There was some discussion and clear concern over the last two weeks that the 2016 Montgomery County Invitational would not be happing next weekend at the Prince George's County Sportsplex in Landover as a potential Saturday playoff game for the Washington Redskins at adjacent Fedex Field would certainly force one of Maryland's best annual indoor high school track meets to be cancelled. No events happen at PG Sportsplex happen on the day of a Redskins home game.
Thankfully, the NFL playoff schedule was released late Sunday night after the final regular season game was played between the Packers and Vikings to determine the playoff teams seeding and the Redskins will now play in a Sunday afternoon game at 4:40 PM meaning the Montgomery County Invitational is on as scheduled on Saturday, January 9th!
MileSplit Maryland is looking forward to providing on-site coverage of this year's meet including race video, photo, and interview coverage from the 2016 Montgomery County Invitational. Meet entries and preview to be released later this week!
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Last year's meet results & coverage
2016 Montgomery County Invitational
Saturday, January 9th
Track Events
| Event Time | Event Name | Qualifying Standard |
| 9:00 a.m. | Boys 4x2 finals | 1 relay per team |
| 9:35 a.m. | Girls 4x2 finals | 1 relay per team |
| 10:10 a.m. | Boys 4x8 | 8:48, 1 relay per team |
| 10:40 a.m. | Girls 4x8 | 10:30, 1 relay per team |
| 11:20 a.m. | Boys 55m dash trials | 6.6 |
| 11:50 a.m. | Girls 55m dash trials | 7.6 |
| 12:20 p.m. | Boys 55hh trials | 8.4 |
| 12:40 p.m. | Girls 55hh trials | 9.4 |
| 1:00 p.m. | Boys 500m | 1:13, 1 entry per team |
| 1:30 p.m. | Girls 500m | 1:25, 1 entry per team |
| 2:00 p.m. | Boys Invitational Mile
Send email with verification to Meet Director to enter | 4:25 (Outdoor times from previous year are Ok) |
| 2:10 p.m. | Girls Invitational Mile
Send email with verification to Meet Director to enter | 5:15 (Outdoor times from previous year are Ok) |
| 2:20 p.m. | Boys 1600m | 4:40, 1 entry per team |
| 2:40 p.m. | Girls 1600m | 5:40, 1 entry per team |
| 3:00 p.m. | Girls 55m dash finals | |
| 3:05 p.m. | Boys 55m dash finals | |
| 3:10 p.m. | Girls 55hh finals | |
| 3:15 p.m. | Boys 55hh finals | |
| 3:20 p.m. | Boys 800m | 2:06 |
| 3:50 p.m. | Girls 800m | 2:26 |
| 4:20 p.m. | Boys 300m | 40.0 |
| 4:50 p.m. | Girls 300m | 46.0 |
| 5:20 p.m. | Boys Invitational 3200m
Send email with verification to Meet Director to enter | 9:55 (top 16 entries only - 1 heat) |
| 5:35 p.m. | Girls Invitational 3200m
Send email with verification to Meet Director to enter | 11:55 (top 16 entries only - 1 heat) |
| 6:00 p.m. | Boys Invitational DMR | 11:30 (top 16 entries only - 1 heat) |
| 6:15 p.m. | Girls Invitational DMR | 13:30 (top 16 entries only - 1 heat) |
| 6:30 p.m. | Boys 4x4 | 1 relay per team |
| 7:00 p.m. | Girls 4x4 | 1 relay per team |
Field Events
| Event Time | Event Name | Qualifying Standard |
| 9:00 a.m. | Girls Pole Vault | 7' |
| 9:00 a.m. | Girls Shot Put | 28' |
| 9:00 a.m. | Girls Long Jump | 15' |
| 9:00 a.m. | Girls High Jump | 4'8" |
| 9:00 a.m. | Boys Triple Jump | 38' |
| 1:00 p.m. | Girls Triple Jump | 28' |
| 1:00 p.m. | Boys Shot Put | 38' |
| 1:00 p.m. | Boys Pole Vault | 10' |
| 1:00 p.m. | Boys Long Jump | 18' |
| 1:00 p.m. | Boys High Jump | 5'8" |
There was some discussion and clear concern over the last two weeks that the 2016 Montgomery County Invitational would not be happing next weekend at the Prince George's County Sportsplex in Landover as a potential Saturday playoff game for the Washington Redskins at adjacent Fedex Field would certainly force one of Maryland's best annual indoor high school track meets to be cancelled. No events happen at PG Sportsplex happen on the day of a Redskins home game.
Thankfully, the NFL playoff schedule was released late Sunday night after the final regular season game was played between the Packers and Vikings to determine the playoff teams seeding and the Redskins will now play in a Sunday afternoon game at 4:40 PM meaning the Montgomery County Invitational is on as scheduled on Saturday, January 9th!
