Implements & Other Competition Details

Implement Weigh-in

Implement weigh-in will take place at the track under the south end of the grandstands. A schedule for implement weigh-in will be available at packet pick-up.

Please be advised that only the international implements will be thrown. In the men's competition, the 2002 IAAF rule change will be in effect; the weights of the implements are: 6 kg Shot, 6 kg Hammer and the 1.75 kg Discus.

Pole Vault Transportation & Storage

It is suggested that athletes ship their vaulting poles to Texas A&M University due to security issues at airports and the size restraints many airplanes have. See shipping information below. (Note: airplanes flying into College Station airport are not equipped to accept pole vault poles.) Athletes will be responsible for transporting their poles to/from the airport. Poles may be stored at the Anderson Track & Field Facility beginning Thursday, June 24, 2004. Poles should be taken to the implement weigh-in area under the south end of the grandstand for storage.

Shipping Address:
Texas A&M University
Track & Field
922 Olsen Blvd.
College Station, TX 77842

Steeplechase

PLEASE NOTE: Women will contest the 3000m Steeplechase to comply with the event being contested at the 2004 IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics.

Honest Effort

The Honest Effort rule (USATF Rule 77) will be enforced: "Any athlete declared to compete must honestly participate in each round (trial, heat or final, etc.) or each track event for which the athlete is declared or the athlete will be barred from further competition in that meet. This rule shall not apply to events in which only a final is held, but an athlete may be barred from such an event if previously he or she has not honestly participated in a track event within the purview of this rule."