New world fall spectacular
Pirates XC faster at New World Fall Spectacular
The coaches of the boys and girls Pirate cross coun-try teams insisted it was not hyperbole. Both the name of the meet and the teams’ performances last Saturday were “spectacular.”
Perhaps New World Fall Spectacular race director Richard Fannin deliberately chose that name for the meet to help inspire the 72 schools entering the six separate races. If not, the date near the end of the sea-son was a definite choice to, hopefully, provide a cooler day for faster times. Despite what Fannin called a “soft” course with one “shoe-sucking” muddy patch because of the heavy rains on Thursday, the best temperature of the season more than evened out the course conditions.
The Pirates entered 28 runners in three separate divisions — girls elite, girls JV elite and boys open. Twenty Pirates set all-time personal records, the best times they have ever run on any type course and under any kind of conditions. Eight of the 10 Lady Pirates whom Coach Dave Reinhart entered in the girls elite race set PRs while two had season bests (SBs). In the girls JV elite race, five of the eight runners set PRs.
Coach Bill Beaumont had seve
By Coach Grant Mollett, East Ridge High School
Jacksonville, Florida – For the East Ridge girls cross country team, yesterday’s meet was supposed to be a local meet at their cross-town rival’s school, Lake Minneola High School. The Hawk’s Last Chance Invitational was supposed to follow two consecutive large and distant invitationals that pinned the Knights against several Class 4A district rivals, including the FL. Runners Invitational in Lakeland and the Pre-State Invitational in Tallahassee. Although the FL. Runners Invitational was able to happen in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, unfortunately, the Pre-State Invitational had to be canceled in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton. Seeking an opportunity to race against Class 4A state rivals this late in the season, the Fall Spectacular, held at New World Sports Complex in Jacksonville, presented itself as that opportunity for the Knights. East Ridge is no stranger to New World, as they competed there earlier in the season at the Cecil Field Summer Classic and last season at the Class 4A Region 1 Championships. However, this was the first time in Knights’ history that they competed in the New World Fall Spec
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Welcome to the 7th annual New World Decline Spectacular hosted by The Bolles School.
LODGING - Highly recommend Holiday Inn Express - Chaffee Indicate West - $137 per nighttime - (less than 10 min from course)
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If hotel is occupied, there are 3 other hotels at the same exit (Chaffee Road and I-10) - all are 10 minutes from course
COURSE IS FLAT, FAST AND WELL-MARKED AND HAS BEEN MEASURED BY AN IAAF CERTIFIED COURSE MEASURER (Jim Gerweck) CLICK BELOW FOR MAP
Course Map
Course records are 14:45 by Rheinhardt Harrison of Nease in 2021 and 17:41 by Jillian Candelino of Bolles in 2022.
Saturday October 19th, 2024- Cecil Field Golf Course
- 13715 Lake Newman Street
- Jacksonville FL 32221
COACHES MEETING - 7:15am AT FINISH LINE AREA
- ELITE Girls - 7:30am - LIMITED TO TEN ENTRIES PER TEAM TOP 40 teams
- ELITE Boys - 8:00am - LIMITED TO TEN ENTRIES PER TEAM TOP 40 seeded teams
- Girls B Race - 8:30am - girls teams ranked 41-55 AND all JV girls from elite teams pro
Welcome to the 8th annual New World Fall Spectacular hosted by The Bolles School and Cecil Partners, LLC!
***NEW MEET INFORMATION FOR THIS YEAR !! (TWO DAY FORMAT, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY)***
**Saturday's races are reserved for the Top 80 seeded HS teams**
ALL HS TEAMS SEEDED 81 AND UP WILL RUN FRIDAY NIGHT
FRIDAY NIGHT SCHEDULE
5:00pm - MS girls 3k
5:30pm - MS boys 3k
6:00pm - HS girls C 5k - unlimited entries
6:30pm - HS boys C 5k - unlimited entriesSATURDAY SCHEDULE
7:30am Elite Girls LIMITED TO 10 ENTRIES PER TEAM TOP 45 SEEDED TEAMS
8:00am Elite Boys LIMITED TO 10 ENTRIES PER TEAM TOP 45 SEEDED TEAMS
8:30am Girls B Race LIMITED TO 10 ENTRIES PER TEAM, TEAMS SEEDED 46-80
9:00am Boys B Race LIMITED TO 10 ENTRIES PER TEAM, TEAMS SEEDED 46-80
9:30am JV Girls (FOR ELITE JV AND B JV)
10:00am JV Boys (FOR ELITE JV AND B JV)
10:45am AWARDS (ELITE ONLY)
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**Medals and hoodies for Top 25 boys and Girls in Elite Race. **Trophies to top 3 boys and girl
PREP CROSS COUNTRY: Hermanson sets Suwannee record at New World Fall Spectacular
Ryleigh Hermanson set a new Suwannee girls school record on Saturday, finishing with a time of 19:35 to place 66th out of 309 runners at the New World Fall Spectacular Elite Race at the Cecil Field Golf Course.
Hermanson broke her previous record of 19:48, which she set last year at the North Florida Classic. Her time would've been good enough for first place in both the B and C races at the event.
The SHS girls placed 34th as a team behind Hermanson's new school record. Also scoring for the Bulldogs were Olivia Hermanson in 109th (20:00), Arwen Haley in 233rd (22:08), Sadie Siemon in 249th (22:29), and Virginia Mayhew in 257th (22:47).
The Suwannee boys competed in the B Race, placing 12th behind a sixth-place finish from Logan Haley (17:03) in a field of 400 runners. Also scoring for the Bulldogs were Brig Scott in 46th (18:07), Kale Skinner in 91st (18:48), Brant Johnson in 94th (18:49), and Josiah Daniels in 159th (19:29).