AASCA Cross Country and Track & Field Booklet 2015

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CROSS COUNTRY & TRACK AND FIELD INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT

2015 HANDBOOK

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General Program Opening Ceremony Mission, Vision and Pledge Contacts: School personnel, airlines, hotels and ground transportation Embassies Tournament Schedule of Estadio Cementos Progreso (La Pedrera) and Finca Santiago 7. General Rules and Regulations 8. Maps and event sites route 9. Restaurants

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GENERAL PROGRAM AASCA Cross Country & Track and Field Colegio Maya –The American International School of Guatemala November, 18, 19, 20, and 21, 2015 Wednesday, November 18 05:00 pm - 05:30 pm 05:30 pm - 06:00 pm 05:30 pm - 07:00 pm 06:00 pm - 07:00 pm

Opening Ceremony at Colegio Maya - PAFA Auditorium Ice Breaker at Gym with STUCO students Technical meeting and Dinner in Lobby of PAFA (coaches) Dinner at Colegio Maya´s Cafeteria (students)

Thursday, November 19 07:40 am – 12:30 pm 01:00 pm – 02:00 pm 03:30 pm – 05:30 pm

Track and Field Tournament at Estadio Cementos Progreso (La Pedrera) Stop at Pradera Concepción for lunch Cross Country Tournament at Finca Santiago

Friday, November 20 07:30 am - 01:00 pm 01:00 pm – 04:00 pm

Track and Field Tournament at Estadio Cementos Progreso (La Pedrera) Optional Trip on your own to Cayalá, Antigua or Oakland Mall

Saturday, November 21 08:30 am - 12:00 pm 12:00 pm – 01:00 pm 01:00 pm – 02:00 pm

Cross Country Tournament at Finca Santiago Lunch provided by Colegio Maya at Finca Santiago Closing Ceremony at Finca Santiago

Sunday, November 22 Departure of delegations

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OPENING CEREMONY AASCA Cross Country &Track and Field Colegio Maya –The American International School of Guatemala November, 18, 19, 20, and 21, 2015 Wednesday, November 18 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm – Opening Ceremony at Colegio Maya - PAFA Auditorium Mr. Giuseppe Mendolia, MS-HS Principal, Master of Ceremonies Presentation of Participating Teams COSTA RICA Country Day School Lincoln School Marian Baker School EL SALVADOR American School of El Salvador HONDURAS Escuela Internacional Sanpedrana NICARAGUA American Nicaraguan School PANAMA International School of Panama GUATEMALA Colegio Americano de Guatemala Colegio Decroly Americano Colegio Interamericano Colegio Maya de Guatemala Anthems ● Central American Anthem (La Granadera) ● United States of America Anthem Miss Maria Bolaños, Female Team Captain - Welcome Mr. Dylan Falls Male Team Captain - Vision, Mission Statements and Pledge Mr. Juan Carlos Perez, Guest Speaker Closing remarks.

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VISION STATEMENT AASCA Will be a model Association that develops democratic leadership for today and tomorrow.

MISSION AASCA Provides opportunities for schools communities to participate in activities to develop their full potential, social responsibility, and global citizenship.

Pledge I pledge to participate in the AASCA Cross Country & Track and Field Tournament with honor, with dignity, and with honesty. I will respect and follow the rules and regulations established by AASCA and display a true spirit of sportsmanship and fair play.

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CONTACTS SCHOOL PERSONNEL CELL PHONE NUMBERS Mr. Steven Hupp General Director Mr. Giuseppe Mendolia MS-HS Principal Mrs. Jennifer K. de Contreras Business Manager Mr. Marvin Franco Athletic Director Mrs. Anaité de Cruz BM´s Assistant Mrs. Claudia de Estrada Logistics Assistant Mrs. Cecilia Castillo Director´s Assistant Dr. Luis Pedro Beteta School Doctor SOS Emergency

(502) 4770-6795 (502) 5978-4427 (502) 5978-4426 (502) 5865-0410 (502) 5865-0441 (502) 5984-8780 (502) 5555-3638 (502) 3008-6631 (502) 2219-3232

AIRLINES Avianca-Taca Copa

2279-8222, 2470-8222 2385-5500

HOTELS Biltmore Camino Real Holiday Inn Radisson Vista Real

Jackelyne Zetina (502) 5411 0187 Jackelyne Zetina (502) 5411 0187 Madeline López (502) 2421 0003 Victoria Barbosa Rebeca De León (502) 2421 5151 Michelle Ortiz (502) 5752-4104

(502) 2410 5041 (502) 2410 5041 (502) 4013 3919 (502) 2427-0000

GROUND TRANSPORTATION Lou & Lou Enjoy Adventures Nedicorsa

Paola Lou Kendry Catu Marco A. Arias

(502) 5966 5408 (502) 2300 8500 (502) 2269 4979

(502) 5962 7362 (502) 243907732 (502) 4012 2791

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EMBASSIES IN GUATEMALA COSTA RICA EMBASSY:

5ta. Avenida 9-33 Zona 14, Guatemala City.

