Athletic meet cancelled

(CNS):  UPDATED: Officials from the Cayman Islands Athletics Association said the planned weekend meet has been rescheduled due to circumstances beyond the CIAA's control and details of the new dates will be released shortly. In the meantime, the upcoming CUC meet will be used as a CARIFTA qualifier.
Young athletes from across Cayman will be competing for a place on Cayman’s CARIFTA team as well as the chance to compete at IAAF Worlds this weekend with the annual Truman Bodden Track Meet.

Hosted by the Cayman Islands Athletic Association the event is one of the association’s major meets as it comes ahead of the Inter-Primary Championships and CARIFTA 2013. As a result officials are expecting a large turn-out of young athletes competing in preparation for the international season. The competition begins at 6pm Friday I March and continues at 9am Saturday, 2 March at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex.

The events and age groups are as follows:

FIELD EVENTS     AGE GROUPS

LONG JUMP     M/F 7 – 8, 9 – 10, 11 – 12, 13 – 14, 15 – 16, 17 & OVER
HIGH JUMP     M/F 9 – 10, 11 – 12, 13 – 14, 15 – 16, 17 & OVER
BALL THROW     M/F 7 – 8, 9 – 10, 11 – 12
JAEVLIN     M/F 13 – 14, 15 – 16, 17 & OVER
TURBO JAVELIN     M/F 9 – 10, 11- 12
SHOT PUT     M/F 11 – 12, 13 – 14, 15 – 16, 17 & OVER
DISCUS      M/F 13 – 14, 15 – 16, 17 & OVER

RUNNING EVENTS    AGE GROUP  

100M /110M HURDLE    M/F 14 – 16, 17 – 19 & OVER
80M      M/F 7 – 8
100M      M/F 9- 10, 11 – 12, 13 – 14, 15-16, 17 & OVER
150M      M/F 7 – 8, 9 – 10
200M      M/F 11 – 12, 13 – 14, 15-16, 17 & OVER
400M      M/F 11 – 12, 13 – 14, 15 – 16, 17 & OVER
800M      M/F 11 – 12, 13 – 14, 15 -16, 17 & OVER
1500M      M/F 13 – 14, 15 – 16, 17 & OVER
3,000M      M/F 13 – 14, 15 – 17, 17 & OVER
4 X 400M     M/F OPEN
4 X 100M     M/F OPEN

Registration is open to ages 7 and above and forms can be obtained by contacting Sana Tugman at 924-1649, Coach Williams at 925-1943 or Coach Yen at 925-6917.  Completed forms may be returned to any of the above persons or to ciaa_secretary@hotmail.com.  Registration closes on Wednesday, 27 February at 6:00pm. 

Officials are asked to please make an effort to come out and assist with the various events in order for the meet to run smoothly.