Creating A Meet

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Once you have added athletes to your team and printed race bibs, the next thing you’ll want to do is set up a meet.

Create Your Meet

  1. Navigate to the team that will be hosting the meet
  2. Click “New Meet” then select the type of meet:
    • Track Meet - standard track & field scoring (highest score wins)
    • Cross Country Meet - XC scoring rules (lowest score wins)
  3. Fill in the meet details:
    • Name: e.g., “Rivalville @ Hometown High”
    • Location: An address or just a venue name
    • Date and Time: When the meet starts
  4. Click “Create Meet”

Configure Scoring Settings

Your meet inherits default scoring settings from your team, but you can customize them. Click “Edit Meet Details” to adjust.

Understanding Points Notation

Points are configured using bracket notation like [5,3,1]. Here’s how it works:

Notation 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place 4th Place 5th+
[5,3,1] 5 pts 3 pts 1 pt 0 pts 0 pts
[10,8,6,4,2,1] 10 pts 8 pts 6 pts 4 pts 2 pts, then 1 pt
[6,4,3,2,1] 6 pts 4 pts 3 pts 2 pts 1 pt
[5] 5 pts 0 pts 0 pts 0 pts 0 pts

The pattern: Each number in the brackets is the points for that place. First number = 1st place, second number = 2nd place, etc. Any places beyond what’s listed score 0.

Common Scoring Configurations

Dual meet (two teams): - Track races: [5,3,1] or [6,4,3,2,1] - Relays: [5] (only first place scores) - Field events: [5,3,1]

Invitational (many teams): - Track races: [10,8,6,4,2,1] - Relays: [10,8,6,4,2] - Field events: [10,8,6,4,2,1]

Cross Country meets use different rules: - Place equals points (1st = 1 pt, 2nd = 2 pts, etc.) - Lowest team score wins - Only top 5 (or 7) runners per team count - These are configured automatically when you select “Cross Country Meet”

Separate Settings for Different Event Types

You can set different point structures for: - Track And Field Race Points: Running events - Relay Points: Relay events (often only 1st place scores) - Field Event Points: Jumps and throws

This lets you handle situations like relays only scoring first place while individual events score multiple places.

Team-Level Defaults

Don’t want to configure scoring for every meet? Set your defaults at the team level:

  1. Go to your team page
  2. Click “Edit Team”
  3. Configure your default point structures
  4. All new meets will inherit these settings

Next: Add events to your new meet

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