Telephone: (502) 2337-4450

EL SALVADOR EMBASSY: Avenida Las Américas 16-46 Zona 13, Guatemala City Telephone: (502) 2245-7272 GUATEMALA – MINISTRY OF FOREING AFFAIRS: 2ª. Avenida 4-17 Zona 10, Guatemala City Telephone: (502) 2410-0000 HONDURAS EMBASSY:

19 Avenida “A” 20-19 Zona 10, Guatemala City Telephone: (502) 23635622

NICARAGUAN EMBASSY:

13 Ave. 14-54, Zona 10, Oakland, Guatemala City Telephone: (502) 2368-2284

PANAMA EMBASSY:

12 Calle 2-65, Zona 14, Guatemala City Telephone: (502)-2366-3336

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TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE ESTADIO CEMENTOS PROGRESO (LA PEDRERA) AND FINCA SANTIAGO

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GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS GENERAL INFORMATION The AASCA Cross Country and Track and Field Events will be governed by the rules in the AASCA Events Manual and the IAAF Competition Rules.

4.2. Coaches/Advisor Informative Meeting The night before the event, an orientation meeting will take place. This meeting will be presided by the host school’s coordinator of the event (i.e. Athletic Director for sports activities). It is required that the host school’s administrator in charge, coaches, referees, readers, etc. attend this meeting. The purpose is to clearly inform the rules, schedules, procedures, transportation, and to answer any questions that might arise in relation to the event. During this meeting no changes will be made to the organization and/or rules of the event. It is recommended that this meeting take place simultaneously with the student ice breaker activity.

Schedule of Events EVENTS TRACK & FIELD DAY 1 100 m.

800 m.

3000 m.

Shot Put High jump 4X400 m. Relay DAY 2 200 m.

400 m.

1500 m.

Discus Throw Javelin Throw Long Jump 4X100 m. Relay DAY 3

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CROSS COUNTRY

4X1K Relay Team

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3K women’s individual 4K men’s individual 4X1K Baton Relay 6X1K Coed Relay

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REGULATIONS 1. Regulated by the bylaws of AASCA and IAAF. 2. Number of athletes • TRACK & FIELD: minimum of 5 and maximum of 15 runners for each gender.

• CROSS COUNTRY: minimum of 5 and maximum of 7 runners for each gender.

EVENTS TRACK & FIELD 1. Each athlete is allowed to participate in 5 events (Cross Country or Track), and 2 relays.

2. A maximum of 4 athletes (per event) will be allowed per school.

3. All the winners will receive an award during the closing ceremony.

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• Long jump and throwing: less than 8 participants, 5 turns, taking the best of them, more than 8 participants, 3 throws for classification (taking the best of them) and 2 throws for the final.

• High Jump: starts with 1.20 meters for women, 1:30 meters for men, thereafter the bar goes up every 3 cm, having 3 jumps by height.

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CROSS COUNTRY

To be able to participate in the relay race, athletes must compete in the individual race.

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4K men’s race. / 3K women’s race.

Relay team: 4X1K Mixed Relay: 6X1K Baton Relay: 4X1K Each school is allowed to participate in the relay with 2 adults (coaches or parents), and 2 students (under 15 years), to demonstrate the AASCA spirit.

SCORING Track & Field •

Final Score: In each event, schools will score points, and be awarded individually. The first three places in Track and Field , and the first three places in Cross Country will receive the following scores:

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First Place 7 points Second Place 5 points Third Place 4 points Fourth Place 3 points Fifth Place 2 points Sixth Place 1 point

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At the end the team that has the most points will be the champions of AASCA 2015.

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SCORING CROSS COUNTRY •

Scoring: The place earned by each participant equals the points earned by the runner. The first five finishers of each team are scored to get the final team score.

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The team with the lowest score is the winner, including results from the individual race, 4X1K relays (boys & girls), and coed relay (6X1K).

AWARD CEREMONY • •

Certificate for each participant: (athletes, coaches, staff, chaperones, and delegates).

Banners and Medals: First three places by team for Track and Field & Cross Country.

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“ALL STAR TEAM” Medal for the first 20% of runners in the Individual Cross Country Race.

Medals for the first three places of each division: Gold 20%, Silver 21% to 60 % and Bronze 61% to 100%.

Medals for the Relay Race: For all the participants on the relay teams who come in the first three places.

Medals for the first three places of each event in Track and Field (In the event of a tie, both participants will be awarded).

Medal for the most valuable runner (male and female) of each team.

Sportsmanship Trophy and Medal: male and female, chosen in consultation with officials and field delegates.

