Initial Teams Invited To HOKA flrunners Race of Champs

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Below can find an initial list of Race of Champions team invites for the 2021 HOKA flrunners.com Invitational set for day two of the competition on Saturday, October 2nd at Holloway Park in Lakeland, Florida.

The list below is a working list of teams that are invited and secure spots in the most competitive field of the meet. If any coaches want to advocate for their change in race assignment (moving up into ROC, dropping from ROC into invitational division or only racing Friday), please let us know by contacting and copying both email addresses below.

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We will still look at this upcoming weekend's results to finalize our final Race of Champions team lineup as well as could have some late entrants or scratches to the field. We are comfortable with putting 30 teams max on the starting line for the Race of Champions at Holloway Park, so leaving room for additions or changes over the next week.

If you have an elite individual that is either sub 16 minutes for boys or sub 19 minutes at the 5K distance, they automatically qualify for a spot in the ROC of champions and can run separately as individuals from a team in a lesser division that is not selected to compete in the ROC.

They simply need to be registered for the meet in the online entries with their team and report to starting line boxes assigned for individuals for the ROC. Any borderline athletes off those standards can contact meet management as well about being allowed to run in the ROC. 

26. Fort Walton Beach - 3A #12

27. Seffner Christian - 1A #5

28. Cape Coral - 3A #13

29. Alonso - 4A #21

30. Pine Crest - 2A #11
31. Dr. Phillips
32. Bishop Verot

Notable teams racing Friday only:

Melbourne - 4A #15

Montverde Academy - 2A #5
Ida Baker - 3a #11

Initial Top 25 Girls Team ROC Invites:

1. Cambridge Christian - FL #1
2. Osceola - FL #3
3. IMG Academy - FL #4
4. Our Lady of Lourdes Academy - FL #5
5. Newsome - FL #6
6. Parkview (GA)
7. Lakewood Ranch - FL #12
8. Berkeley Prep - FL #16
9. Olympia - FL #21
10. Wharton - FL #22
11. St. Brendan - FL #23
12. Bishop Verot - FL #24
13. Gulliver Prep - FL #25
14. G. Holmes Braddock - 4A #8 ranked
15. Naples
16. Dillard
17. Dr. Phillips
18. Mount Dora
19. Clearwater Central Catholic
20. Pine Crest
21. Bartram Trail
22. Fort Myers
23. Seabreeze

24. Sunlake
25. Palm Harbor University

On The Bubble:
26. Robinson
27. Estero
28. Palmetto Ridge
29. Park Vista

Notable teams racing Friday only:
South Florida HEAT
Cardinal Gibbons