State Meet

[coachlj65]

The Spring Fling for the next 3 years will be held in Murfreesboro. That should help the east and west tenn teams in their travel time and expenses.

Edited June 8, 2005 by coachlj65

[mtnman]

where will the meet be held? I don't think anyone has the facilities needed to host the meet. I believe MTSU has a nice track but no stands. (I have never seen it)

 

The stands at Briarcrest school in memphis were pretty packed during the running events.

 

It is nice to have it in the middle of the state IF there is somewhere that will be able to handle the crowd and a state calibur meet.

[kenwoodrun]

where will the meet be held? I don't think anyone has the facilities needed to host the meet.  I believe MTSU has a nice track but no stands. (I have never seen it)

 

The stands at Briarcrest school in memphis were pretty packed during the running events.

 

It is nice to have it in the middle of the state IF there is somewhere that will be able to handle the crowd and a state calibur meet.

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Given a year, MTSU could figure out how to make it happen if they wanted to. I mean, Vandy just pulled off the SEC Championships in a venue that should have been WAY too small to pull that off. Vandy had to get creative, and Middle might have to get equally creative. I'm sure whoever put the bid together for Murfreesboro has at least considered this to some extent.

[AEtheridge]

This was in today's Tennessean:

 

The TSSAA is considering a proposal that would double the size of the Class AAA track meet, sending 16 qualifiers to state in each event instead of eight. It will be discussed at administrators’ and regional meetings before the board revisits it for a possible vote in November. If approved, the new format could be implemented as early as next year.

 

 

Looks as if they are really taking the track proposal seriously.

 

Now I want to know about our 5K proposal!!

 

AE

[CherokeeChief]

5K fails in the vote. The reason given was that no athlete could run road 5K's during the season if they did it. Just wondering, what about invitational cross courses that are 5K? Has the TSSAA even thought of that? I know UTC's is 5K as is Great American and many other out of state events that we all attend.

[kenwoodrun]

Some more info about MTSU's facility:

 

http://goblueraiders.com/?go=Story&doc=170

 

 

And I don't even want to talk about the 5k thing right now, I'll get upset again. And what about Chief's question? At least half our schedule is 5k races because of our proximity to Kentucky.