Holy Cross Invite #1 2020

Kensington, MD

Meet Information

Thank you for your interest in attending our first meet held on the beautiful campus of Holy Cross. The course is a wonderful 3 mile course that starts out in an open field and enters a wooded area then back out and up to the convent and back to the main filed. It is a looped course where the athlete will run it twice and peel away from entering the woods a 3rd time to finish back out in the open on the open field. The course has approximately 95ft of ascent and 145ft of decent. The races will be timed by a member of the local running club and the results will be uploaded to athletic.net. Bring your Juniors and Seniors to get their times!

The meet will be held at the Academy of the Holy Cross. The venue location above is incorrect.

Now for the fun stuff. Please, Please read this through.

7:15 AM - Girls may begin arriving

8:00 AM - VAR/JV Girls race begins.

9:15 AM - Boys may begin to arrive

10:00 AM - Boys Race begins



Due to gathering restrictions in place by MOCO, the limit in each race is 44 athletes. Each team can race up to 14 athletes in each gender. There will be a VAR/JV girls Race followed by a VAR/JV boys race.

We are allowed 50 people total on campus for this event. No spectators are allowed on Holy Cross property.

-Bathrooms are not available.

-There will be a trainer on site as well as our AD who is also a certified trainer

-No team tents. The goal is to arrive, warm up, run and then leave. This is what MOCO is allowing, its not ideal I understand but this is the best we can do with county restrictions.

Athlete Drop off -

Please have your athletes dropped off at the convent which if you google is 4910 Strathmore ave.

Athletes who drive - Please park in Holy Cross elementary Parking lot

* No course walks. Sorry, due to what MOCO is allowing, we can not have course walks.




-The course is very well marked. Marked white line to follow as well as Red flags. hazard are painted such as a few visible roots and bright ribbon that marks the turns.

-Arrival is no earlier then 45 minutes prior to your race

-All athletes must stage in the staff parking lot prior to their race





Parking information:



In order to be in compliance with MOCO; Please park your vehicles on still water and Strathmore ave. you then will be able to walk across the street to the convent and watch the race. Additionally, you may watch the race from outside Holy Cross's entrance gate. The lime green area shows where spectators can park AND observe the race. There are two pictures to see, one is a close up of the parking and spectator area.

Although these conditions and restrictions are not ideal, they are with keeping of the agreement in place with MOCO and our approval with the county to conduct these meets.