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September 2026: Sabrina Brennan of Georgetown Visitation Prep hands off to Abigail Anstett en route to smashing the XC Woodward Relays girls six mile meet record, 35:15.6. Anstett became a three-time Woodward XC Relays winner.

Photo by: Kevin Milsted

April 1978. "Despite the fact that Churchill won the boys title at the Woodward Relays on Saturday, it was not a bright day for two of the Bulldogs as lead runner Mark Huffman, running the half-mile in the distance medley, fell down handing off the baton to teammate Chris Lockett, ready to take off on the quarter-mile leg of the race."

Photo by: Bobby Pusey. Montgomery Journal. Used with Permission.

April 1979. "Emil Davis was the strong man in Peary's championship at the Woodward Relays, a championship that the Huskies had to share with Blair. Davis was on the winning shuttle hurdle, pole vault and long jump teams for Peary."

Photo by: Kevin Chase, Montgomery Journal. Used with permission.

September 1975. "THE PACK TAKES OFF at the Woodward Relays, each runner with a baton that he will hand off to a teammate back at the start after running a mile."

Photo by: Hoke Kempley, Montgomery Journal. Used with Permission.

April 1979. "Brian Godette of Kennedy maintains his lead on Churchill as the Cavaliers went on to win the sprint medley relay with Godette as the anchor. Kennedy, which placed third, also won the 440 relay and was second to Churchill in the two-mile relay."

Photo by: Kevin Chase, Montgomery Journal. Used with permission.

September 2018. Meet director Greg Dunston offers instructions to runners at the start line to kick off the fall Woodward Relays.

Photo by: Kevin Milsted, Mocorunning.com

April 2009. The Clarksburg girls won the Woodward Relays team title with 90 points, the second highest girls team point total in meet history at the time.

Photo by: Kevin Milsted, Mocorunning.com

WoodwardRelaysFan.com is devoted to the history of the high school relay meets in Maryland known as the Woodward Relays.

The Judge Charles W. Woodward Relays spring track meet is known for its signature event, the steeplechase, and its all-relay format including field event relays. The fall Woodward Relays cross country meet is known for its 6x1 mile relay format.

The first outdoor track Woodward Relays meet was hosted at Judge Charles W. Woodward High School in Bethesda, Maryland in 1973. The cross-country version of the Woodward Relays was added in the fall of 1973. Woodward High School closed in 1987, and the meets continued to be hosted at Walter Johnson High School, Richard Montgomery High School, Montgomery College, Rockville, and Georgetown Prep School. From 2007 until present, the Woodward Relays meets have been hosted at Georgetown Preparatory School. The original meet director, Greg Dunston, remains enthusiastically at the helm of each Woodward Relays meet with the help of volunteers and the Georgetown Prep School staff.

DID YOU KNOW?

• The Woodward Relays was named for the high school at which it was first hosted. After Woodward High School closed its doors in 1987, Coach Dunston kept the name of the meet alive due to the meet's name recognition and reputation. The meet name also honors the memory of the old high school and its alumni.
• The steeplechase has been the signature event at the spring meet since the second running of the Woodward Relays. In 1974, the Woodward Relays boasted the first offering of a steeplechase race at the high school level in the United States.
• Dunston has credited Wabash College in Indiana for inspiring the 6x1 mile cross country relay format. He credited the Western Pennsylvania Relays in Pittsburgh for inspiring the spring track meet format.

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