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SECTION 4
Continuous Relay - 200m Track
The following diagram show how a 200m track can be used for the Aviva UKA Academy Endurance
Team Awards for Primary aged children. In this example, teams of
nine
children are required with
the total distance being covered 1500m or 7 1/2 laps. Three team members will run four times
each over 50m sections and the other team members will each run three times. We recommend
a maximum of four teams competing each identified by coloured bibs.
Rules
From the start, the baton is passed from runner to runner with the last runner eventually passing
the baton back to the first runner. This continues until the declared number of laps have been
completed.
For secondary school ages the distance is increased to 5000m and the teams are reduced to five
runners. Each athlete will run 200m or one complete lap before passing the baton. Each athlete
will run five times.
Further details on the Aviva UKA Academy Endurance Awards are given on page 48.
Continuous Relay - Other Tracks
Continuous relays can be run on many other types of improvised tracks with various team sizes. A
smaller circuit may be split into three sections with four members in each team or a slightly larger
circuit divided into five sections for teams of six can also be used. The track does not need to be
a regular shape. Each team must always have one more member than the number of sections.
23m
23m
25m
Start line
Runner 6
Runner 7
Runner 4
Takeover A
Takeover B
Takeover C
Takeover D
At the start of the race
runners numbered 5, 6, 7, 8
and 9 stand to the side of
the track and wait for
runners 1, 2, 3 and 4 to
complete the first lap.’
Runner 5
Runner 2
Runner 3
Runner 8
Runner 9
Runner 1
Example showing a team of
nine runners on a 200m track
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