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NMA begins McDonald’s All-Schools preliminary trials
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Posted on Apr 05 2008
Northern Marianas Athletics begins its preliminary trials for next month’s 4th Annual McDonald’s All-Schools Track and Field Championship at the Oleai track facility inside the Susupe Sports Complex.
The events for the 10- and 8-and-under are 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, and 1,500m runs, 4x100m and 4x400m relays, long jump, and softball throw while the 12-and-under will have 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, and 1,500m runs, 3,000m steeplechaise, 4x100m and 4x400m relays, long jump, and javelin throw.
The trials will begin on April 14 with the elementary schools of Dandan, Garapan, Kagman, and Tanapag join Whispering Palms School and Calvary Christian Academy for the preliminaries in the 100m, 200m, and 1,500m runs, long jump, and the 4x100m relay.
On April 15 it will be the turn of the elementary schools of Koblerville, Oleai, San Antonio, and William S. Reyes, along with Saipan Community School and Grace Christian Academy to take the field.
While on April 16 it will be the chance of students from Seventh Day Adventist, Mt. Carmel School, Saipan International School, and the elementary schools of San Vicente and Gregorio T. Camacho to showcase their skills.
From April 21 to 23 preliminaries in the 400m and 800m runs, 4x400m relay, softball throw, and 3,000m steeplechaise will take place. Koblerville, Mt. Carmel, San Antonio, San Vicente, WSR, and SCS will be the first schools to vie in the trials on April 21.
On April 22, Dandan, Seventh Day Adventist, Tanapag, CCA, Kagman, and GTC will compete for the day while Garapan, Oleai, GCA, WPS, and SIS are scheduled on April 23.
The preliminaries for the junior high and high schools will be held on April 17 and 24 where Hopwood Junior High School, GCA, WPS, CCA, SIS, Chacha Oceanview Junior High School, and SCS will compete in the junior high division.
The high schools of Marianas, Saipan Southern, Kagman, GCA, MBA, and SIS will be the other competing schools in the higher division.
They will compete in the 100m, 200m, 1,500m runs, discus throw, shot put, long jump, and 4x100m relay on April 17 while the following week, April 24, competitions in 400m and 800m runs, high jump, javelin throw, 4x400m relay, and 3,000m steeplechaise will be held.
Students who failed in the qualifiers can still earn slots in the finals of the McDonald’s All-Schools in the CNMI National Championships on May 5. The McDonald’s All-Schools Championships is on May 10.
