After a multi-year hiatus, we have a new facility and so are bringing back the highly popular Eliminator race!
It is a unique and fun track competition where 12-20 athletes start a race. The runners run one lap at a time. After each lap the last runner to finish is eliminated. After a short rest, the athletes go another lap and eliminate a second runner, and so on until there is only one runner left standing.
It is a fun challenge for runners of all ages, with the 400m and 800m runners dueling it out with the long distance runners. And it is just as fun for the spectators! We started this race as a very casual event and the first year it drew dozens of spectators who just happened to pass by and were curious what was going on. They all stayed and loved watching the competition. This year in the new facility we can run later in the evening and make things more interactive and entertaining for the fans.
I talked to a past competitor of this event who ran it when he was a D1 college athlete and he said this was the most fun race he ever particpated in.
You can read more about the Eliminator race, as well as recaps about past Eliminator races at this link:
https://www.theeliminatorrace.com/about
The cost to participate is $30. We will have lap prizes and an overall prize of $150 to the winner of an Eliminator race.
It will be held on the evening of Wednesday, July 2 at the brand new Kearney Catholic High School track. The RAM Track Camp will have competitions at the track for youth starting at 6 p.m. and the Eliminator will start after. We would like to run at least one male and one female Eliminator Race but aren't sure what the interest will be after all these years. We will hold as many heats as we have entrants. If we have enough, we will split up heats based on age ranges so encourage your friends to join in!
We will shoot for a start time of 7:30 p.m. for the first heat and will finish under the lights for subsequent heats. Interest is growing, and so the event schedule may be subject to change based on the number of heats we have.
You can pay by cash or check on the day of the event or Venmo @Jonathan-Nikkila-1.
Register Here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSev1Pi2lPodMHe-adtySOHV75UjpVSYIazN3Tbag5ezOvUSag/viewform?usp=dialog
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