Now that sports are back on schedule, so is the annual release of rule changes coming out of the National Federation of High Schools for the 2021-22 school year and track season. They can be viewed here.

Guidelines for conducting spring sports, including track, can be viewed or downloaded at the PIAA website here. Specifics for track can be found on pp. 21-2.

The National Federation has a 2021 newsletter with a lot of information on a variety of topics – including reflections of how to officiate during COVID. You can download that from our website here.

For the benefit of visiting coaches – as well as members – the agenda for the 2021 Interpretation Meeting is available for download here.

The 2021 Track and Field Preseason Bulletin is now available at the PIAA website. Click here to download the information.

A new Spring Sports Bulletin for Officials can be accessed here.

There are a lot of changes due to the COVID crisis to sports in PA, and the latest PIAA Bulletin highlights some of them. Although it doesn’t directly affect track officials yet, these guidelines could very well extend into next year so read them carefully.

Fall sports look like they won’t occur in most parts of Maryland. See the article here.

PIAA has released guidelines for conducting fall sports practices and contests as we attempt to return to school during our current COVID-19 situation. Those can be found at the PIAA website at http://www.piaa.org/assets/web/documents/Return_to_Competition.pdf.

PIAA today released a following statement concerning fall sports in this age of COVID-19: “PIAA is committed to providing a season for all sports in the upcoming school year and will be flexible if conditions would change,” the statement concluded.

Additional information is available at the Sentinel website here.