Registration & Race Day
WHEN: Please preregister for this event to give us a better idea of how many participants to expect as well as how many shirts to order. Official registration and bib pick up will be the morning of the race, Saturday, August 19th from 7:00 AM to 7:45 AM. The Gillette College Eclips 5k race will go off at 8:00 AM.
PREREGISTRATION: Pre-registration is closed and the event is consluded. We hope to see you next year!
PRICING: All participants will pay the morning of the race. The cost is $15.00 for the race or $25.00 for the race with a shirt included! We accept cash or check, with the checks made payable to Gillette College. Please select the option you would like when filling out the preregistration form!
PARKING: The Race will start in downtown Gillette on S Gillette Ave, just off of W 1st St. We recommend parking relatively close to the start, wherever there is availability!
Course Map
Note: This route is subject to change, and if changes occur, they will not happen within a week leading up to the race. Please come back and check the route the week of!
ROUTE: This route takes runners through the scenic downtown area of Gillette, Wyoming. At the 1 mile mark, runners will find themselves running through Lasting Legacy Park before heading back towards the downtown area. Once the participants arrive back to Gillette Ave they will take a left to begin the ascent up towards the 2 mile mark. Just past the 2 mile mark, the runners will take a U-turn at the T. The participants will begin descending down Gillette Ave, and once they reach 3rd Street they will turn left. From here, the participants have roughly 1k left to run! They will run/walk to 4-J Rd and take a right followed by another right on 2nd St. The finish line will be awaiting all participants just before they reach Gillette Ave!
There will be volunteers, cones, and upside down chalk paint to help guide you through the course and assure safe passing. We are planning on having a lead bike as well for the speedsters up front!
This is both a beautiful and challenging route which runners should enjoy, and if they can make it up Gillette Ave and through 2 miles, the final kilometer should help them in running fast through the finish!
AID STATIONS: There will be an aid station with water a quarter mile before the participants enter Lasting Legacy Park, which runners should pass through twice. There will be a couple volunteers out there handing the cups to the runners/walkers!
Race Results & Awards
RACE RESULTS: 2017 Eclipse 5k Race Results can be found here. A big thanks to all who particpated. Whether you walk, ran, had a good race, or a bad one, congratulations on getting out there. The Gillette College Cross County program is incredibly grateful for everyone who came out and made this an event! We hope to see you all next year and are already working on improvements to make this event even better in the future (of course we won't host another Eclipse 5k for quite some time =P). Enjoy the rest of the Eclipse Festival!
- Gillette XC
About
The Gillette College Cross Country Team has teamed up with Gillette Main Street to put on the Eclipse 5k Race. We are hoping that this is the first race of many to kick off the academic year. The cross country team will be the primary volunteers of this event in an effort to fundraise money for their upcoming cross country season. All proceeds of this event will go towards funding team travel, gear, and scholarships to help give the student-athletes the best possible experience.
There will also be a Pancake Feed sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Gillette at the finish line from 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM. If you finish the 3.1 mile race in under an our, enjoy some breakfast at the finish line!
Contact Us
Please Contact Sean Smith, the Head Cross Country Coach at Gillette College via Phone or Email
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815-670-2094