Help... Not Basketball Related

Just Curious

I've been nominated to act as a starter for a HS track meet tomorrow. I've been to plenty of track meets but never really paid any attention to the starters....
I need a crash course in the duties, responsibilities, and everything else I might need/want to know to act in the capacity of a Starter... Can anyone help out???
Many Thanks!

BBarnaky

Go to the track forum for this!! And whatever you do don't shoot anybody with the starting gun!!

Just Curious

Originally posted by BBarnaky
Go to the track forum for this!! And whatever you do don't shoot anybody with the starting gun!!

Well I made it through the Track Meet today... Everyone was a little surprised at how quickly we were done. A couple of people there said that the meets take a minimum of 3 hrs. to complete and I was out of there in 2...
I was surprised by the fact that they made the kids run all the events... Events like the 1600 & 3200 take too long to run so when I called the kids onto the track for these events, I simply asked them who they thought was going to win the race and finish 2nd and 3rd... When they told me, I declared these kids the winners and we went on to the next event! Alot faster! 🙂
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Mark Dexter

Originally posted by Just Curious
I simply asked them who they thought was going to win the race and finish 2nd and 3rd... When they told me, I declared these kids the winners and we went on to the next event! Alot faster! 🙂
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If we could only get the NCAA Selection Committee to do this - March Madness would be one weekend in April!

Only downside - not as many officials would be working an NCAA tourney game 🙁.

Mark Padgett

Originally posted by Just Curious
Everyone was a little surprised at how quickly we were done. A couple of people there said that the meets take a minimum of 3 hrs. to complete and I was out of there in 2...

Must have been running clock. 😀

DrakeM

Now THAT'S common sense officiating!😃