Many of the top teams from Florida, and a few more from around the southeast, will compete in the FLRunners.com Invitational 8 Presented by Nike this weekend. FLR8 is one of the largest invitationals in the country this weekend, and will showcase some of the best talent.
FLRunners.com Invitational 8 Presented by Nike
NOTE: I am not listing out all of the individuals. Don't worry if you are not listed as an individual. You will be fine. I promise. We are even accepting day-of registrations for individuals. Coaches, hopefully you let me know if you wanted to race on a different day and I have it correct here. If it's wrong still, don't worry just come and we'll sort it out then--no worries!
For all intents and purposes, this is the final team seed sheet.
5K, 8K, and 2 Mile course maps are posted. The schedule has had some minor changes. Please be sure to read all about the latest information before coming!
Race of Champions Outlook: Both boys and girls will be a team battle royale!! The girls side has NTN implications as nationally ranked Eleanor Roosevelt MD and Jacksonville Episcopal face off against Our Lady of Lourdes. Lourdes has beaten Episcopal earlier this year (without all their runners) and is coming off a big win last week against US#2 Lake Braddock VA. ER took second last week at the prestigious Maymont meet in Virginia. Episcopal has been largely idle so far this year and this should be the first big test at full strength! This will be awesome!! The boys races will not have the national implications, but will be no less exciting. Tampa Jesuit was last week at Southern Stars and will be the favorite, but they were tied through five runners with Bishop Kenny. Well BK is back and hoping to get another point on them and win this time around! But Miami Belen Jesuit and Pensacola Washington are two of the state's best and they weren't around last week. They think they can have something to say about it and disrupt the BK/Tampa Jesuit rematch. Miami Columbus, who took fourth last week, has all five of their runners this week (which wasn't the case last week) and they may just upset them all. Don't forget some of the dark horses here... Miami Ferguson (Manco at full strength?), Flagler Palm Coast, and others! It's anyone's guess who will come out of here victorious at FLR8!!
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