We are working with a company called Direct Athletics to
automate the registration process. Thank you to Vince for making me aware
of this service. This will eliminate the need for me to duplicate your
efforts, and reduce the number of data entry errors that we experienced last
year.
Ok, the site it pretty intuitive, so it will be pretty easy to
get your teams up there.
I have attached a PDF with the instructions, but I am going to
walk you through the initial steps to get to the Regional Race:
2.
Click on clip-board picture of “I am a COACH or MEET DIRECTOR”
3.
Click on Create Coach Account
a.
Fill out the following:
i.
Email: Your email address
ii.
Sport: Choose Track
& Field
iii.
Team Type:
Middle School / Junior High / Elementary
iv.
State: Pennsylvania
v.
Country:
United States
4.
Next you need to create your team account. I am not going
to walk you through all of that, it is simple biographical information, and
pretty standard. I will caution you on 3 things listed below:
a.
Team Name: Use
your schools name the way you want it shown in results. Full team names
are preferred over simply initials. Example, Use Pope John Paul II instead of
PJPII.
b.
Team Gender:
You MUST choose “Men and Women”. Unless you are Villa. Villa will
obviously choose “Women”
c.
Meets: The drop down
for the Meets Tab is extensive. Scroll down the list to May 4th,
and choose the ARCHDIOCESE OF PHILADELPHIA CYO REGION 17 CHAMPIONSHIP
MEET. You will notice that Region 10 is also using this for their
meet. DO NOT choose the Region 10 Meet, choose the REGION 17 Meet.
5.
Next step is to set your on-line roster. From this point
forward I will have you follow the below link with a PDF File for instructions. I felt
the instructions were vague getting you to this point, so I wanted to make
things easy for you.
Coach’s Tip: There is a deadline on
this. Be aware of it. All data MUST be completed by Wednesday
April 30, 2014 at 6:00 PM. Registration of Direct Athletics closes,
and entries after this date are not accepted. Vince will download the
data on April 30, and what is in there is the final. Here is my
tip: DO NOT wait to get your roster loaded. Log in this
weekend, set-up your account, and get your team listed. That is 80% of
the work. Once your team is listed, you will assign them to events, and
enter seed times. You will be able to change any data while the site is
live. Nothing is set in stone until registration closes!!!!!
You will find all of the events listed by the standard Novice,
Minor, & Cadet.
Relays: Another thing to keep in
mind. The AD CYO T&F Committee has given us 4 Alternates for ALL
relay events. Use all 4 spots. Once this is downloaded it CAN
NOT / WILL NOT change. This is the team and alternates that will be
qualified all the way through Championships. No substitutions at any time
once it has been downloaded. REMEMBER: Open Relays MUST
have at least one Novice and one Minor Runner. Plan for this in your 4
alternates. Example: If you do not list a Novice Alt, and your
novice runner drops out for any reason, you no longer have a qualified team.