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PROTESTS 1.10.2. Disciplinary and Appeals Committee ● Made up by the High School Principal or the Host School Administrator in Charge and two Administrators in Charge from other participating schools ● They will meet only and exclusively upon receiving a game protest form (available on the AASCA webpage) or to review any disciplinary problems that have occurred within or outside the court/field/etc. ● The representatives of the schools involved in any of the issues will not participate in the resolution. ● The recollection of the coaches and the referees will be asked and taken into consideration as necessary. ● All resolutions made by this committee are accepted as final.

1.10.5. Protests. The protest form will only be filled in case of a misinterpretation of the sports rule or if there is a variation in the AASCA protocol. Step 1: The coach must ask his Athletic Director or Administrator in Charge to notify one of the referees that the game will be played under protest. Step 2: The protest form (available on the AASCA webpage) must be completed and handed to the host school administrator or representative no later than two hours after the game is over

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IAAF RULES AND REGULATIONS Considerations for both Cross Country & Track and Field 5.3. Runners roster before the beginning of a race, the first referee or the appropriate delegate will receive the runner’s roster. In addition to the runner’s names and the numbers assigned by the host school, the roster must have the names of the coach, the assistant coach and the attending administrator.

General Rules (IAAF) RULE 144 Assistance to Athletes Medical Examination and Assistance 1. (a) Medical examination / treatment and/or physiotherapy may be provided either on the competition area itself by the official medical staff. (b) An athlete shall retire at once from an event if ordered to do so by the Medical Delegate.

2. Any athlete giving or receiving assistance from within the competition area during an event shall be warned by the Referee and advised that, if there is any repetition, he will be disqualified from that event. If an athlete is subsequently disqualified from the event, any performance accomplished up to that time in the same round of that event shall not be considered valid. However, performances accomplished in a previous round of that event shall be considered valid. Note: In cases under Rule 144.3(a), disqualification may be made without warning.

3. For the purpose of this Rule, the following examples shall be considered assistance, and are therefore not allowed: (a) Pacing in races by persons not participating in the same race, by athletes lapped or about to be lapped or by any kind of technical device (other than those permitted under Rule 144.4(d)). (b) Possession or use of video recorders, radios, CD, radio transmitters, mobile phone or similar devices in the competition area. (c) Except for shoes complying with Rule 143, the use of any technology or appliance that provides the user with an advantage which he would not have obtained using the equipment specified in, or permitted by, the Rules. (d) The use of any mechanical aid, unless the athlete can establish on the balance of probabilities that the use of an aid would not provide him with an overall competitive advantage over an athlete not using such aid. (e) Provision of advice or other support by any official of the competition not related to or required by his specific role in the competition at the time (e.g., coaching advice, indication of the take-off point in a jumping event except to indicate a failure in horizontal jumps, time or distance gaps in a race etc.).

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TRACK AND FIELD IAAF REGULATIONS False Start 6. An athlete, after assuming a full and final starting position, shall not commence his start until after receiving the report of the gun. If, in the judgment of the Starter or Recallers, he does so any earlier, it shall be deemed a false start 7. Except in Combined events, any athlete responsible for a false start shall be disqualified by the Starter Obstruction 2. If an athlete is jostled or obstructed during an event so as to impede his progress, then: (a) if the jostling or obstruction is considered unintentional or is caused otherwise than by an athlete, the Referee may, if he is of the opinion that an athlete (or his team) was seriously affected, order that the race be re-held or allow the affected athlete (or team) to compete in a subsequent round of the event; (b) if another athlete is found by the Referee to be responsible for the jostling or obstruction, such athlete (or his team) shall be liable to disqualification from that event. the Referee may, if he is of the opinion that an athlete (or his team) was seriously affected, order that the race be re-held excluding any disqualified athlete (or team) or allow any affected athlete (or team) (other than any disqualified athlete or team) to compete in a subsequent round of the event.

Lane Infringement 3. (a) In all races run in lanes, each athlete shall keep within his allocated lane from start to finish. This shall also apply to any portion of a race run in lanes. (b) in all races (or any part of races) not run in lanes, an athlete running on a bend, on the outer half of the track as per Rule 162.10, or on any curved part of the diversion from the track for the steeplechase water jump, shall not step or run on or inside the kerb or line marking the applicable border (the inside of the track, the outer half of the track, or any curved part of the diversion from the track for the steeplechase water jump). Except as stated in Rule 163.4, if the Referee is satisfied, on the report of a Judge or umpire or otherwise, that an athlete has infringed this Rule, he shall be disqualified.

RULE 164 The Finish 1. The finish of a race shall be denoted by a white line 50mm wide. 2. The athletes shall be placed in the order in which any part of their bodies (i.e. torso, as distinguished from the head, neck, arms, legs, hands or feet) reaches the vertical plane of the nearer edge of the finish line as defined above.

