For the past six years, the Bobby Doyle Five Mile Summer Classic has given more than $50,000 to enhance youth and high school running in the state. It’s done it each year with four individual scholarships and additional grants to assists schools with the necessities of building a successful and strong program.
Co-race director Jim Doyle and his committee have now come up with a new way to distribute funds to high schools, and it’s simple. The race will raffle off an additional $1,000 to a school that has entered 15 or more of its runners in this year’s Doyle five-miler, scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 10 at Narragansett Pier School. The timing of this extra incentive couldn’t be better for high school coaches with the race falling just a few weeks before the start of the upcoming cross-country season. What better way to gage the summer training of your athletes than with a five-mile race towards the end of the school vacation?
Just like in year’s past, high school runners are given a break on the entry fee. It’s only $15 and it includes a Tech T-shirt, a finisher’s medal and post-race refreshments. Schools that are interested in this unique raffle can enter on the race’s website at www.bobbydoyleraces.com. Any questions, call the race hotline at 401-578-2955.