Generic Steps in Setting Up Your Meet
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HY-TEK's MEET MANAGER for Track & Field is designed to run any type of meet. But there are a few general set-up requirements that apply to all meets

MM requires that you specify the general set up of the meet. This general set up includes specifying such things as the Kind of Meet (e.g. Track and Field), the Meet Class (e.g. Open), and Meet Type. It is very important that you review carefully what you have set up. If they are wrong, or things have changed since you first set them up, please go back and correct them. MM is designed to be dynamic (that is responding to changes) and forgiving.

If you make changes after the meet is in progress, these changes may not produce the results you expect. For example, if you change the points awarded to 2nd place in the Scoring Set-up and you are half way through the meet, you will have to go back and re-score the first set of events so that MM can re-allocate the new set of points.

Here is a set of the generic steps to help you get started setting up your meet.

1.Click on File from the Main Menu Bar then Open/New Database. Click Here for more specifics.  
2.Click on Set-up from the Main menu Bar then click on Meet Set-up to customize major parameters for your meet . Click Here for more specifics.  
3.Click on Set-up from the Main Menu Bar and then click on each of the items to further customize your particular meet.  
_bm2Athlete / Relay Preferences  
_bm2Seeding Preferences  
_bm2Report Preferences  
_bm2Entry / Scoring Preferences  
_bm2Scoring Set-up  
_bm2Division / Region Names  
_bm2Language Preferences  
_bm2Options  
4.Click on Events from the Main Menu Bar to set up the events for your meet. Click Here for more specifics.  
5.Click on the Session button in the Events Screen and set up the Sessions for your meet. Click Here for more specifics.  
6.Click on the Records button in the Events Screen to enter the meet records from the keyboard or to Import them. Click Here for more specifics.  
7.Click on Athletes from the Main Menu Bar to set up your Team and Athletes as well as their entries for the teams that HAVE NOT provided you entry disks. Click Here for more specifics on How to Add an Athlete and How to Add a Team.  
8.Click on Relays from the Main Menu Bar to set up your Relay entries for the teams that HAVE NOT provided you entry disks. Click Here for more specifics.  
9.Click on File from the Main Menu Bar and then click on Import then Entries to import team athlete and relay entries that have been provided to you on diskette. Click Here for more specifics.  

At this point, you have set up your meet and put in most if not all of your Individual and Relay entries. It's time to look at a few of the Reports to check what you have done.

10.Click on Reports from the Main Menu Bar and then click on the following Reports to at least Preview and possibly Print.  
_bm2Events  
_bm2Teams  
_bm2Rosters  
_bm2Sessions  
_bm2Entry Lists  
_bm2Performance Lists  
11.Once you have checked your entries, you are ready to Seed the meet. Click on Seeding from the Main Menu Bar and Click Here for more specifics.  
12.Click on Reports from the Main Menu Bar and then click on the following Reports to at least Preview and possibly Print.  
_bm2Meet Program  
_bm2Finish Line Heat Sheets  
_bm2Field Event Score Sheets  
13.Click on Labels from the Main Menu Bar to preview the label options. Click Here for more specifics.  

At this point, you should have completed all of your pre-meet set-up, entry, and reports. You are now ready to Run the Meet! Click here for information on How To Run the Meet.