The VA XC Showcase 2024

Date:Saturday, October 19th, 2024

Meet Location:Pole Green Park in Mechanicsville, Virginia.
Pole Green Park address for GPS directions: 8996 Pole Green Park Ln Mechanicsville, VA 23116

Host School: Atlee High School in Mechanicsville, VA

Sanctioned: The sanction for this event will be posted as soon as it is approved. Meet management will be applying for an NFHS sanction for all states wishing to attend. Please contact us if you would like your state sanctioned. We already intend on sanctioning VA, MD, DC, NC, SC, GA, FL, PA, WV, KY, TN, OH, CO, IN, IL, NY, NJ, DE, RI, MA, and more. 

Course Description:The course is a very special one that is only used for this invitational and elite college races such as the Atlantic 10 Conference meet. It is made for PR's and on grass and some dirt. It has a great atmosphere as the course goes around our infield area that usually has well over a thousand people watching and cheering at any point!

Course Maps:

Meet & Course Records:

Boys - Drew Griffith (Butler-PA) 14:21 2023
Girls - Leah Stephens (Good Counsel-MD) 16:54 2022

Divisions:

The Showcase Division (Girls/Boys): Top 35 Ranked Teams + Sub 16 Boys & Sub 19 Girls 

The Elite Division (Girls/Boys): Next Top 10-15 Ranked Teams + Teams With Conflicts/Other Gender Qualified for AM Session

Large Schools Division (Girls/Boys) - Remaining Varsity Teams Class 4-6 or private schools/out of state teams enrollment over 1000

Small Schools Division (Girls/Boys) - Remaining Varsity Teams Class 1- 3 or private schools/out of state teams enrollment under 1000

Middle School Division (Girls/Boys) - 1 race per gender

JV Divisions (Girls/Boys) - There are JV races for both morning and afternoon sessions. Your JV runners will run in the JV race that is in the same session as your varsity team has been placed in.

SEEDING NOTE: The list of teams qualifying for each division will be posted no later than Monday prior to the meet. These race assignments are seeded by meet management. Conflicts will not allow teams to move up to the "Showcase" race. Legitimate conflicts will be considered for moving teams to the "Elite" race. 

Entry Fees: Entry fee rates shown below.

High School Division - $30 per runner entered. $400 max per school.

Middle School Division - $15 per runner entered. $250 max per school.

Open Division - $15 per individual entered.

Checks Payable To: "VA Showcase" (if need W-9 for school bookkeeper, email thevashowcase@gmail.com for it)

MAIL TO:

VA Showcase | 2246 Park Ave | Richmond, VA 23220

Entry Deadline:Entries will close online at 11:00pm on Sunday, October 13th. All entries and team roster submissions must be done online. NO EXCEPTIONS! Make sure that you have selected all runners from your roster who will be competing on race day prior to this deadline.

PRELIMINARY TIME SCHEDULE

(the final schedule will be posted later in the summer)

Friday, October 18th, 2024 2:30 PM - 6:30 PM - Course Preview, Packet Pickup, T-Shirt Sales

Check-In:All athletes and teams should report to their starting boxes 15 minutes prior to their race is scheduled to begin.

Awards: Team awards will be given to the top 5 teams in the "Showcase" division and the top 3 teams in all other divisions. The top 25 individual finishers will receive medals as well in all races. Awards ceremonies will take place one hour after the start time of the race. Meaning, if your race started at 10:00am, your award ceremony would be at 11:00am. The Girls "Showcase" team trophy is named the "Stan Morgan Memorial Cup", The Boys "Showcase" team trophy is named the "Jim Holdren Trophy", and the JV team winners will each receive the "Jim Triemplar JV Cup". 

T-Shirts: Meet T-Shirts will be sold on-site.

Concession:A concession stand run and food trucks will be present and available selling food and drink.