Meet Information
Location: Edward S. Long Jr. Track: Penn Laird, VA
Date: Saturday, January 31st, 2026
Time: Coaches Meeting 0900 AM, Field events start 0930 AM, Running events start 0930 AM with the 3200. We will hold one Boys and one Girls heat, for each of MS and then JV. (Heats may be combined if we have fewer than 12 runners)
Meet Director: Mike McCormick
Email: mccormick1433@gmail.com
Entry Fee: $200 per school or $10 per runner, if fewer than 20 runners. NLT Jan 25th. Checks can be made out to "Henley Running". Please mail to the following address:
Henley Running
Attn: Mike McCormick
3218 Bishogate Lane
Crozet, VA 22932
Entries: Meet entries are due to Milestat by Wednesday, Jan 28th at 10:00 AM. Please be honest with entry times/distances to maintain the integrity of seeding. Entries must be submitted on Milestat; no other form of entries will be accepted.
Athletes are allowed to compete in three running events for JV and 4 for MS, including relays and participate in as many field events as they wish.(Shot, High Jump, Long Jump) This meet is limited to Middle School and JV (9th/10th only) ATHLETES ONLY. We will also have a 5th-grade 200 and 1600 that will not count towards team scores. The MIxed Sprint Medley is 200-200-400-800 (G-B-G-B)
Grade Level Competition - There will be grade-level competition for the following individual events: 55-(6, 7, 8); 200-(6, 7, 8); 55H; (6/7/8 together); 400 (6,7,8) &1600 5th, and (6/7th then 8th); Girls heats; then boys, slowest to fastest. MS Relays are teams of 6, 7, or 8; all JV events are run with 9 or 10 together.
LJ., HJ and Shot and relays are MS mixed grades and then JV-No triple jump or pole vault
Scratches: Athletes may scratch from an event on the day of the meet and still compete in other events for which they are declared.
Implements: Shots will be weighed and verified at the shot put area starting at 0930AM. Shot put and HJ will start at 0930, and LJ will start when HJ is done.
Field Event Check-in/Out Procedure: Athletes participating in another event will be given no more than 15 minutes to return to their designated event. After that time, their name will be called and they will have one minute to complete their attempt, or it will be considered a foul/scratch. If a flight has completed before the athlete returns, that athlete will forfeit any remaining attempts. In the High Jump, the bar will not be held for a checked-out athlete. Once all competitors have finished at the current height, the bar will be raised. Athletes will be given a pass and will be allowed to take their remaining attempts at the next height. To expedite the events, for LJ and Shot, you get 4 attempts for best effort- no finals.
Meet program
3200, 55, 55H, 300, 4x800, 200, 1600, Mixed SM Relay (200,200,400,800-G-B-G-B), 400, 4x200, 1000 M, 4x400 . Heats are Girls then Boys -Slow then Fast - for example, 55 goes with 6th Grade Girls, then 7th Grade Girls, then 8th , then Boys, -Followed by JV. Heats will be set and published NLT 30 Jan, and no changes can be made unless it is a scratch at the meet. On race day, if there is a minor change, such as a substitute runner in a specific heat, it is up to the timing crew to determine whether the change can be made. No changes will be made after 9:30 a.m. (meet start).
Blocks will be used only for the 55 and 55 H. Rainbow starts are used for , 800 (12 per heat), 1000, 1600, and 3200 Heats-(12 per heat) One Full lap stagger for 200 and 400.
Program Schedule-Rolling --we move up, if we get ahead
Meet
Program Jan 31st
0830 - Officials
and Volunteers meet
0930-1100- Field Events -LJ and Shot, then HJ (start right
after 0900 Coaches meeting)
0930-3200M Run- 2
Heats - MS Girls and Boys together. JV Boys and Girls together =Rainbow
start-
1000-1015 - 55 Dash -MS
Girls, MS Boys, JV Girls, JV Boys w/Blocks
1015-1030 - 55 Hurdles
1030-1045 - 300 Dash -6
Heats =NO blocks - w/stagger MS Girls, MS Boys, JV Girls, JV Boys
(6th G=1, 6th B=1, 7th G=1, 8th g/b
= 1, JV G=1, JV B =1)
1045 - 4x 800M Relay -2 Heats - MS Girls & MS Boys together, JV Girls & JV Boys
together = Rainbow starts
1115 - 200M Dash
5th Grade G then B followed by other grades G then Boys in
lanes -stagger full lap
1145 - 1600M Run - 5 Heats - 5th Grade B/G together, MS Girls, MS Boys, JV
Girls, JV Boys= Rainbow start
1215 - Sprint Medley Relay -1 Heat - G200-B200-G400-B800, MS & JV together -stagger 1st Lap
1225 - 400M Dash - 6/8 Heats -
MS Girls, MS Boys, JV Girls, JV Boys - IN lanes stagger 1st Lap
1245 - 4 x 200M Relay - 2-4
Heats - MS Girls, MS Boys, JV Girls, JV Boys-stagger 1st Lap
(If fewer than 6 teams for a division, Boys and Girls together)
1300 - 1000M Run - 6 Heats- MS
Girls 6/7 then 8th, MS Boys, JV Girls, JV Boys, Rainbow start ) G/B
Together if less than 8 runners
1330-
4x 400 Relay - MS Girls & MS Boys
together, JV Girls & JV Boystogether, if fewer than 6 teams -stagger 1st Lap
Team
Awards 10 Minutes after final event
Individual
medals picked up after they are announced
Facility:
Miscellaneous:
No changes (except scratches) after the entry deadline. Coaches are responsible for checking their entries prior to submission. Long Jump and Shot Put events will consist of 3 practice attempts, followed by 4 final attempts. Starting Heights for HJ: TBD based on entries.Awards: Medals will be awarded to the top 3 individuals and top two relays. Trophies will be awarded to the top two boys and girls teams MS and 1st Place JV Girls and Boys Teams. T-shirts will be available and provided free, using coupons provided to coaches, while supplies last, and will have names of all the runners on the reverse ( MS Shirts will have MS names- JV Shirts will have JV names. Running events will be run from slowest to fastest.- Please enter seed times to help us ensure all teams have a chance for runners to compete with similar runners in 55 Dash and Hurdle Heats, since we run only finals .