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2005 Boys & Girls Track and Field

2005 Manual & FAT Qualifying Standards

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Event	7th Girls	7th Boys	8th Girls	8th Boys
Class A Standards
100 M. Hurdles - Girls Only	:18.2	-----	:17.9	-----
110 M. Hurdles - Boys Only	-----	:18.4	-----	:17.3*
100 M. Dash	:13.8*	:12.6	:13.6*	:12.0*
200 M. Dash	:29.4	:27.0	:28.9	:25.6*
400 M. Dash	1:08.0	1:02.0	1:07.0	:58.5
800 M. Run	2:45.0*	2:28.0*	2:43.0*	2:20.0*
1600 M. Run	6:07.0*	5:30.0	6:07.0*	5:15.0
4 X 100 M. Relay	:58.0*	:55.5	:57.0*	:52.0
4 X 200 M. Relay	2:07.0	1:58.0	2:04.0	1:50.0
4 X 400 M. Relay	4:44.0	4:16.0	4:39.0	3:59.0
Pole Vault	5' 3"	8' 0"	5' 9"	9'*
High Jump	4' 6"	5' 1"*	4' 9"*	5' 6"*
Long Jump	14' 3"	16'*	14' 9"*	17' 8"*
Shot Put (4 kilos)	26' 6"*	35' 4"	29'*	40' 6"
Discus Throw	74' 0"	104' 0"	83' 0"	121' 0"
Starting Height for Sectional & State High Jump and Pole Vault
	Sect HJ	Sect PV	State HJ	State PV
7A Girls	3' 10"	TBD	4' 2"	5' 0"
8A Girls	4' 0"	TBD	4' 4"	5' 6"
7A Boys	4' 4"	7' 0"	4' 8"	7' 9"
8A Boys	4' 8"	7' 6"	5' 0"	8' 9"*

Event	7th Girls	7th Boys	8th Girls	8th Boys
Class AA Standards
100 M. Hurdles - Girls Only	:17.6	-----	:17.1	-----
110 M. Hurdles - Boys Only	-----	:17.2	-----	:16.2
100 M. Dash	:13.3*	:12.2	:13.1	:11.7
200 M. Dash	:28.2*	:26.0	:27.7*	:24.5*
400 M. Dash	1:05.0	:59.5	1:04.0	:56.0*
800 M. Run	2:38.0*	2:23.0*	2:36.0*	2:15.0*
1600 M. Run	5:53.0*	5:15.0*	5:50.0*	5:03.0
4 X 100 M. Relay	:56.0	:52.5	:55.0	:49.0
4 X 200 M. Relay	2:01.0	1:51.0	1:57.0	1:44.0
4 X 400 M. Relay	4:34.0	4:11*	4:31.5	3:52.0*
Pole Vault	6' 3"*	8' 3"*	6' 9"*	9' 6"*
High Jump	5' 0"	5' 3"	5' 0"	5' 8"
Long Jump	14' 6"	17' 0"	15' 3"	18' 6"
Shot Put (4 kilos)	27'	37' 0"	29' 6"	42' 0"
Discus Throw	78' 0"	111' 0"	87' 0"	131' 0"
Starting Height for Sectional & State High Jump and Pole Vault
	Sect HJ	Sect PV	State HJ	State PV
7AA Girls	4' 0"	TBD	4' 4"	6' 0"*
8AA Girls	4' 2"	TBD	4' 6"	6' 6"*
7AA Boys	4' 6"	7' 3"	4' 10"	8' 0"*
8AA Boys	4' 10"	7' 9"	5' 2"	9' 3"*

Class History

The first IESA state track meet for boys was held in Wenona in 1932 with 28 schools attending. A 24" trophy for the winning team was donated by the merchants of Wenona.

From 1932 to 1984 there were two classes of boys' track, Class A (Heavyweights) and Class B (Lightweights). Class B was based on age, weight, and height from 1932 to 1968. In 1969, the weight factor was dropped and competition was based on age and height factors. Class B was discontinued in 1985, changed to grade level play (7 and 8) and school size, our present classes.

The girls' track program, initiated in 1972 at the regional level, moved to state finals in 1974 in two divisions: Class A for grades five through eight and Class B for grades five and six only. These two classes were continued through the 1979 season. From 1980 through 1984, the Girls classes were changed to correspond with those of the boys based on age and height factors. Class B girls were measured during those years for height the same as the boys. Beginning in 1985, those classes were dropped and reorganized into four classes by school size and grade level (7A, 7AA, 8A and 8AA). It was split again in 2021 into the current classes of 7-1A, 7-2A, 7-3A, 7-4A, 8-1A, 8-2A, 8-3A, and 8-4A.

Boys' and girls' wheelchair divisions in 1A/2A and 3A/4A were added in 2024.

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