FHSAA board adds divsion for disabled students

Posted Nov 23, 2009 by Nick Williams

Updated Nov 23, 2009 at 05:57 PM

From the Florida High School Athletic Association:

The FHSAA Board of Directors voted Monday to add an adapted division to the Track & Field State Series.

Each of the four current classes will be divided into the boys division, boys adapted division, girls division and girls adapted division to allow students with permanent physical disabilities to participate in the wheelchair 200-meter dash, wheelchair 800-meter run and wheelchair shot put.

“The Board took action today to initiate a track & field competition for disabled students, affording them the opportunity to compete on an interscholastic level and recognizing that adaptive students are part of the entire interscholastic program,” said Executive Director Roger Dearing.

The new divisions will begin with the 2009-10 track & field season.