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Cecil Field Summer Classic Meet Instructions
Welcome to the 9th annual Cecil Field Summer Classic !
HOST SCHOOL: THE BOLLES SCHOOL
TITLE SPONSOR - JTC RUNNING
MEET MANAGERS: RICHARD FANNIN and MICHELLE GULLY
LOCATION: Cecil Field Golf Course - 13715 Lake Newman Street - Jacksonville FL 32221
Please read 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 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 and send with signed PARTICIPANT WAIVER HERE OR ON DIRECT ATHLETICS PAGE
WAIVER REQUIRED (PER INSURANCE POLICY) BEFORE PACKET DISTRIBUTED
INVOICE IF NEEDED: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:152e8e27-5f41-4212-873c-fd4858997a27
MAIL TO: CECIL PARTNERS LLC, 2570 Forbes Street , Jacksonville, FL 32204
W9 click: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:va6c2:fff30cea-e194-4721-b369-a8766f5d31d8
VENDOR INFO: EIN 88-3538321
Name or Name of Firm: Richard Fannin
Doing Business As: Cecil Partners LLC
Address: 2570 Forbes Street, Jacksonville FL 32204
Contact Information: (904) 662-3814
Contact Person: Richard Fannin
Contact Email: richardfannin1@gmail.com
PARKING IS FREE THIS YEAR
Each team will get 1 pass for a vehicle in paved lot for unloading gear. ALL other coaches and team personnel must park in regular parking !
THERE WILL BE A $10.00 PER PERSON SPECTATOR FEE - (GoFan) PLEASE ALERT PARENTS TO DOWNLOAD APP AND PURCHASE TICKETS IN ADVANCE . ON GOFAN SEARCH "BOLLES SCHOOL" to FIND MEET
Team camps may ONLY be set up in the driving range area beyond the tee boxes on Friday starting at 4pm.
- 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 8th
- Teams seeded 46 - 75 will run the two early races.
- We use FL Runners database of returning runners from previous year per team to make our best efforts in determining the Top 45 teams for boys and girls.
BOYS ELITE TEAMS (45) - APPROXIMATELY 400 RUNNERS
GIRLS ELITE TEAMS (45) - APPROXIMATELY 400 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
Gates will NOT open until 4:00
- PACKET PICKUP STARTING AT 4:00pm
- 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) we STRONGLY recommend running the Open race at 5:30 (same exact course as HS race ) ALL BIBS : CHIPS ARE THE SAME NO MATTER WHAT RACE - NO NEED TO DO ANYTHING SPECIAL IF RUNNER IS MOVED TO THIS RACE.
6:15 pm - HS Girls Varsity Race - 5,000 meters- (teams seeded 46 and up) and runners 11+ from elite teams.
- 6:45 pm - HS Boys Varsity Race - 5,000 meters
- (teams seeded 46 and up) and runners 11+ from elite teams.
- 7:15 - Elite HS Girls Race (Top 45 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 45 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 45 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 45 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 2024 it took 16:17 for boys and 19:46 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.
At 1/2 mile you begin to run adjacent to hole #8. At 3/4 mile you enter the woods for a nice shaded 100 meters. Shortly after the 1 mile mark you enter another wooded section on a flat dirt road for about a 1/10 mile. At 1.38 miles you swing a hard left and across the grass to the 1st hole fairway. The exact Halfway point (1.55 miles) at a huge oak tree. (Timing mat will be down) Run left along the back of the driving range and merge back onto loop 1 at 1.64 miles.
