Indoor track was a well-established sport in Maryland in the early 1970's, but there was a sentiment among
some coaches that indoor track should not be taken too seriously. Sure, there was an indoor track state
championship meet, but another county championship meet like the one contested in the spring seemed like
overkill to some coaches. In 1986, coaches voted mid-season to modify an untimed all-comers meet and
turn it into a championship style meet. That meet would serve as a dry run for the state-qualifying regional
meets - an opportunity to practice multiple hard efforts on a condensed time schedule. They called that
meet the first Montgomery County Indoor Track Championship Meet. Like the outdoor track county
championship meet which was established in 1980, the indoor championship meet quickly turned into an
annual tradition. Unlike the outdoor county meet, the indoor county meet has been scored every year so team
county champions have been crowned in every meet to date.
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