Coaches,

This is an exciting reminder that our first meets of the spring are almost upon us!

THIS WEEK’S MEETS: All entries are due on Athletic.net BEFORE the deadline. Reminder that there are NO LATE ENTRIES for any MSTCA meet this spring.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT A SPECIFIC MEET, REVIEW THE FORMAT DOCUMENT AND/OR CONTACT THE MEET DIRECTOR. CONTACT INFO FOR THIS WEEK'S MEETS IS LISTED BELOW. PLEASE GO TO THE MSTCA WEBSITE CALENDAR TO FIND THE FORMAT DOCUMENTS.

• Thursday 4/23: MSTCA Warrior Invitational at Foxboro HS: Entry deadline on athletic.net is TONIGHT Monday 4/20 at 8:00 PM MEET DIRECTOR: John Monz monz.john@gmail.com
• Friday 4/24: MSTCA Bill Kane Invitational at Holyoke HS: Entry deadline on athletic.net is Tuesday 4/21 at 8:00 PMMEET DIRECTOR: Bill Kane kaner5000@comcast.net
• Friday 4/24: MSTCA Invacational at No. Andover HS: Entry deadline on athletic.net is Tuesday 4/21 at 8:00 PMMEET DIRECTOR: Jason Guarente guarentej@nak12.com

1. ADMISSION: There is a spectator admission fee for the Warrior and Kane Invitationals. Tickets can be purchased online at any time on the GO FAN WEBSITE. In either case, spectators should just search 'MSTCA' for a list of our meets. Online tickets are $8 for Adults and $4 for Seniors and Students. For anyone who does not wish to purchase tickets online, we will also offer ticket sales at the gate, but they will be $10 per person. We will accept cash, credit, and Venmo (@MSTCA) at the gate.
2. FUTURE DEADLINES: All entries are due on Athletic.net BEFORE the deadline. Reminder that there are NO LATE ENTRIES for any MSTCA meet this spring

• MSTCA RELAY MEET B TEAMS: Prior to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday April 21st, a coach may request only to the Meet Director to enter an excellent 'B' team in a field event, the 4 x 1600 Meter Relay, or the Distance Medley Relay. The Meet Director will require a list of the names and estimated performances of each member of both the 'A' and 'B' teams from this GOOGLE FORM before deciding whether or not to approve the 'B' team.
• NOTE: Entries for our Frosh-Soph and Coaches Invitational Meets must come from verified Athletic.net performances from any outdoor (or, if applicable, indoor) season
• A guide to uploading results on athletic.net is located HERE, or coaches can add a dual meet to their schedule on ANet, and simply hand enter the results they wish to enter
• NOTE: ANet will convert all hand entered times either .24 seconds (110/100m HH, 100m, 200m) or .14 seconds (all other running events), but these will still be within our standards

1. Outdoor Meet expectations: Please help us make our spring meets better by communicating with your kids to stay out of the infield, except in designated warm up or clerking areas. This is a safety measure we will be implementing all season long. Further, we will have no ball playing, frisbee throwing, etc… Please ask your teams to leave the balls home. We will warn your team on the first offense, and then DQ the entire team on a subsequent infraction. Also, we have had some incidents in the past of officials and meet directors being shown disrespect from athletes. Please communicate to your athletes to be respectful of those running our meets, and to find a coach if they have an issue with any of us.
2. Check out our updated MSTCA MEET RECORDS… No doubt plenty more of these will fall this coming season!
3. FORMS: Finally, if you are planning to attend any of our meets this spring, please remember to send in your signed SINGLE WAIVER, SINGLE PAYMENT, and EMERGENCY CONTACT forms as soon as possible.

Looking forward to seeing you this week at our early invites…no better way than to spend your school vacation on the track!

Mike Miller: MSTCA Director of Meet Operations- Outdoor Track and Field

Joe Rich: MSTCA Asst. Director of Meet Operations- Outdoor Track and Field