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Registration
5:30-6:00; Fee $1.00 per week. The $1 registration
fee entitles participants to compete in as many events as he or she desires
that evening. A season pass may be purchased for $8.00 the first or
second week. Parents of competitors under 18 years of age must sign the waiver
of liability form that accompanies every registration. The meets begin at 6 p.m Order of events & Age Limits 1.
50 Meter- All ages 2. 100 Meter- All ages 3. 1 Mile - 8:00 minutes or faster only please 4. 200 Meter- All
ages
5.
800 Meter- All ages 6.
400 Meter- All ages 7.
Relay 4x 100 ( time permitting) – All ages From 6:15- 7:00
(approx.): Softball Throw and Standing Broad Jump- Ages 4-13 (Age Groupings are 4 & 5, 6 & 7, 10 & 11 and 12
& 13) Awards:
All events, whenever practicable, are staged in age-graded and often
gender-segregated heats. This system facilitates organization of the simplest
and often fairest competition among the hundreds of competitors. Due
to staffing and time constraints, only first place finish times are recorded
for each heat. Blue, red or yellow ribbons are awarded to the first
three finishers in every running heat as well as to the age-graded division
winners in the softball throw and standing broad jump and blue ribbons are
awarded to all members of winning relay teams. Officials:
Volunteers from the Greater Framingham Running Club staff all events The
Framingham Parks and Recreation Department serves as a series co-sponsor -
without their support we would not be able to hold the meets. Inclement Weather. Meets may be cancelled due to inclement
weather. Call the Parks and Recreation after 4:00 P.M. at 508-532-5962
for cancellation notices. For more information, please call Arnie Pollinger,
series director, at 508-517-5818 History. The GFRC Summer Track series boasts a long
history as the premier low-key, high-energy all-comers summer track series in
the western suburbs of Boston. The series, which has always been held in
Framingham and most frequently at Bowditch Field, was initially conceived in
1980 as an event to help serious adult road runners and track devotees hone
their fast twitch muscle fibers through sprint events and shorter distance
runs, over the course of a ten-week series of meets. Over
the years, the focus of the meets has shifted from serving as an adult
athlete-dominated spectacle to providing an outlet on a weekly basis for more
than 200 kids, some as young as two years old, to enjoy the flavor of
competition without the demands or pressure of a highly structured athletic
competition. While most participants now are of teen age or younger, this
all-comers series welcomes participants of all ages and talent including
masters track athletes from all over New England. Basic
Rules for Competitors and Spectators
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