

Niles North High School - Skokie, IL -- Chuck Pos Stadium







Niles North Boys’ Track and Field

4th Annual Dan Horyn Invitational Friday, April 21, 2017 4:30 p.m.

Chuck Pos Stadium, Niles North High School

Welcome to the 4th annual Niles North Dan Horyn Invitational. Quick facts regarding the DH Invite:

  • Freshman/Sophomore Division (must be a freshman or sophomore to compete)

  • Junior Varsity Division(relays and field events only; any grade level may compete)

  • Varsity Division--any grade level may compete in this division.

  •  Limit to one relay and two individuals per event for the Varsity and Frosh/Soph

  • Athletes must compete at one level throughout the competition

  •  Team awards will be given on the Freshman/Sophomore and Varsity levels

  •  There will be no preliminary heats for the sprints and hurdles.

  •   All timing will be FAT provided by PT Timing.

  •   We will strictly adhere to the 10 minute check-out/check-in rule for field events.

    Team Awards

    Frosh/Soph: 1st place and 2nd place team awards
    JV will be not be scored as a team and no team awards.

    Varsity: 1st place and 2nd place team awards Individual and Relay Awards
    1st to 3rd Medals all levels
    4th to 6th Ribbons all levels

    There will be at large competitors running in the Dan Horyn Mile Run. All competitors will be seeded by seed time regardless of at large competitor or competing team in meet. We anticipate running 4 sections of the mile. Two sections at the Frosh/Soph Division and 2 sections at Varsity Division, including the Dan Horyn Mile Run. A special plaque will go to the winner of this event. ?All at large athletes will not score team points, but will be eligible for individual awards.

     

Competing Schools: Crete-Monee, Deerfield, Highland Park, Glenbrook South,, Lane Tech, Loyola

Academy, Stephen Mather, Walter Payton, West Chicago, William Howard Taft, & Niles North

ADMISSIONS Please make your parents and fans aware that there is an admission price for this event. All proceeds go to fund the Dan Horyn Scholarship fund. $5.00 Adults $2.00 Students with ID and Children under 10. NO PASSES FOR THIS EVENT

BUSES:Please have your buses drop your athletes off outside the Team Gate to the stadium. This gate will be closed shortly after 4:00. Please have your buses park and wait in the far North parking lot of the school. We can not have any buses parking in the drive or parking lot adjacent to the track. Cars parked along the South drive or in the pool drop off lane will be towed at the owners expense.

TEAM CAMPS Please have your team camp in the main bleachers or grassy areas on the South end of the track under the scoreboard. Camps are not allowed on the main stadium field.

CONCESSIONS There will be concessions for sale during the meet. Programs and T-shirts will be for sale as well
SPECTATORS Niles North would appreciate your help with keeping athletes off of the main field and especially away from the finish lineunless they are warming up or checking in for their events.

BULLPEN: will be the purple benches at about the southern 20 yard line. Athletes will need to check in for all running events at the bullpen on the main field. BULLPEN for the 100. 110, 200 and 300 will be at the start line.

HIP NUMBERS: Athletes will be assigned a hip tag that will correspond to their starting position for their race. A clerk will assist athletes at the starting line with their starting position. Hip number must be worn on the right hip by each individual and the anchor of each relay. Hip number station will be very close to the starting line and bullpen. .

SHOT/DISC Implement Inspection and weigh in will take place outside the concession stand as you enter the stadium. Weigh in time is 3:30 to 4:15.

 

Dan Horyn Invitational--Schedule of Events

4:00 Coaches Meeting in Press Box with Hospitality 4:30 Competition Begins

Field Events 4:30 Start

Long Jump  West runway Varsity (4 jumps no finals)
East runway Freshman/Sophomore followed by JV

High Jump Varsity first followed by JV followed by Frosh Soph
(depending on entries JV and Frosh Soph may compete simultaneously).

Pole Vault  Varsity first followed by Frosh Soph and JV simultaneous.

Shot Put Varsity West Pit, followed by Frosh Soph (4 throws no finals)
JV East Pit

Discus Frosh Soph, followed by Varsity, followed by JV (4 throws no finals)

Triple Jump  Follows Long Jump (4 jumps no finals)
West runway Varsity immediately following Varsity Long Jump
West runway Frosh Soph immediately following Varsity Triple Jump
East runway JV Triple following JV Long

 

Running Events 4:30 Start

Timetable is a tentative estimate, we will combine heats and run ahead if possible.

4:30 4 x 800 Frosh/Soph (1 heat)
4:45 4x800JV(1heat)
5:00 3200 Frosh/Soph Heat 1

5:15 3200 Frosh/Soph Heat 2 (depending on # of entries)

5:30 3200 M Heat 1 Varsity
5:45 Ceremony honoring the memory of Dan Horyn
5:55 National Anthem

Timetable is a tentative estimate, we will run ahead if possible. All races will be run in the order of Frosh/Soph, JV, and Varsity

6:00 Varsity 4 x 800
6:12 400 Meter Relay
6:25 3200 Run Varsity

6:35 110 High Hurdles

6:50 100 Meter Dash
7:00 800 Meter Run
7:16 800 Meter Relay
7:35 400 Meter Dash
7:55 300 Meter IM Hurdles

8:15 Dan Horyn Mile

8:22 1600 Meter Run

8:45 200 Meter Dash

9:00 1600 Meter Relay