WEIGHTS & MEASURES
Texas State Homeschool Track & Field Championships 2024
We will use the following standards.
BOYS
Varsity JV 7/8th 5/6th
110m Hurdles 39" 39" 33" 30"
300m Hurdles 36" 36" 33" 30"
Discus 1.6K 1.6K 1.0K 1.0K
Shot Put 12lb 12lb 4.0K 6lb
Javelin* 800g 800g 600g x
GIRLS
Varsity JV 7/8th 5/6th
100m Hurdles 33" 33" 30" 30"
300m Hurdles 30" 30" 30" 30"
Discus 1.0K 1.0K 1.0K 1.0K
Shot Put 4.0K 4.0K 6lb 6lb
Javelin 600g 600g 600g x
1.0K is about 2.2 lbs.
1.6K is about 3.5 lbs.
4.0K is about 8 lbs. 13 oz.
HURDLE MARKINGS
We will use the marking already on the track.
Texas State Homeschool Track & Field Championships Theme Verses
2022: "But those who trust in the Lord will renew their strength; they will soar on wings like eagles; the will run and not grow weary; they will walk and not faint." - Isaiah 40:31
2021: God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect. He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places.
2 Samuel 22:33-34
2019: Don’t you know that the runners in a stadium all race, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way to win the prize. Now everyone who competes exercises self-control in everything. However, they do it to receive a crown that will fade away, but we a crown that will never fade away. 1 Corinthians 9:24-25
2018: So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10
2017: Whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God. 1 Corinthians 10:31
2016: All things are possible for one who believes! Mark 9:23
2015: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with
wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Isaiah 40:31
2014: Every athlete exercises self control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath,
but we an imperishable. 1 Corinthians 9:25
2013: Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt His name together! Psalm 34:3
2012: His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
but the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love. Psalm 147:1011
2011: I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7
2010: Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross. Hebrews 12:12
2009: I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:1314