Meet Information
This site is closed at this time! We have forty-one teams. Registered teams have until December 14th to complete their entry of athletes for the meet. A new password has been issued to the 41 teams entered so they can continue to register athletes until December 14th. The site will be closed to all other teams. If you want to put your team on the wait list. Please email me at j.schwarz22@verizon.net. If a school withdraws for any reason, I will take schools off of the waitlist - First come, First serve.
Registering your team only, with no athlete registered for any events, DOES NOT secure your entry into the meet! To guarantee your teams entry into the meet you must have a minimum entry of $100 worth of any combination of individual and/or relay entries.
A few updates and important reminders: We will be enforcing the following rules:
- ONLY " pyramid spikes make be worn for all events.
- ONLY water will be permitted on the infield, this includes other beverages and food.
- ONLY white athletic tape will be permitted to be used for marks in the jumping events. Duct tape, markers, or chalk is not permitted. Anyone found using anything other than white athletic tape will be disqualified from the event.
You are invited to the Seventh Annual Essex County Track Coaches Season Opener Invitational meet on Friday, December 19th, 2025. The meet will be contested at the Ocean Breeze Track and Field Facility.
The meet is open to all scholastic teams that are members of the National Federation of Schools included within New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut as these states share a reciprocal sanction agreement. The rules and by laws of the N.J.S.I.A.A., as well as the Nation Federation will govern this meet .
Athletes must represent their High School. No Club Teams, or Unattached athletes are permitted entry into the meet.
Entries will be limited to 40 teams. Enter sooner as opposed to later, so your team does not get closed out of the meet.
Entry Closes Sunday, December 14th at Midnight
Online Entry Here on Milesplit: Rosters, Event seeding, Field Cards and Heats Sheets will all be generated from NJ.Milesplit
Entry Fee: Minimum Entry $100/ Per Gender/ Per school
Individual Entry Fee: $8.00 per athlete/per event
Relay Entry Fee: $24.00 per relay (Schools are permitted 1 entry per relay event)
Entry Limitations; Varsity level 5 contestants per event/ per school Novice 5 contestants per individual event/ per school 1600 meet relay 1 team per school/ per event at at the Varsity and Novice levels
Novice Events include: 55m, 200m, 800m, 4x400m Relay and Shot Put.
Awards - Medals will be awarded to the top eight in all Varsity and Novice events!
Novice Events will be non-scoring.
THERE WILL BE A FIRST AND SECOND PLACE TEAM PLAQUE AWARDED IN THE VARSITY DIVISION FOR BOTH GIRLS AND BOYS. Scoring will be as follows in all Varsity events 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1
FIELD EVENTS 4:00 PM
Depending on the number of entries the use of the two shot put circles will be determined after entries close.
Shot Put Boys Minimum Measure (30 feet) top 8 to the finals To be followed by:
The event official has the right to remove a contestant from the event if he/she believes that the contestant does not possess the necessary skills to perform the event safely.
BASIC MEET PROCEDURE:
Running Events: We are only highlighting scratches. We are NOT highlighting athletes into events.
Field Events: Athletes need to check in at the event venue when the event is called.
Thank You for Your Entry and Good Luck to All in the Season Opener.
Essex County Track Coaches Association Inc.