By- Laws of the CHSGAA Track Intersectionals

Article I: Membership

All schools meeting the membership requirements of the constitution and have paid a $75 dues for the previous year will be active members. Dues will be collected on each season’s intersectional entry($25). The dues will be used for the Chairman's salary ($600) and normal operational expenses.

Article II: Duties of Officers

The chairman shall run the normal track program for the league. He shall arrange all three Championship meets, conduct all-star balloting, arrange clinics, and inform all member schools of important news and events. The Games Committee shall serve as the legal body in charge of all Championship meets. The Sectional Representative shall be in charge of each section and are responsible for running the Sectional Championships.

Article III: Eligibility

A girl who competes for a member school must meet the following eligibility requirements:

1) She may not receive an athletic scholarship from her school;

2) She may not receive money for participation in sports except under

TAC rules;

3) The school must have a medical form and a parental permission form for every girl on the team;

4) Each team must have at least 15 team days of practice and each girl 13 team days of practice before she may compete in her first competition in a season.

5) A girl may not have reached her 19th birthday before Sept. 1st of the present scholastic year.

Article IV: Rules

National Federation of State High School Associations rules will be used in all meets with the following exceptions:

1) Point scoring in Indoor/Outdoor meets will be 6-4-3-2-1.

2) The height of the 55m and 100m hurdles will be 33".

3) The order of events shall be as close to the order of the NYSPHSAA Championship as possible.

4) All State Meet scoring events will score in the Intersectional

Championship except: Pole Vault and the pentathlon(outdoor). Javelin (outdoor) shall be a scoring event. Other non- scoring events shall be: sophomore 1600m relay, Freshman sprint medley relay.

5) The Indoor shot shall have a hard shell.

6) Opening height in the high jump shall be: 4'2" for the Indoor

Championship and 4'4" for the Outdoor Championship.

7) Advancing in the 100m and 55m will be by place while in the 55m hurdles and 100m hurdles it will be by time.

8) Places of incomplete teams in Cross-country will be retained with no retabulation of scores.

Article V: Miscellaneous

Rules:

1) Once a change has been voted in, it will remain in effect for three years.

2) A change will go into effect during the season following the subsequent one.

Article VI: Cross-country

1) The section shall conduct a Cross-country Championship which shall be the qualifying meet for the New York State Federation Championship. This meet should be held in conjunction with the boys CHSAA Championship.

2) There shall be four separate races in the championship: Varsity, Junior Varsity, Sophomore, and Freshmen. The Varsity race shall run before the Junior Varsity race.

3) In cross-country competition, a Varsity team must start the seven best runners representing the school in the sport. Any school violating the spirit of the rule in relation to running its best seven runners in varsity will forfeit all prizes won in such races where the violations took place. They shall also forfeit their point score and place standings in such races. A school may enter only one team of seven runners in the Varsity Championship race. The comments of this paragraph will be enforced by the Games Committee.

4) Concerning the medals and trophies in a tie situation: The team having the lower scoring 6th place individual shall be awarded the team medals and trophy.

5) The varsity course shall not exceed 5000 meters. The Freshman course shall not exceed 3000 meters.

6) Cross-country season may not begin before August 22nd and may not run for more than 15 consecutive weeks. A girl must have 60 hours between races.

7) The scoring in JV, Sophomore and Freshman races shall be the same as the Varsity scoring. The first seven runners to finish constitute a school's first team. Only one team per school will be scored.

8) Medals and trophies:

In the Varsity race there will be three team plaques and five sets of team medals. In the junior varsity and sophomore races there shall be

plaques and seven team medals to the first three teams. In the freshmen race there shall be three team plaques and four sets of team medals.

In the varsity race there shall be 35 individual medals, in the sophomore and junior varsity races there will be 25 individual medals, and in the freshmen race there will be 40 individual medals.

Article VII: Indoor and Outdoor Seasons

1) The section will sponsor a Championship Track and Field meet during both the Indoor and Outdoor seasons which shall be the qualifying meet for the NYSPHSAA Championship.

2) A competitor may be in any 2 field events and 1 running events or any 2 running events and 1 field event in the championship meet. Non-scoring events apply to this rule. Outside the Championship meet the maximum number of events shall be four.

3) Medals shall be awarded to five places in individual events, five places in the varsity relays and three in the non-scoring relays. There shall be three team plaques. There shall also be two outstanding athlete awards selected by the games committee: one for running events and one for field events.

4) The games committee shall be the jury of appeals.

5) A tie for any place in the team scoring shall be dissolved by the highest number of first, seconds, thirds, etc. If still undecided, a flip of the coin will decide the trophies except for first place.

6) Indoor season may not begin before October 22 nor run more than 22 weeks. Outdoor season may not begin before March 4th nor run more than 15 weeks.

7) A girl is permitted a maximum of three meets per calendar week and no more than 1 meet per day. She may not compete on 3 consecutive days and must have 24 hours between meets.

