IMPORTANT — IMPORTANT — IMPORTANT
1.)
District and Regional Tournament Requests: Notify the tournament
site manager to arrange for media credentials. Click here to go to the
Track
and Field web page to access district and regional tournament
information.
2.)
State Tournament Credential Information
DATES:
Friday and Saturday, June
5 and 6, 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 Tim Stried (614-267-1677) at the OHSAA office.
The deadline to submit credential applications is 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, June
3. Credentials
will be held for pickup on the southwest corner of the stadium
(closest to the Schottenstein Center). 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 Thursday, June
4. Once you access the Web site
(www.ohsaa.org), the list can be
found under the heading “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.
MEDIA WORK SPACE: Media requesting work space will be
assigned to either the Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium or the
adjacent Buckeye Softball Field press box. See Bob Goldring for
your assignment.
MEDIA MEALS:
The OHSAA
will provide continuous service of water, soft drinks and light
snacks throughout the state track and field tournaments. For
those who would like full food service, the OHSAA will provide a
boxed lunch or dinner at the various media work areas at the
break between divisions for lunch and after the final event for
dinner. Media outlets will be billed $10 for each meal
ordered. Please indicate on the media request form if you
would like to order any meals, and also indicate if the meals
are for a reporter (food service will be at the Bill Davis
Baseball Press Box) or photographer (food service will be at the
Jesse Owens Stadium photo work room). Again, your media outlet
will be billed for this service after the tournament.
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
(OIT) 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: OHSAA Associate Commissioner Bob Goldring
(media); 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) Saturday and Sunday, May 30
and 31.
Divisions I and III will be posted Saturday and Division II 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 p.m. Saturday for Divisions I
and III and by 2:00 p.m. Sunday for
Division II. Viewers will have the opportunity to e-mail corrections back to the OHSAA no later than 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, June
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