Striders Summer Slam
About this race
The Blacksburg Striders present the Striders Summer Slam - an evening on the track open to everyone and FREE for all! Whether you’re new to the track or a seasoned track veteran, this is for you! Join us Friday evening, July 10th at 6PM at the Blacksburg High School's James DeMarco Track of Dreams. Individual events are professionally timed and results will be published. The 3200m and 800m will be split into seeded heats. The 100m will be seeded by age group. You may register for multiple events when signing up.
Pick your distance
Running
3200 meters
8 laps. Heats if necessary, seeded by predicted times
100 meters
Heats are seeded by age group
800 meters
2 laps. Heats seeded by predicted times
4 x 400 meter relay
Teams of 4, 1 lap each.Can join with a full team, partial team, or as an individual. Not officially timed.
Youth 400 meters
1 lap
Typical race-day weather
Based on 3 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Blacksburg, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:10 AM and sets at 8:44 PM local time (EDT) in Blacksburg on July 10, 2026 — 14h 33m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Striders Summer Slam
32 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the 3200 meters, 3200m Results
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Nunn | 9:43 | 4:53 /mi |
| 2 | George Tolton | 9:56 | 5:00 /mi |
| 3 | Andrew Parkins | 10:29 | 5:16 /mi |
| 4 | Audrey Fitzpatrick | 11:01 | 5:32 /mi |
| 5 | Brian Case | 11:02 | 5:33 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
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🏃 Plan Your Next Race in Blacksburg
Find upcoming events by distance:
- Blacksburg 5K Races 4 races
- Blacksburg Running Calendar 2026 10 races
Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 11 Blacksburg events
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