Technical Track Things Trivia Quiz

Answer: Baton

Batons are light weight, usually aluminum hollow sticks, that are required to remain in the hand of each runner in the relay, during their leg of the race.

Answer: 3

3 is the common reccomendation for the average athlete, this can vary though based on length of stride.

Answer: Alley

Alleys are used only when there is a large number of runners on the starting line, the runners are usually placed in lanes 5-6, 7 or 8 depending on the number of lanes the track has. The runners are required to stay in the Alley for 100m, then they may break to the inside lanes.

Answer: Where runners in a relay can begin to exchange

The fly zone begins at the little triangle, and runs to the big triangle. The fly zone is where the next runner in the relay can set him/her self up to begin running, however the baton cannot be exchanged until the runners are inside the larger triangles. The space between the larger triangles is the Exchange Zone.

Answer: The same as an intermediate hurdle

Steeple Chase barriers are the same height as intermediate hurdles. Intermediate hurdles appear in the 400m Hurdles, and in many high school races. Intermediate hurdles are set at the height between women's hurdles and high hurdles.

Answer: Trail leg

It's called the Trail Leg because it's the leg that "trails" behind the rest of your body when you are hurdling.

Answer: 12 and 1/2

5k also means 5000m, each lap is 400m around the track, you do the math.

Answer: Waterfall line

Answer: 3

Competitors are allowed 3 attempts per flight in a field event, flight is another name for heat. The best of their 3 attemps is counted and can potentially move them to the finals, if they hold one of the top marks in their flight.

Answer: 3 and 3/4

400m to a lap, you do the math.

Answer: Disqualification

At each turn on a track there is an official holding a stick with a red flag at one end and a white at the other, the flags are commonly used in relays, but you will see them in regualr races at places like Worlds and the Olympics. If a white flag is raised then there were no infractions, if a red flag is raised then an infraction has occurred and results in disqualification.

Answer: True

4x4 is the shortened named for the 4x400m relay, when seen as 4x400m relay, it is obvious that the 400 is the distance, and the 4 is the number of runners. However when seen as 4x4, some may find it confusing if they are not familiar with track.

Answer: 4

Meets that have a team score usually go like this: 10 points awarded for an athelete who finishes first in his event, 8 for second place, 6 for third place, 4 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. These points are awarded to the team who was represented by that athlete.

Answer: The time submitted pre race, to determine the heat you will race in

When turning in entry forms, coaches and athletes are asked to submit a seed time, distance or height, this is a time the athlete has previously run or a distance or height the athlete has previously thrown, or jumped. This is so that meet organizers can put athletes into heats and flights, based on their ability to make the meet as competitive as possible.

Answer: True

Kicking is the term refered to when at the end of a race, the runner will put on a surge and try to beat out some of his competitors or hold off other competitors from taking his place, in the last 400 to 100 meters of the race.