8) The maximum school entry fee per Championship Meet shall be $200.

9) The order of events shall resemble the state order where possible.

10) Events contested:

Indoor- 55m, 55m hurdles, 300m, 600m, 1000m, 1500m, 3000m, 800m relay, 1600m relay, 3200m relay, Long Jump, Triple Jump, Shot Put, High Jump: non-scoring events- Soph 1600m Relay, Frosh SMR, Pole Vault.

Outdoor- 100m, 100m Hurdles, 200m, 400m, 400m Hurdles, 800m, 1500m, 3000m, Long Jump, Triple Jump, Shot Put, Discus, Javelin, High Jump: non-scoring events- Soph 1600m Relay, Frosh SMR, Pole Vault.

11) The league shall host a Freshmen Intersectional Championship during the outdoor season. The individual events shall be consistent with the varsity meet and the only relay held will be the 1600m Relay. Scoring and event rule shall be consistent with the varsity meet. Medals will be awarded top five individually and to the top three relays. In addition the top three teams will receive small CHSAA plaques. Scoring 6-4-3-2-1.

12) The league shall also host a Sophomore Intersectional Championship in conjunction with the Freshmen outdoor Intersectional.

Proposals:

86-87

Accepted: The walk will be dropped if and when it is dropped from the State Meet.

87-88

Accepted: Reduce the number of state Qualifiers for X-C from six teams to 5

Accepted: Reduce the number of individuals that qualify for states to the first 15 individuals who are not a member of a school that qualifies as a team.

Accepted: Have an outstanding athlete award for field events as well as an outstanding athlete for running events. Presently there is only one award.

88-89

Accepted: Once a change is voted in it will be in effect for a period of three years.

Accepted: The opening height for the indoor HJ will be lowered to 4'2", and the outdoor HJ will be lowered to 4'4".

Rejected: Change the scoring to 10-8-6-4-2-1.

Accepted: Advancing in the 55m dash and 100m dash will be by place.

Rejected: Advancing in the 55m hurdles and 100m hurdles will be by place.

Accepted: Each coach will submit a team roster will their entry.

Accepted: Any proposal that goes into effect after a vote, that proposal is to go into effect is the season following the subsequent season (to go into effect 1-1- 89)

Accepted: Change in constitution. Add to Article VI Meetings:

6) Proposals can only be made at this meeting.

89-90

Accepted: In the XC Championship the Varsity will run before the JV

Accepted: The JV and Sophomore races awards will be 3 sets of medals and plaques.

Accepted: For varsity relays the medals will be 5 deep, during indoor and outdoor.

Accepted: The number of events an athlete can compete in during the championship will be limited to two running and one field or two field events and one running.

Accepted: The walk shall be eliminated from the outdoor championship.

Rejected: If previous proposal is accepted, then instead of eliminated the walk put it as the last event.

90-91

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91-92

NO PROPOSALS

92-93

Accepted: Medals in the XC races will be 25 individuals

Accepted: Do away with the need to submit a roster will the intersectional entries.

93-94

Accepted: Increase the XC varsity team awards to five sets of team medals

Accepted: Increase the Frosh XC team awards to four sets of team medals.

94-95

NO PROPOSALS

95-96

Accepted: Increase the number of individual medals in the Varsity Cross Country Championship to 35.

Accepted: Increase the number of individual medals in the Freshman Cross-country Championship to 35.

Accepted: A school can only score one team in all cross-country Intersectional Championship races.

96-97

No vote taken

97-98

Accepted: Increase the stipend for chairperson to $600 a year.

Accepted: Increase dues to $25 a season from $50 a year.

Accepted: The league should hold an Outdoor Freshman Intersectional Championship.

General Details: Individual events of Varsity meet, 1600m relay. Same

event rule as varsity. Five individual medals, three in relays, and three

Small CHSAA team plaques. Scoring to be 6-4-3-2-1.

98-99

Accepted: Eliminate the 1500m Walk from the Indoor Intersectional Championship.

Rejected: Add a pole vault to the Indoor Intersectional Championship.

Rejected: Add a pole vault to the Outdoor Intersectional Championship.

Accepted: To increase the awards in the JV Championship (XC) from 20 to 25 individual medals.

Accepted: To increase the awards in the Freshmen Championship race from 35 to 40 individual medals.

99-00

Accepted: Add the Varsity Pole Vault to the Indoor Intersectional Championships as a non-scoring but state advancing event. Awards to be the same as other varsity individual events.

Accepted: Add the Varsity Pole Vault to the Outdoor Intersectinal Championships as a non-scoring but state advancing event. Awards to be the same as other varsity individual events. This event is not to be added to the Freshmen (sophomore pending vote) Championships.

Accepted: The league should host an Outdoor Sophomore Intersectional Championship. General Details: Individual events of varsity meet, 1600m relay. Same event rule as varsity. Five individual medals, three in relays and 3 small CHSAA team plaques. Scoring to be 6-4-3-2-1.