Meet Information
Your teams are cordially invited to participate in the 7th Annual Running of the Ron Jenkins Invitational. This is a terrific chance for your athletes to run on the historic grounds of Soldiers Home. The course provides an excellent opportunity for your teams to further prepare themselves for their upcoming championships.
Schedule
- 10:00 am to 11:30 pm: Teams arrive to familiarize themselves with the course
- 11:30am- Coaches Meeting
- 12:00 Elementary Boys race
- 12:40 Elementary Girls
- 1:15 Middle Boys
- 1:45 Middle Girls
- 2:15 HS Girls
- 3:00 HS Boys
Course
The course winds through the grounds of AFRH. The terrain is moderately hilly with paths and grass.
Distances: Elem. 3.2 km; MS 4.1 km; HS 5.0 km. (Elem & MS distances subject to change.)
Entry Procedure
Entry for this event is free, courtesy of the athletic departments of Woodrow Wilson HS and Alice Deal MS. Meet registration is to be done on dc.milesplit.com .
The deadline to register is Monday, September 23, 2019 at 8:00pm. There is no limit to the number of runners a team may enter.
Timing
All events will be scored using chip timing. Please allow plenty of time to pick up numbers (with chips) and
pin them on the athletes.
Parking
Please follow the directions of the parking volunteers! They are there to assist and facilitate a smooth parking experience for everyone.
Directions
The AFRH is located at Rock Creek Church Rd. & Upshur St., N.W. Washington DC 20011. Please enter through the Randolph St. entrance which is also located off of Rock Creek Church Rd. just south of the Upshur St. entrance.
Contact Information
Ron Jenkins 240-463-6926
Ronjinx99@verizon.net
Or
Shanice Abrams
Shanice.abrams@k12.dc.gov
All athletes MUST be deemed eligible by the DCIAA to compete in any athletic competition. The DCIAA will adhere to NFHS Track & Field, USATF, and modified DCIAA rules, which are located in our DCIAA Handbook. As the LEA, the DCIAA is allowed to making changes to the NFHS and USATF rules. Please note that rule modifications can be made at any point during the season depending upon the safety of the coach, spectators, and athletes, this includes modifications to handbook procedures.
Uniform Rule:
Alluniform rules shall be in accordance with the NFHS, USATF, and DCIAA standards. Each competitors uniform shall meet all requirements and restrictions as presented in rules 4-3-1 and 4-3-2 of the NFHS rulebook.
The competitors uniform shall be issued by the school, worn as intended by the manufacturer, and have the following restrictions:
- The uniform must be of a material and design deemed not to
be objectionable or offensive by the athletics department of the issuing
institution - Each competitor shall wear a uniform bearing the school name and colors
- Any visible garment underneath the uniform top and/or bottom must be a single and solid color. If more than one visible garment is worn underneath, it must be the same color.
- The waistband of the competitor's uniform shall be worn above the hips.
- Jewelry is forbidden while an athlete is in competing in an event.
Disqualification Conduct
Competitors are not allowed to receive any assistance while competing in an event. This assistance includes, but not limited to:
- Pacing by a teammate not in the race or persons not participating in the event (i.e running along side a competitor)
- Competitors joining hands with eachother during a race
- Coaching a competitor from a restricted area
- Using an aid during the race or trial. Aide is defined specifically as heart rate monitor, gps, pacing through a pulse or a beep and other such functions.
- And all other assistance that is defined by the LEA. Please communicate with the Meet director to receive more examples.
- Any violation of the above-mentioned assistance will result in disqualification. It is the coaches responsibility to ensure the above-mentioned disqualification conduct does not occur.
All DCIAA employees shall not indulge in conduct which would incite players or spectators against the officials and/or DCIAA staff. Public criticism of coordinators, officials or players is unethical.
All Competitors and/or coaches who conduct themselves in an unsporting manner, who are offensive by action or language, or who are found to be in violation of honest effort, shall be warned and/or have their team disqualified by the referee from the event and from the remainder of the meet.