REVISED: The Fordham Track & Field teams will host only one home indoor meet at the Vincent T. Lombardi Center on Friday, December 6
th, beginning at 2:00 PM with the women's pole vault. The Christmas Classic on December 13th has been cancelled.
College teams interested in competing in either competition should contact Head Coach
Tom Dewey by e-mail at
dewey@fordham.edu or Associate Sports Information Director
Scott Kwiatkowski at skwiatkowski@fordham.edu.
The purpose of the meet is for compliance.
For the Fordham Season Opener (12/6), a couple of minor changes have been made to this year's schedule. In all of the events (except for the finals of the hurdles) the women will go first.
December 6th schedule:
2:00 – Pole Vault
3:00 – Long Jump (followed by Triple Jump), Weight Throw (followed by Shot Put).
5:00 – High Jump
Running events will begin at 5:00 PM
5:00 – 60 H (trials), 60m (trials), 60H (finals), 60m (finals), mile, 800, 400, 200, alumni mile, 4x800
If possible, coaches should contact coach Dewey or
Scott Kwiatkowski by the preceding Thursday to give the number of athletes they "expect" to compete in each event. If a field is less than five, the event will be
eliminated. Please send to
dewey@fordham.edu or
skwiatkowski@fordham.edu or fax to 718-817-5428.
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- Entry procedure – Please fill out an index card with full name, school, event, and seed time by 3:00 PM. Field events report to event area.
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- LJ, TJ, WT, SP – 3 throws/jumps – no finals
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There are 3 and ONLY 3 total attempts in all field events. This includes high jump and pole vault. Any questions, call coach Dewey on his cell at 516-721-8580.
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PV must end before 5 PM; the hurdles will start at 5:00 PM
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This is a college meet by invitation ONLY.
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Please make sure that your athletes are registered on the TFRRS.org websiteby December 1st. If not, they will not appear in the results.
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Entry fee - $35 per team (by gender) made payable to Fordham University. For example, Team A brings both a men's and women's team then the entry fee is $70.
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Athletes must report to their event at first call.
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Scoring – We will score it so that you may count this as a compliance meet. Let us know before the meet how you want it scored.
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Basketball Court – Please DO NOT have your athletes walk on the wood basketball court. It will be roped off.
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Maintenance – Please ask your athletes to clean up before they leave.
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Results will be available at the conclusion of the meet. Leave your e-mail address with our SID at the table so that we may send the dual meet scores to you.
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** Please let us know before Thanksgiving if you will be attending – we don't need anything else at that time.