The Ohio High School Athletic Association

2008 State OHSAA
Track & Field Approved
Media Credentials

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The following information was prepared to assist you with your coverage of the upcoming OHSAA state baseball tournaments. Please contact Bob Goldring at the OHSAA (e-mail: bgoldring@ohsaa.org; phone: 614-267-2502, ext. 116; fax: 614-267-1677) should you have further questions.

DATES: Friday and Saturday, June 6 and 7, Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium, The Ohio State University, Columbus.
LOCATION/DIRECTIONS: Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium is located north of Bill Davis Stadium (baseball) and the Jerome Schottenstein Center on the campus of The Ohio State University. It is visible from State Route 315. Take the Ackerman Road exit and head to the east. Turn right onto Fred Taylor Drive and follow to the stadium. It is vitally important that media members take the Ackerman Road exit on Saturday due to numerous high school graduations at both Ohio State’s Jerome Schottenstein Center and St. John Arena.
SCHEDULE:
Friday — 9:00-Division II field trials and finals, five events (last events at 10:00; 9:30 and 9:45- Division III 4x800 Relay Finals; 10:00-Division III Track Semifinals, 16 events (last event at 12:10); 1:00- Division III field trials and finals, 10 events (last event at 4:00); 1:30 and 1:45-Division II 4x800 Relay Finals; 2:00-Division II Track Semifinals, 16 events (last event at 4:10); 4:45 and 5:00-Division I 4x800 Relay Finals; 5:15-Division I Track Semifinals, 16 events beginning (last event at 7:25).
Saturday — 9:00-Division II Field Trials and Finals, five events; 9:30-Division III Track Finals, 22 events (last events at 11:40); 12:00-Division I Field Trials and Finals, 10 events (last event at 3:00); 1:00- Division II Track Finals, 22 events (last events at 3:10); 4:30-Division I Track Finals, 22 events (last events at 6:40).
CREDENTIALS: Fax requests to Bob Goldring (614-267-1677) at the OHSAA office. The deadline to submit credential applications is 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 4. Credentials will be held for pickup on the southwest corner of the stadium. Please be prepared to show identification. Use the same credential for both Friday and Saturday.
CREDENTIAL CONFIRMATION: The OHSAA will post a list on its web site of those media members who have requested and been approved for credentials. The list will be posted by noon on Thursday, June 5. Once you access the web site (www.ohsaa.org), the list can be found under the heading “OHSAA News & Media.”
PARKING: A limited number of reserved parking passes will be mailed to some media outlets. For those not mailed a pass, free parking is on a first-come, first-served basis in the Buckeye Lots, located at the corner of Ackerman Road and Fred Taylor Drive northwest of the stadium.
TELEPHONES: Some telephones will be available on a first-come, first-served basis in the media work rooms for credit card, collect or toll-free calls only. To install a personal line, fax a request to Steve Aldous at The Ohio State University Telephone System (UNITS) at 614-688-3425. You can also call Steve at 614-292-9166. Your fee will include installation and lease of the line for the weekend. If you order a line, you must bring your own telephone and telephone cord. Please specify if you are with the print media or a photographer.
YOUR HOSTS: Media Coordinator Bob Goldring; Tournament Manager Beau Rugg; Assistant Tournament Manager Dave DeAngelo; Site Manager Jerry Davis, plus OHSAA Assistant Commissioners Steve Neil and Deborah B. Moore, the Association’s administrators for track & field.
REGIONAL RESULTS/STATE QUALIFIERS: Results of regional tournaments (with the top four finishers in each event in each regional qualifying for the state tournament) will be posted on the OHSAA web site (www.ohsaa.org) on Saturday and Sunday, May 31 and June 1. Division I will be posted Saturday and Divisions II and III on Sunday (the times for posting are to be determined since the process is dependent upon data being transferred from the regional sites). State tournament heat/flight assignments and participants’ information will also be posted by 4:00 Saturday for Divisions I and by 2:00 Sunday for Divisions II and III. Viewers will have the opportunity to e-mail corrections back to the OHSAA no later than 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 3.

The following media outlets have been approved for media credentials to cover the 2008 State Track & Field Tournament, June 5-7, 2008 at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.

Credentials being held can be picked up at the Media Entrance which is located at the Southwest corner of the facility. 

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