IUJ Olympics Athletics: Relay Race and Sprints

Hi all,

This message is to invite you to participate in the IUJ Olympics Athletics competitions, which will consist of the Relay Race and Sprints.

A brief introduction and regulations follow:

The IUJ Olympics Athletics events will be held from 10 to 11 AM on Sunday in front of the IUJ Main Entrance.

We will kick off with the sprints.

Sprints (Men and women):
1. The sprints will be held in front of the IUJ main entrance.
2. The distance is 60m.
3. Only one person per team is allowed to participate in each of the men and women sprints (if more people would like to participate in the sprint from your team, then please have an internal competition to choose your representative).
4. In case of more than 8 teams fielding participants, there will be two semifinal rounds and the best four in each one will run in a final round.

After the sprints are finished, the relay race will be held.

Relay Race:
1. The race will be amongst teams of four runners each.
2. The course will be in the inner path surrounding IUJ (around the Main Gate, in front of SD2 parking, between SD2 and SD3, between the tennis court and the gym, and around the Research Center and the MLIC.
3. One person will run the whole course (about 800m/0.5 miles), with 4 laps and 4 people running in total, passing a baton at the start/finish line.
4. One of the four participating has to be a female.
5. The female participant will start first with the three male runners following in order to be determined by the team.

Let's enjoy running together and let the fastest ones win!