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Cecil Field Summer Classic Meet Instructions

Welcome to the 8th annual Cecil Field Summer Classic ! 

HOSTED BY THE BOLLES SCHOOL

TITLE SPONSOR - JTC RUNNING 

ADDRESS - Cecil Field Golf Course - 13715 Lake Newman Street - Jacksonville FL 32221

We will have about 65 High Schools at this years race. Approximately 35 teams in the elite races and 30 teams in the early races.

Please read meet instructions below carefully.

LODGING

The meet is located on the West side of Jacksonville so plan accordingly.

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

 Make checks payable to: CECIL PARTNERS LLC                                                                                                           

 MAIL TO:   CECIL PARTNERS LLC, 2570 Forbes Street , Jacksonville, FL 32204

W9 click below 

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VENDOR INFO (NEW) EIN 88-3538321 

Name or Name of Firm: Richard Fannin                                                                                                                       

Doing Business As: Cecil Partners LLC

Address: 2570 Forbes Street, Jacksonville FL 32204 

THERE WILL BE A $5.00 PER PERSON SPECTATOR FEE - (GoFan) PLEASE ALERT PARENTS TO DOWNLOAD APP AND PURCHASE TICKETS IN ADVANCE .  ON GOFAN SEARCH "BOLLES SCHOOL" to FIND MEET TICKETS.

FOOD  Country Caterers (family owned for 40 years) will be set up by 5:00pm and serving up BBQ, hamburgers, hotdogs, etc. at affordable prices. Tell your parents to bring folding chairs and picnic blankets, and make a night out of it !

• 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.
  
  

REQUIREMENTS FOR ELITE DIVISION

• The Elite Division is Invitation Only this year, teams for Elite race will be announced by Friday, August 9th
• Teams seeded 36-65 will run the two early races.
• We use FL Runners database of returning runners from 2023 per team to make our best efforts in determining the Top 35 teams for boys and girls.

BOYS ELITE TEAMS (35)  - APPROXIMATELY 350 RUNNERS

GIRLS ELITE TEAMS (35) - APPROXIMATELY 350 RUNNERS

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

Any boy that has run 16:59 or faster or any girl at 19:59 or faster - EVEN IF THEIR TEAM IS IN EARLY RACE THEY CAN CHOOSE TO RUN ELITE RACE AS AN INDIVIDUAL.

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

BOYS 6:45 PM RACE  - 30 TEAMS  - APPROXIMATELY 350 RUNNERS

GIRLS 6:15 PM RACE - 30 TEAMS - APPROXIMATELY 350 RUNNERS

 COVERAGE

*Race broadcast LIVESTREAM  on FL Runners home page

*Race results in REAL TIME (including halfway splits) will be found by going to 1st Place Sports website, then current results .. our meet will be the first one on the list 

SCHEDULE

• PACKET PICKUP STARTING AT 4:00pm  AND A CECIL PARTNERS SPORTS WAIVER WILL NEED TO BE SIGNED ON SITE BY THE COACH IN ORDER TO PICK UP BIBS THIS YEAR
• 5:30pm   Middle School / Junior High Race - 2,500 meters AND the Open Race - 5,000 meters - men and women all-comers
• THESE TWO RACES WILL BE RUN TOGETHER...(2,500 meter runners just peel off after 1 loop and shoot into finish)
• Any novice HS runners (or boys running 24:00 or slower or girls running 30:00 or slower) may want to consider running Open race) - same exact course as HS race - ALL BIBS ARE THE SAME - NO NEED TO DO ANYTHING SPECIAL IF EYNNER MOVED TO THIS RACE 
• Ribbons to all MS finishers

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  6:15 pm - HS Girls Varsity Race - 5,000 meters
• (teams seeded 36 and up) and runners 11+ from elite teams.
• 6:45 pm - HS Boys Varsity Race - 5,000 meters
• (teams seeded 36 and up) and runners 11+ from elite teams.

• 7:15 - Elite HS Girls Race (Top 35 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 35 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 !  In 2023 IT TOOK 16:35 for Boys and 19:45 for girls.

STARTING BOX ASSIGNMENTS

No starting boxes start will be road race style for all races   (first come, first served)

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.