2021 USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships

Announcements

JUNIOR OLYMPICS COVID TESTING UPDATE - 07/26/21: ON-SITE Mandatory Testing For Athletes
 
Please be advised, the State of Florida has just released a new COVID-19 Weekly Situation Report for the week of July 16 to July, 22, 2021. Unfortunately, the new case positivity rate for the entire State of Florida has again increased to 15.1% (up from 11.7% the week prior). The new case positivity rate for Duvall County (Jacksonville) has also increased to 25.7% (up from 21.9% the week prior).
 
USA Track & Field (USATF) takes athlete and participant safety very seriously. As a result, USATF will continue following the recommendation of its COVID-19 Working Group and will now require on-site, upon arrival, testing for all competitors (and anyone else accompanying said competitors through packet pick-up), independent of vaccination status. These tests will be rapid COVID-19 PCR tests and will be provided at no cost. 
 
Additionally, based on the high local COVID-19 positivity rate and the high transmissibility of the Delta variant, it is important that all meet participants carefully follow protocols designed to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19. This includes physical distancing, mask wearing in indoor spaces and in crowded outdoor spaces, and frequent hand washing. Your cooperation is appreciated in doing your part to assist USATF in its efforts to secure the safety and well-being of all USATF athletes.

July 19, 2021

Dear USATF Junior Olympics athletes, coaches, and parents:

We are looking forward to seeing you next week in Jacksonville! The safety and well-being of all USATF athletes, parents, coaches, and staff are at the core of everything that we do. So, with that in mind, we have an update for the COVID-19 testing protocols for the 2021 USATF Junior Olympic Championships being held July 26 - August 1.

JUNIOR OLYMPICS COVID TESTING UPDATE: PCR tests are the only tests accepted; Antigen tests not accepted.

According to the USATF event hosting guidance, the positivity rate in the county where the meet is being held must be <5% for antigen tests to be accepted as required by USATF's COVID-19 Working Group of medical and scientific experts to mitigate risk. For the week of July 9 to July 15, the Florida Health Department reported:

COVID-19 new case positivity rate of 11.5% for the entire state of Florida.
COVID-19 new case positive rate of 21.9% for Duvall County.

Therefore, participants who are not fully vaccinated and therefore need to be COVID tested for the JO meet in Jacksonville will need to produce a negative PCR test result. The negative PCR test result must be within 7 days of the participant’s competition date during the 2021 Junior Olympic Championships in order to compete. No tests dated earlier than July 19, 2021 will be accepted. Antigen tests will not be accepted. 

Thank you for your attention and compliance with this very important protocol. 

Safe travels!

IMPORTANT NOTICE 

July 19, 2021 
 
We would like to thank you for entering the 2021 USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships. 
 
Due to the high number of event entries, we have re-opened athletic.net to allow coaches to make scratches until Thursday, July 22^nd at 11:59 p.m. EST. This will be for scratches only. You will not be able to facilitate any other function. 
 
Obtaining scratches early will allow us to consolidate heats and also provide the most accurate time schedule possible. 
 
Please note, refunds will not be issued for any athletes scratched from an  event. All invoices were marked final at the close of entries. 
 
We are committed to providing the best experience for our athletes. Your assistance is greatly appreciated. 
 
Travel safely and we look forward to welcoming you to Jacksonville on our road “Back 2 Track.” 
 
For further information contact robin.beamon@usatf.org. 

Pole Vault Poles are to be sent to:

University of North Florida
Hodges Stadium
1 UNF Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32224
Attention: Ervin Lewis

Resources

The schedule is subject to modification. If the schedule is modified, notification will be posted on the USATF website, athletic.net and via direct email. No modifications will occur after the close of entries.

• 2021 JOTF Guidelines (updated 7/10/2021)
• Athletic.net Instructions
• Schedule of Events (updated 7/31/2021 at 6:11 p.m. - changes are highlighted in yellow)
• Facility Layout
• Hotel Information
• Meet Information
• Packet Pick-Up Information
• Advancement Guidelines
  • In events with three rounds; 100m, 200m & 400m dashes: 
    • In the first-round athletes will be assigned to heats based off performance and placed into heats in a zigzag fashion, and lane assignments will be drawn at random. The top 24 times will advance.
    • In the semi-final round, athletes again will be assigned to heats based of performance and placed into heats in a zigzag fashion and assigned to lane as per USATF seeding regulations. The top two and next two fastest will advance to the final.
  • In events with two rounds; 80m/100m/110m/200m/400m Hurdles, 800 & 4 X 100m Relays:
    • In the semi-final athletes will be assigned to heats based off performance and placed into heats in a zigzag fashion, and lane assignments will be drawn at random. Advancement will be determined by place and time when possible, if the number of semi-finals heats is higher the three, athletes and teams will advance strictly on time.
  • In events with only one round; 1500m, 3,000m, Steeple Chase, Racewalks, 4 X 400m Relay and 4 X 800m Relay:
    • All races will be run as a final on time. Heats will be assigned based off the performance list with heats running slow to fast. Lane assignments will be random.
  • Throwing and horizontal field events; Long Jump, Triple Jump, Shot Put, Javelin, Discus & High Jump:
    • Flights will be assigned based off performance and throwing or jumping order will be assigned randomly.
    • Flights will be set to allow the better jumpers and throwers to compete in the last flight.
    • The Long Jump and Shot Put may be split into two groups and have two runways or circles competing simultaneously when entry numbers exceed four full flights.
  • Vertical jumps: High Jump and Pole Vault:
    • All athletes will be placed in flights and in an order based off the performance list, lowest to highest. If needed meet management has the right to split athletes into two groups.