Meet Information
THE BLUE RIDGE CLASSIC - WNC's Elite Meet!
The Blue Ridge Classic returns home to the brand new A.C. Reynolds HS track with its 20th edition on April 20, 2024. We look forward of welcoming everyone back to our great new facility with the same high standard of hospitality and competition we always have.
The Blue Ridge Classic has earned a well-deserved reputation as one of the best run and most competitive meets in the south, including ALL-TIME NC BESTS in 2023 in the 4x200 and pole vault.
BLUE RIDGE CLASSIC MIDDLE SCHOOL EVENTS. Middle school races will return for 2024. We will have boys' and girls 100 meters, mile, and shot put.
MEET SCHEDULE (tentative - will be finalized after close of entries)
9:30 am - unseeded 3200 sections (if necessary)
10:00 am - 3200 seeded sections
10:00am - field events: long jump, girls PV, girls HJ, girls SP, boys discus
10:30am - prelims: 110m & 100m hurdles, 100 meters
11:15 - 4x800
Noon - MIDDLE SCHOOL EVENTS: 100m, mile, & shot put
1:00pm - running event finals
1:00pm - field events: triple jump, boys PV, boys HJ, boys SP, girls discus
Famous Hospitality: Known also for its extraordinary coaches hospitality, breakfast and lunch for coaches at the BRC is provided by over 15 local restaurants, including Asheville's nationally famous BBQ restaurant 12 Bones Smokehouse, Outback Steakhouse and Bojangles.
ENTRY FEE: $100 per single gender team, $175 for both male & female teams together, or $10.00 per individual event. No unattached athletes may enter the meet. An athlete must be entered as a member of a high school team, and eligible for HS competition according to their state sanctioning body. Athletes who first entered ninth-grade prior to July 1, 2020 are not eligible to compete regardless of current scholastic status.
Middle school entry fee is $5 per event.
ENTRY STANDARDS: Schools are guaranteed one team per relay and two athletes per individual event. There is no entry standard for these entries. If the first two athletes meet the standards below (based on lifetime best, outdoors or indoors), the school may enter a third athlete in that event who is not required to meet the entry standard.
| EVENT | GIRLS | BOYS |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | 13.2 | 11.2 |
| 200 | 28.0 | 23.5 |
| 400 | 1:06.0 | 54.0 |
| 800 | 2:45.0 | 2:10.0 |
| 1600 | 6:10.0 | 5:00.0 |
| 3200 | 13:30.0 | 11:00.0 |
| 100/110H | 18.5 | 17.5 |
| 300H | 54.0 | 44.0 |
| HJ | 4'8" | 5'10" |
| PV | 8'6" | 11'6" |
| SP | 28'0" | 40'0" |
| DT | 75'0" | 110'0" |
| LJ | 14'0 | 19'0" |
| TJ | 29'0" | 39'0" |
OPENING HEIGHTS / MINIMUM MARKS:
Please do not enter athletes without a reasonable chance of clearing the opening heights in the vertical jumps:
- Girls PV - 7'6"
- Girls HJ - 4'6"
- Boys PV - 10'6"
- Boys HJ - 5'8"
In throws and horizontals jumps, all athletes will have their first legal mark measured. A minimum mark for measurement will be set for subsequent attempts.
METHODS OF PAYMENT: By check via mail or at Packet Pickup - check payable to A.C. Reynolds HS. Mail to: A.C. Reynolds HS, ATTN: Blue Ridge Classic, 1 Rocket Dr., Asheville, NC 28803.