Meet Information
81st Annual Dale Kramer Relays
Orange High School // Pepper Pike
Friday, April 28, 2023 // 4:00 pm
On behalf of the Boys and Girls Varsity Track Teams and the Orange Athletic Department, thank you for joining us at the Dale Kramer Relays at Orange High School. We appreciate your involvement and hope you have an enjoyable experience.
The event will be held on Friday, April 28, 2023 at our stadium at Orange High School. The starting time is 4:00PM for the field events and 5:00PM for the running relays. Below is helpful information regarding the Dale Kramer Relays.
Schools will be contracted through Arbiter and athletes will be entered through MileSplit. Please make sure your school has received a contract if you are interested in attending this meet. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact:
Rachel Frutkin, Track & Field Head Coach
ENTRY PROCESS
The Entry Window opens on Monday, April 17, at 8:00 am and closes on Wednesday, April 26, at 9:00 pm. There is no scratch window online. Changes can be made at the meet but races will not be re-seeded.
FIELD EVENTS
Field relays begin at 4:00 pm. Field events will be 3-person relay teams. NO POLE VAULT THIS YEAR!
THROWS
Both the shot put and the discus events are located just East of our stadium behind the Pepper Pike Learning Center. We will be using a common pool wherein each teams throwers can use whatever implements are in the pool for both the shot put and discus relays. In the weight relays, we will begin with boys shot put and the girls discus.
HIGH JUMP / LONG JUMP INFORMATION
Starting height for boys high jump: 50 - 53 - 56 and 2 inches thereafter.
Starting height for girls high jump: 40 - 43 - 46 and 2 inches thereafter.
Starting high jump heights may be adjusted based on entries. We want everyone to have a decent chance to make the opening height but also want to finish the event in a timely manner.
We will use 2 long jump pits. They are located on the West side of our Stadium. The boys will jump towards the home stands (North) and the girls will jump towards the visiting stands (South). There will be 2 flights for long jump and we will have a 15-20 minute warm up period between flights.
We will be using 2 high jump pits. The boys will jump at the east end of our field (scoreboard side) and the girls will jump on the west end of the field (school side).
RUNNING EVENTS
Running events begin at 5:00 pm.
OPEN 1600M RUN
Teams may enter 2 participants in this event. Their timed performances will be combined and scored as a 2-person relay. We added this to help smaller teams who may have difficulty fielding a 4x1600 and to help larger teams get a few more kids involved in the meet.
ORDER OF EVENTS
(Girls run first)
4x1600m
Shuttle Hurdles
4x100m
4x800m
4x200m
Distance Medley (800-400-1200-1600)
Sprint Medley (100-100-200-400)
4x100m COED Weight Relay (participants do not need to be throwing in this meet but we ask that they are regular participants in the throws - this event will not be scored; Legs 1 and 2 must be run by girls, legs 3 and 4 must be run by boys.)
Open 1600m Run - 2 entries per team scored as a combined effort
4x400m
AWARDS
There will be a boys and girls trophy for first place and a runner-up trophy. Medals will be given to all contestants that finish in the top 3 places for each event, and ribbons will be awarded to finishers in places 4 through 6. Results will be posted and reported to local media as soon as possible following the event.
SCORING
Six places will be scored and points awarded in the following manner: 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1
SPIKES
We request inch spikes or less - thank you.
PACKET INFORMATION/ COACHES MEETING/ HOSPITALITY
Packets may be picked up at the finish line tent when you arrive. For coaches, volunteers and officials, we will have a hospitality area next to the cafeteria. There will be a brief coaches meeting prior to the meet at 3:40 pm in the cafeteria.
ADMISSION
Tickets can be purchased online up to 48 hours prior to the event at: https://ohslions.com/sample-page/tickets/.
CONCESSIONS/ RESTROOMS
Our concession stand is located on the West side of the home stands. Our Booster Club will have concessions available for purchase. Restrooms are located near the home stands but on the East side, opposite concessions.
TEAM CAMPS
Team camps are permitted in the Visitor stands area. Coaches, please remind your athletes they can warm up in the infield but discourage them from lingering during the meet.
ATHLETIC TRAINERS
Orange athletic trainers will be available throughout the event.
BUS PARKING
Please drop off student-athletes at the back gate, near the Visitor stands. Please park buses in the lot behind Orange High School (just off of Gail Allison Road).