Meet Information
Online Registration Instructions
Co-DIRECTOR: John Uccellini Mount Vernon HS
Contact Information: jmuccellini@fcps.edu
Co- DIRECTOR: Matthew MacDonald West Potomac HS
Contact Information: mwmacdonald@fcps.edu
DATES & SITES:
| Date | Time | Event | Location |
| Wednesday, | 12:00pm 12:45pmBoys Awards-1:30pm | Championship | Burke 7315 Fairfax
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| *Rain Date: Thursday, October 29th, 2026 Same Times as Above | |||
*The coaches meeting will be held at Burke Lake 45 minutes prior to the Start of the first race.
ENTRIES: The top 6 schools from the results at the National and Patriot District Championships will be granted entry into the Occoquan Region Championship. Each qualifying school will enter 10 members into each race in
the regional tournament. Seven out of the ten entries will be considered race participants with three alternates.
Only those team members entered on Milestat.com and VHSL entry form will be eligible for varsity regional tournament competition. Each competing school must submit to the tournament director a roster on VHSL Entry form by October 26th 2026.The entries must be submitted on milestat.com by 11:59pm the same day. In addition to team qualifiers, anyone who places in the top 15 in their district championship race will also qualify for the Occoquan Region Championship.
SEEDING: Teams will be placed on the starting grid with district champions in the middle lanes and move outwards to the 6th seeds from the district races being on the outside lanes. Individual qualifiers will be grouped by district and be provided a starting box on the far ends of the starting line.
DETERMINATION OF REGION CHAMPIONS
The team with the lowest points total winner will be declared the Region Champion for the boy's and girl's race. The top 5 scores will count, in the event of a points tie the 6th place runner will be used as the tie breaker.
AWARDS: Trophies will be awarded for the first place & second place teams (boys & girls).
The 10 members of the winning team will be awarded championship medals.
The top 15 finishers in each of the Varsity Championship races (boys & girls) will be recognized. Gold, silver and Bronze being awarded to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishers. The coach of the year is designated to the head coach of the winning team in each of the championship races.
ALL REGION TEAMS: 1st team all region will be finishers 1-10. 2nd team all region finishers
11-20.
GENERAL:
COURSE: Course Map Link http://va.milesplit.com/venues/62-burke-lake-298-mile-course
RULES: Cross Country section of the 2026 National Federation of State High School
Associations edition of Track & Field and Cross Country rules.
ADVANCEMENT: Top 3 teams per Region and top 5 individuals not on one of the teams will advance to
the VHSL State Cross Country Championships on Saturday November 7th at Oatlands Plantation, VA.
VHSL State Tournament Format Link:http://vhsl.org/cross-country/