The events
About relays
Relays are run across both track and field disciplines, with events available from U8 through to U17 plus parent relays for Mums and Dads.
Events
Track and field relays by age group
01
Track Relays
- ›U8 — 4x70m shuttle relay for both boys and girls
- ›U9–U16 — 4x100m and 4x200m for both boys and girls in each age group
- ›U17 — 4x100m and 4x200m for both boys and girls, and mixed boys/girls
- ›Combined Mixed Swedish Medley — 1x100m, 1x300m, 1x200m, 1x400m. Divisions: U9–U11, U12–U14, U15–U17. Each team must have at least one boy and one girl, and at least one athlete must be from an age group below the top age group for the event.
- ›Mums — 4x100m relay
- ›Dads — 4x100m relay
02
Field Relays
- ›Four events provided for each team — Long Jump, High Jump, Shot Put and Discus
- ›U9–U17 — available for both boys and girls teams in each age group
Rules
Conduct, changeovers and disqualifications
These rules apply in addition to standard track event rules.
- ›In relay races, the baton must be passed within the changeover zone. The passing of the baton is completed at the moment it is in the hand of the receiving runner only. Within the changeover zone, it is only the position of the baton that is decisive and not the position of the body or limbs of the athlete.
- ›If the baton is dropped during the event, the athlete who dropped it must be the one to recover it. If the wrong athlete retrieves the baton, the team will only be disqualified if a material advantage is gained. (Note that it is the Track Referee who makes this decision, so the yellow flag must be raised by the changeover marshal.)
- ›Athletes should remain in their lanes after changes. Wilful impeding leads to disqualification.
- ›In events in which the first part of the race is run in lanes, athletes, after completing this part, are free to take up any position on the track.
- ›In proceeding from a heat to a final, the composition of a team cannot be altered except with the permission of the competition Meet Manager, who shall grant approval only in the case of injury or illness.
- ›The order of running can be changed between the heats and the final.
- ›For the 4x100m event, members of a team, other than the first runner, may commence running not more than 10m outside the take-over zone. This area is known as the acceleration zone and is denoted by a distinctive mark.
- ›For the 4x200m and Medley events, athletes must start from a stationary position wholly inside the changeover zone (i.e. not touching or beyond the lines that mark the changeover zone).
- ›For changeovers that do not occur in lanes, the athletes should be marshalled to a position 1–2 metres forward of the start of the changeover to reduce the possibility of stepping back over the line.