Meet Information
THE BLUE RIDGE CLASSIC - WNC's Elite Meet!
TIMING- PIERRE TIMING!
The Blue Ridge Classic welcomes you to the A.C. Reynolds HS track with its 21st edition on April 20, 2024. We look forward of seeing everyone at our great 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 the 4x200 and pole vault in 2023!
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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
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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, 2021 are not eligible to compete regardless of current scholastic status.
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 (3rd entry standard) | boys (3rd Entry standard) |
|---|---|---|
| 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" |
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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.
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.
BLUE RIDGE CLASSIC MIDDLE SCHOOL EVENTS. Middle school events are back! We will have boys' and girls 100 meters, mile, and shot put. Middle school entry fee is $5 per entry.
| Meet Officials | Schedule of Events |
| 9:30am- Unseeded 3200m Sections | |
| Meet Directors- David Honea/Andy Morgan (ACR) | 10:00am- 3200m Seeded Sections |
| Head Running Referee- Pam Bolton (USATF) | Long Jump |
| Head Field Referee- Jeff Capps (N Buncombe) | Girls Pole Vault |
| Starter- Andy Morgan (ACR), Ian Roper (Swain), Chris Sherrill (Enka) | Girls HJ |
| Timing/Scoring- Jay Pierre (Pierre Timing) | Girls Shot/Boys Discus |
| 10:30am- Prelims: | |
| Games Committee: | 110H, then 100H |
| Dean Duncan (N Buncombe) | Girls 100m/Boys 100m |
| Danny Williamson (Pisgah) | 11:15am- 4x800 Relay |
| Dave Culp (TCR) | 12:00pm- MIDDLE SCHOOL EVENTS |
| Matt Harflinger (Franklin) | 100M/Mile/Shot Put |
| Trainer- Bryce Banks (ACR) | 1:00pm- Running Event Finals |
| Girls Triple Jump/Boys Long Jump | |
| Announcer- David Honea (ACR) | Boys Pole Vault |
| Awards- ACR Athletes | Boys HJ |
| Boys Shot/Girls Discus | |
| Clerks of Course- Andy Morgan, Danny Williamson, McKinley Hall | |
| After the finals begin at 1:00, we will operate on a ROLLING schedule. | |
| Shot Put- Scott Mead (TCR) | We will procede as quickly as we can between heats and events. |
| Swain, Franklin | |
| Discus- Eric Cannon (Enka) | Exchange Zones/Track Markings |
| Tuscola | 4x800- All Zones (Blue to Blue) Will start 2 in each lane and break after 100m |
| High Jump- Reese Boyd (Pisgah) | |
| Pike Goddard (ACR) | 4x200- Zone 1 & 2 (Red to Red) |
| Long Jump- TCR (Tager)/Pwen | Zone 3 (Yellow to Yellow) |
| Smoky Mountain, Robbinsville | 4x100- All Zones (Yellow to Yellow) |
| Triple Jump- ACR Middle Staff/Erwin | |
| IC Imagine/Shining Rock | 4x400- Zone 1 (Blue to Blue) |
| Pole Vault- Jeff Capps (N Buncombe) | Zone 2 & 3 (Blue to Blue, Preferential exchange) |
| Julie Lovin (TC Roberson) | |
| Track Officials | |
| Exchange Zone Judges | Turns- ACR/ACR |
| Zone 1- Owen/Ashe County | Turns- Rabun Gap/WH |
| Zone 2- Tuscola/West Henderson | Straight (Home)- ACA/HCA |
| Zone 3- Rabun Gap, ACA | Straight (Home)- Roane/NB, Franklin |
| Straight (Guest)- NCSSM/Ashe County | |
| Straight (Guest)- WH/Spring Valley |