Athletics (Track & Field)
Heats and lanes, finals from qualifiers, field-event attempts, relays, meet records.
Who uses this:
Org admin
Host institute
Institute / coach
Referee / scorer
Before you start, finish:
Teams & Players
Track and field events use heats, lanes, attempts and marks instead of a bracket. Create the event with Format Heats (Athletics) and fill in its Athletics settings (see Games & Events).
Institutes enter athletes exactly as for any other event: a team in the event, with the athletes as its players.
Event settings explained
| Setting | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Event type | Track (races, run in heats) or Field (jumps and throws, measured over attempts). |
| Entry type (track) | Individual; Individual, team scored (cross-country style: individual results plus a team total); or Relay (the institute's team is one entrant). |
| Lanes per heat | How many runners per heat. |
| Auto-qualifiers per heat (Q) | The top N in each heat go to the final. |
| Fastest losers to final (q) | The next fastest athletes across all heats who also go through. |
| Attempts per athlete (field) | Usually 3 or 6. The best valid attempt counts. |
| Counted runners per team | For team-scored events: how many of each institute's finishers count towards its total. |
Track events
- Open Games & Events → Athletics on the event.
- Click Generate heats. Athletes are split into heats and given lanes.
- Schedule each heat (date, time, venue, official), the same way as a match.
- Print Lane cards for the starter.
- After each heat, the official enters each lane's time in seconds, and positions are worked out from the times.
- Once all heats are completed, click Generate final from qualifiers. The Q and q athletes go into one final, and its result decides the medals.
- Print the Result sheet for the notice board.
Field events
- Click Generate flight to set the order athletes compete in.
- Schedule the flight, then the official clicks Enter attempts and records each attempt's mark. Leave an attempt empty for a foul or pass.
- Each athlete's best mark decides their position.
Meet records and team score
- Meet record: the best mark so far in this tournament for that event is tracked and highlighted when it's broken.
- Team score (team-scored events): the sum of each institute's counted runners' finishing positions; the lowest total wins. This is shown separately and isn't added to the medal tally.
Regenerate heats / Regenerate flight throw away the current heats or flight and any results already entered in them.