ABOUT
What’s a “jicker”? It’s both a Scots word meaning “to run smartly” and a midwinter storm in the Dr. Seuss book I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew. Glad you asked?
Looking for a break from the cold, wet, lonely days of winter running? Come run FLRC’s winter track meets at Cornell University’s Barton Hall, where it’s always warm and dry, and where you can test your fitness on Cornell’s 200-meter rubberized track. All ages (seriously!) and abilities (really!) are welcome, and when you’re not running, you can enjoy watching some of the area’s best runners compete. Join the fun!
Note that formatting is important when entering seed times! Please save us time fixing your entries by adhering to these rules:
- All times under 1 minute should be entered like this: 0:09 for 9 seconds, 0:25.2 for 25.2 seconds, etc.
- All times over 1 minute should be entered like this: 1:08 for 1 minute, 8 seconds, 5:47 for 5 minutes, 47 seconds, 18:00 for 18 minutes, etc.
- All distances/heights should be entered like this: 3-00 for 3 feet, 0 inches, 5-02 for 5 feet, 2 inches, 18-11 for 18 feet, 11 inches, etc.
- Do not put any other characters or words in the seed fields!
If you’ve never run a track meet before, read our First-Timers FAQs for Track Meets.
EVENTS
Events will be run in this order, with each event’s heats running slow to fast. These are the estimated start times; seed sheets will be posted the night before the meet.
- 5000m (3 heats, 9:00am-10:30am)
- 60m (13 heats, 10:30am–11:10am)
- 1 mile (9 heats, 11:10am-12:45pm
- 200m (18 heats, 12:45pm–1:45pm)
- 4x200m relay (Fill out relay card)
- High Jump/Long Jump throughout (note schedule below)
With help from the SOAR Running Club, we’re including the long jump and high jump. The competitions will be low-key and are a great opportunity for kids who want to do more than run.
WHERE
Use a mapping service or GPS to find Barton Hall at Cornell University. Free parking is available in the Crescent lot at Schoellkopf Field, the parking garage across from Teagle Hall, and adjacent lots as noted on signs.
If you enter Barton Hall on its west side, once you are inside, to find the track level, go up one floor using a staircase (there are several staircases, easy to find). There is no elevator. Anyone needing an accessible entrance should please come to the east side (Garden Avenue side).
If you enter Barton Hall on the east side, you will immediately see the track.
The check-in desk is within the track oval.
WHEN
Bib pickup opens at 8:00 AM. All runners in the first event should have picked up their bibs by 8:45 AM. If you’re running only a late event, you may pick up your bib during the meet, but please check in at least 45 minutes before your heat.
The first event starts at 9:00 AM. Meets generally go until 1:00–2:00 PM.
For the high jump and the long jump, note this schedule:
- 8:30–9:00 AM: Warmup time for practice jumps
- 9:00–10:30 AM: Athletes aged 13 and under (may take longer)
- 10:30–12:00 PM: Athletes aged 14 and up
SIGNUP
Online registration is required and is open until 6:00 PM the day before the meet. We have switched to Webscorer this year, which should be a lot easier than our previous registration systems.
If you have trouble registering, or if you need to change a seed time, email meet director Adam Engst with your name, age, and event seed times before 6:00 PM the day before the meet.
FEES
- Non-FLRC member: $10 (save money if you join the club)
- FLRC member: $5 (thanks for supporting running in the area!)
- Financial Aid: $0 (we don’t want anyone skipping the meet due to cost)
- Team or Club: $2 per runner (this is for schools and clubs, not families), paid by a coach at the meet
NOTES
- If a team isn’t listed, contact the meet director to have it added. Teams can pay $2 per runner at the meet, send a check later, or request to be invoiced at the end of the indoor season.
- Spikes are allowed, but please use only pin spikes.
- Registration for relays is available only at the meet; fill out and submit a relay card at the registration table.
- Please predict realistic finish times when registering so we can seed you in an appropriate heat.
- Events run in the order listed, with seeded heats running slow to fast. The number of heats and estimated start times will be emailed to registrants the night before.
- Timing is done by hand, with a Time Machine, not a camera-based fully automatic timing (FAT) system.
- The meets are not USATF-sanctioned, so performances cannot be used as World Championship or Olympic qualifiers.
- For remaining questions, contact meet director Adam Engst and provide name, sex, age, events, and seed times.
