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Cecil Field Summer Classic Meet Instructions

Welcome to the 6th annual Cecil Field Summer Classic ! 

We have over 70 High Schools at this years race .. Approximately 40 teams in the elite races and 30 teams in the early races.

Please  meet instructions below carefully.

LODGING

Any out of town teams we recommend the Fairfield Inn and Suites - Jacksonville West - (less than 10 minutes from course and right off I-10 at the Chaffee Road exit) -  If Fairfield fills up, there is a Holiday Inn Express, Best Western and Hampton Inn at the same exit.

Mail checks to: NEW WORLD SPORTS

MAIL TO:

• New World Sports
  
  Attn: Richard Fannin
  
  1431 Riverplace Blvd
  
  Unit #2908
• Jacksonville, FL 32207 

PARKING LINK CLICK HERE

***There will be a parking fee of $10 per car / (Team buses and coaches park for free) - PLEASE notify your runners parents !! This fee is needed to offset cost of renting the entire golf course for the day) - EACH TEAM WILL GET ONE COACH SPOT IN PAVED PARKING LOT BY CLUBHOUSE (WE WILL HAVE A LIST OF 70 Schools - NOT ON LIST - CANNOT PARK HERE

*CLICK ON PRE-PAY LINK ABOVE FOR AN EXPEDITED PARKING LINE - PLEASE FORWARD THIS LINK TO ALL OF YOUR PARENTS

*DAY OF PARKING WILL BE $10 CASH - THE LINE WILL BE A LITTLE LONGER - PLEASE ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO HAVE EXACT CHANGE TO HELP WITH THIS

*THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL PARKING LOT FOR TEAM BUSES - BUSES MAY DROP RUNNERS OFF AT PAVED PARKING LOT AND THEN CIRCLE BACK TO BUS PARKING LOT

TEAM CAMPS

Team camps may ONLY be set up in the driving range area (situated perfectly between the starting area and the finish area) Driving range is 100,000 square feet (500 x 200) and each team will have a numbered 35 x 35 plot Area will be taped off, and entrance will be on the South end (just past the finish line) Runner exit is on the north end right by the starting line. Please leave your team camp area as clean as you found it - garbage bags will be provided. CLUBHOUSE IS OFF LIMITS - WE WILL HAVE PLENTY OF PORTABLE TOILETS

FOOD AND MUSIC  Country Caterers (family owned for 40 years) will be set up by 5:00pm and serving up hamburgers, hotdogs, etc. etc. at affordable prices. Tell your parents to bring folding chairs and picnic blankets, and make a night out of it !!! Although we have some serious levels of competition, in keeping with the original intent of this invitational, we also try to provide a fun end of summer carnival atmosphere for the whole family.

• SPECTATING THE RACE
• You have 2 basic options
• 1.) Stay at the start/finish area. Watch the start, Halfway split (1.55 miles) and finish.
• 2.) Walk / Jog 1/2 mile down the course to the 2 mile mark. You can see runners here at 1/2 mile, jog over to the adjacent fairway for the 1 mile split, back over to 2 miles, and you can still make it to the finish.
  
  SCHEDULE
• NOTE - unlike years past, this is a full-fledged FHSAA regular season meet and not a jamboree, so teams will run for their real school (not clubs) and be required to wear team uniform
• ELITE DIVISION
• The Elite Division is Invitation Only this year, and invited teams will be announced June 1st.
• All other teams are welcome to run the two early races 
• We used FL Runners database of returning runners per team to make our best efforts in determining the Top 40 teams for boys and girls.

BOYS ELITE TEAMS (40) APPROXIMATELY 400 RUNNERS

Elite race will feature 6-9 teams each from 5 Regions; 

Greater Duval, Panhandle, East, West and Central

REGION SCORE WILL BE DETERMINED BY TEAM SCORE OF THE TOP 3 TEAMS (of the eight) IN EACH REGION

GIRLS ELITE TEAMS (40) -  APPROXIMATELY 400 RUNNERS

GIRLS ELITE RACE WILL FOLLOW SAME FORMAT AS BOYS RACE, WITH 8 Teams EACH FROM 5 REGIONS.

ELITE RACE LIMITED TO 10 RUNNERS PER SCHOOL - ALL ELSE WILL RUN THE EARLY RACE.