Relays events Each takeover zone shall be 20m long of which the scratch line is the centre.

Athletes are not permitted to wear gloves or to place material or substances on their hands in order to obtain a better grip of the baton.

If dropped, the baton shall be recovered by the athlete who dropped it. He may leave his lane to retrieve it provided that, by doing so, he does not lessen the distance to be covered. In addition, where the baton is dropped in such a way that it moves sideways or forward in the direction of running (including beyond the finish line), the athlete who dropped it, after retrieving it, must return at least to the point where it was last in his hand, before continuing in the race.

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The baton shall be passed within the takeover zone. The passing of the baton commences when it is first touched by the receiving athlete and is completed the moment it is in the hand of only the receiving athlete. In relation to the takeover zone, it is only the position of the baton which is decisive. Passing of the baton outside the takeover zone shall result in disqualification.

Athletes, before receiving and/or after handing over the baton, should keep in their lanes or maintain position until the course is clear to avoid obstruction to other athletes.

FIELD EVENTS Practice Trials at the Competition Area 1. At the competition area and before the beginning of the event, each athlete may have practice trials.

In the case of throwing events, the practice trials will be in draw order and always under the supervision of the Judges.

2. Once a competition has begun, athletes are not permitted to use, for practice purposes, as appropriate, (a) the runway or take-off area; (b) vaulting poles; (c) implements; (d) the circles or the ground within the sector with or without implements.

Competition 1. An athlete shall take off from one foot.

2. An athlete fails if: (a) After the jump, the bar does not remain on the supports because of the action of the athlete whilst jumping; or (b) He touches the ground including the landing area beyond the vertical plane through the nearer edge of the crossbar, either between or outside the uprights with any part of his body, without first clearing the bar. However, if when he jumps, an athlete touches the landing area with his foot and in the opinion of the Judge, no advantage is gained, the jump for that reason should not be considered a failure (c) He touches the crossbar or the vertical section of the uprights when running up without jumping.

Placings 8. If two or more athletes clear the same final height, the procedure to decide the places will be the following: (a) the athlete with the lowest number of jumps at the height last cleared shall be awarded the higher place. (b) if the athletes are equal following the application of Rule 181.8(a), the athlete with the lowest total of failures throughout the competition up to and including the height last cleared, shall be awarded the higher place. (c) if the athletes are still equal following the application of Rule 181.8(b), the athletes concerned shall be awarded the same place unless it concerns the first place. (d) if it concerns the first place, a jump-off between these athletes shall be conducted in accordance with Rule 181.9

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Long Jump 1. An athlete fails if: (a) he while taking off, touches the ground beyond the take-off line with any part of his body, whether running up without jumping or in the act of jumping; or (b) he takes off from outside either end of the board, whether beyond or before the extension of the take-off line; or (c) he employs any form of somersaulting whilst running up or in the act of jumping; or (d) after taking off, but before his first contact with the landing area, he touches the runway or the ground outside the runway or outside the landing area; or (e) in the course of landing, he touches the border of, or the ground outside, the landing area closer to the take-off line than the nearest break made in the sand; or (f) he leaves the landing area in any manner other than that described in Rule 185.2.

Throwing Events (Field) Assistance 4. The following shall be considered assistance and are therefore not allowed: (a) the taping of two or more fingers together. If taping is used on the hands and fingers, it may be continuous provided that as a result no two or more fingers are taped together in such a way that the fingers cannot move individually. The taping should be shown to the Chief Judge before the event starts. (b) The use of any device of any kind, including weights attached to the body, which in any way provides assistance when making a trial. (c) The use of gloves except in the Hammer throw. (d) The spraying or spreading by an athlete of any substance in the circle or on his shoes nor the roughening of the surface of the circle.

Simultaneous Entries If an athlete is entered in both a track event and a Field event, or in more than one Field event taking place simultaneously, the appropriate Referee may, for one round of trials at a time allow an athlete to take his/her trial in an order different from that decided upon.

Cross Country IAAF Rules Drinking / Sponging and Refreshment Stations 7. Water and other suitable refreshments shall be available at the start and finish of all races. For all events, a drinking / sponging station shall be provided every lap, if weather conditions warrant such provision.

Race Conduct 7. If the Referee is satisfied on the report of a Judge or umpire or otherwise that an athlete has left the marked course thereby shortening the distance to be covered, he shall be disqualified.

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EVENT SITES Estadio Cementos Progreso (La Pedrera) 15 Avenida 28-00, Zona 6, Guatemala City

Finca Santiago (Campo Ecol贸gico de Pinula) 25.5 Ruta Nacional 18, San Jos茅 Pinula, Guatemala

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EVENT SITES ROUTE

Hotels

Pradera Concepcion

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RESTAURANTS FOR THURSDAY LUNCH

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RESTAURANTS FOR DINNER

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