Entry Info
2021 Roster Instructions (click here)
Coaches Verification Form (click here)
Pole Vault Certification Form (click here)
Important Dates – 2022 Relays
Sunday, April 3rd @ noon – online entry window open – http://www.baumspage.com/track/
Friday, April 15th @ noon – online entries close – no new entries accepted after this time
Friday, April 15th – online scratches and replacements ONLY by 9PM – enter at http://www.baumspage.com/track/
Saturday, April 16th – scratches only
Items needed to be received by the relays by April 16th
– Entry fee – $10 per athlete or $150 per team, sent to Mansfield City Schools Athletics
– Signed uniform and code of conduct verification form
– Pole vault certification form
Items may be sent to the following address:
Mr. Kevin Porter
Mansfield Senior High School
124 N Linden Rd
Mansfield, Ohio 44906
porter.kevin@mansfieldschools.org
NOTE: New this year – NO CONTESTANT WRISTBANDS
Event Info
In all interstate contests, each participating school shall follow the rules of the state association of which it is a member or rules, which have been approved by that state association for interstate competition. No school may violate its own state association rules.
All athletes participating in the meet must be certified eligible by their high school principals. Eligibility list of birth dates must accompany entry forms.
To compete in the Mehock Relays, all schools must observe the Ohio High School Athletic Association rules of competition. Entries are restricted to schools from Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Ontario Canada.
There is no classification
Teams will be assigned one coach’s wristband for every five athletes entered – maximum of three. Additional coaches may purchase general admission tickets for the day.
Team packets can be picked up beginning at 8:00am in the school lobby.
Each team is limited to entering two athletes per individual event and one team per relay event. A participant may compete in a maximum of four track and field events. The four events may be any combination of track and field events.
Mehock Field is a newly resurfaced synthetic track. It has ten, 42-inch lanes all around the track.
If spikes are worn they must be no longer than 1/4”-pyramid style. Starting blocks will be furnished. Stand up blocks are not furnished and must be furnished by the athlete, if used.
Contestants will be permitted to use their own implement. Implements must be approved by the weights and measures official prior to competition. Weights & Measures will be located in the large storage building at the west end of the track. The discus venue has been relocated outside the track near the parking lot.
No minimum standards
The first place boys’ and girls' team will be awarded a team trophy for their school. Team runner-up awards will also be presented. Commemorative Mansfield Mehock Relays medals will be awarded to the top 8 placers.
Cooperation of competing schools is of vital importance in the successful development of publicity for the Relays. Please send pictures and stories relating to your top athletes. We need individual records of your top competitors for pre-meet publicity. You may send all available information to Kevin Porter, Athletic Director, Mansfield Senior High School.
A final time schedule will be sent to you once the entry window has closed. The time schedule is provided to aid in athlete warm-up only. The Relays will operate on a rolling time schedule. Calls will be made before each event, but it is ultimately the responsibility of the athlete to be ready to compete when his/her event is staged.
Eight places will count and the scoring will be as follows: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1
Semi-final races will be contested in the 100m dash, 200m dash, 100m hurdles and 110m high hurdles. All other events will be run in sections against time (slowest to fastest). Heats will be formed based on entered times. There will be three preliminary attempts in the discus, shot put, and long jump. The top nine athletes from the preliminaries will be eligible for three additional attempts in the finals.
Athletes will pick up their hip number in the clerking area and be staged for their event by the clerks of course. Field event participants should report to their respective venues. Field event participants must report prior to the start of their flight.
The food concession area is located behind the bleachers. Sale of commemorative Mehock Relays shirts and other apparel are available in the merchandise trailer on the track complex.
Restroom facilities are available in the concession area. Athletes should come to the track dressed in track gear. Shower and locker space is not available.
Seating is very limited at Mehock Field is limited. Coaches and athletes will not be permitted in the bleachers on the front straightaway. There is ample green space for team tents. No spectators will be permitted on the infield.
Team camps are permitted in the green space around the track.
NFHS rules, as modified by the Ohio High School Athletic Association, will apply. Heats/Sections will be determined by Hy-Tek Meet Manager.
Coaches and athletes should enter through the west entrance (nearest parking lot).
Once running competition has started the track will be closed for warm-ups.
Athletes and coaches will not be permitted on the infield at any time. Exception: One coach per team entered in the high jump and shot put will be permitted in the coaching area while their athlete is competing.
Parking is available in the school parking lot and behind the school.