DETAIL ON REGIONS

GREATER DUVAL - North to include Nassau county and south and East to include both boys and girls teams from Bolles, Creekside, Bartram Trail, Bishop Kenny, Ponte Vedra, Providence, Episcopal and Mandarin 

boys only - Wolfson

girls only - Fletcher 

PANHANDLE REGION - the entire panhandle to Columbia county on the East - Girls and boys from Leon, Maclay, Pensacola Christian, Niceville, South Walton and Fort Walton Beach

BOYS ONLY - Chiles 

GIRLS ONLY - Lake City Columbia 

WEST REGION (counties) Baker, Union, Bradford, Clay, Alachua

Putnam, Marion, Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, Sumter and Lake 

SCHOOLS 

BOYS AND GIRLS - Cambridge Christian, Fleming Island, Buchholz, Sunlake and Vanguard

BOYS ONLY - Indian Rocks, St. Francis, Seffner Christian and Gainesville Eastside.

GIRLS ONLY - Westport 

EAST REGION (counties) St Johns, Flagler, Volusia, Brevard

SCHOOLS - BOYS AND GIRLS - Satellite, Viera, Melbourne, Rockledge, Matanzas, St Augustine and University HS (Orange City) 

BOYS ONLY - University HS (Orange City), Rockledge, Matanzas 

GIRLS ONLY - Spruce Creek and American Heritage (Delray) 

CENTRAL REGION (counties) Seminole, Orange and Osceola 

SCHOOLS - BOYS AND GIRLS - Circle Christian, Winter Park, Bishop Moore, Lake Highland Prep, Montverde, West Orange and Trinity Prep 

BOYS ONLY - University HS (Orlando)

GIRLS ONLY - Mt. Dora HS 

REMEMBER ELITE RACE LIMITED TO 10 RUNNERS PER TEAM. All extra runners may run early race.

If your team is not Listed above then you are in the early race. Elite race is invite only.

And any boy that has run 16:59 or faster or girl at 18:59 or faster - IF THEIR TEAM IS IN EARLY RACE THEY CAN CHOOSE TO RUN ELITE RACE AS AN INDIVIDUAL 

BOYS AND GIRLS EARLY RACES WILL NOT BE ASSIGNED TEAM STARTING BOXES. START WILL BE FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED (ROAD RACE STYLE)

BOYS 6:45 PM RACE  - APPROXIMATELY 400 RUNNERS

GIRLS 6:15 PM RACE - APPROXIMATELY 400 RUNNERS

SCHEDULE

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  5:30 pm -
• Middle School / Junior High Race - 2,500 meters Open Race - 5,000 meters - men and women all-comers
• THESE TWO RACES WILL BE RUN TOGETHER
• (2,500 runners just peel off after 1 loop and shoot into finish)
  
  6:15 pm - HS Girls Varsity Race - 5,000 meters
• (teams seeded 41 and up) and runners 11+ (From Elite teams)
• 6:45 pm - HS Boys Varsity Race - 5,000 meters
• (teams seeded 41 and up) and runners 11+ from  Elite teams
• 7:15 - Elite HS Girls Race (Top 40 seeded teams)
• limit of 10 runners per team (teams with more than 10 can run extra girls in earlier race.
• (Any girl from a team not seeded in Top 40 teams that has run a sub-20:00 HS XC 5K may run elite race as an individual)
• 7:45pm - Elite HS Boys Race (Top 40 seeded teams)
• limit of 10 runners per team (teams with more than 10 can run extra boys in earlier race)
• (Any boy from a team not seeded in Top 40 teams that has run a sub-17:00 HS XC 5K may run elite race as an individual)
• 8:30 pm - Awards Under The Lights !
• Medals AND Race tee-shirts to Top 25 Boys and Girls in Elite HS Race - COMPETITON FOR THESE MEDALS / TEE-SHIRTS GETS TOUGHER EACH YEAR ! LAST YEAR IT TOOK 16:41 for Boys and 20:04 for girls.
• SOFT TRI-BLEND RACE SHIRTS ON SALE FOR $15    ONLY A LIMITED AMOUNT THIS YEAR AND ONLY  SMALL AND MEDIUM
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  STARTING BOX ASSIGNMENTS
• No starting boxes start will be road race style for all races   (first come, first served)
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  LINK TO COURSE

• Course is 1.50 mile loop done twice with final .11 miles straight down fairway.
• (mostly golf course fairways with 4 short 100 meter sections on dirt roads through woods)
  
  
• There is not a LOT of pavement, but enough on cart paths that athletes may want to consider flats or "spikeless spikes" (nubs) - rather than metal
• FINISH AREA
• Entire last 1/10 mile will be staked/roped off securely, and a chute beyond finish will dump runners straight into tram camp area. Please do not enter chute area unless a medical emergency.