Morgan Academy held its final regular season track meet of the season last week at Memorial Stadium. The Senators slogged through the rain and mud on a miserable day in an effort to get one final look at how they stood up with other contenders going into this week’s track and field championships in Selma.

As it turns out, that rain may have been a prelude of things to come. Forecasts call for over a 50 percent chance on Wednesday and Thursday for the AISA track and field championships.

Senators head coach Rob Robinson said rain alone wouldn’t cause too many problems to the track portion of the meet, but depending on how heavy they are storms could halt the field events altogether.

“If it’s pouring down rain, the shot put will bury itself and the jumping can be dangerous if the sand is real wet because their feet will stick in it but they’ll keep going, so they might not let us do that,” Robinson said. “The high jump can be definitely be dangerous if it’s real wet.”

Morgan’s final track meet was met with a round of storms, but field events were finished well before they arrived. The meet was never stopped because conditions never deteriorated and lightning never entered the area.

“It may be an abbreviated state track meet, but hopefully we can get everything in,” Robinson said. “It rained our last track meet and the rain didn’t come until we finished the field events, so it didn’t bother us.”

The Senators spent Monday at the track perfecting handoffs for relay runs in a final walkthrough for the championship during a brief moment of sun in the afternoon.

Organizers hope to see the sun later this week too.

Lebo Jones, interim director of the Selma Recreation Department, said a plan is in place if weather does come into the area those days.

“We’ve got a plan at the office for bad weather,” Jones said. “[If it’s raining] a lot of people will come inside the stadium and inside the hallways. If it’s anything real severe, we have a weather plan mapped out on where to go.”

Wednesday’s schedule consists of heats for most of the running and field events, with the top eight qualifying in every event except for the 800 meters where the top 12 qualify. Robinson said the high jump, the girls 3200 meter and the boys 1600 meter will run finals on Wednesday, but everything else will be decided Thursday.

Dozens of teams are expected to participate in this week’s state championships. The events start Wednesday at 12 p.m. and Thursday at 11 a.m. at Memorial Stadium.