Spacious Skies Invitational
About this race
Spacious Skies is a Cross Country race hosted by the Gladitz Family at the St Boniface cross country course . the race is for kids from 1st thru 8th grades . Awards will be presented to the top 10 finishers in each category (Grades 1-2 / 3-4 / 5-6 / 7-8 Boys and Girls). All 1st thru 4th graders will run a 1 mile course and all 5th thru 8th graders will run a 2 mile course . Awards will be presented to the top 10 runners in each race . Timing will be provided by BigWhiteTrailer .We ask that all runners arrive 30 min before there race start time . We will be doing team awards again this year . Team awards will be given to the top two finishing teams for boys and girls 5th-8th grade and and 1st-4th.
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Running
1st and 2nd Grade Boys 1 mile run
The course will be open at 7:30 am for walk through . there will be a coaches meeting at 8:45 next to the the finish line . First race will start a 9 am . We ask that all runners arrive 30 min before there race start time to check in and be issued a race bib .
1st and 2nd Grade Girls 1 mile run
The course will be open at 7:30 am for walk through . there will be a coaches meeting at 8:45 next to the the finish line . First race will start a 9 am . We ask that all runners arrive 30 min before there race start time to check in and be issued a race bib .
3rd and 4th Grade Girls 1 mile run
The course will be open at 7:30 am for walk through . there will be a coaches meeting at 8:45 next to the the finish line . First race will start a 9 am . We ask that all runners arrive 30 min before there race start time to check in and be issued a race bib .
3rd and 4th Grade Boys 1 mile run
The course will be open at 7:30 am for walk through . there will be a coaches meeting at 8:45 next to the the finish line . First race will start a 9 am . We ask that all runners arrive 30 min before there race start time to check in and be issued a race bib .
5th and 6th Grade Girls 2 mile run
The course will be open at 7:30 am for walk through . there will be a coaches meeting at 8:45 next to the the finish line . First race will start a 9 am . We ask that all runners arrive 30 min before there race start time to check in and be issued a race bib .
5th and 6th Grade Boys 2 mile run
The course will be open at 7:30 am for walk through . there will be a coaches meeting at 8:45 next to the the finish line . First race will start a 9 am . We ask that all runners arrive 30 min before there race start time to check in and be issued a race bib .
7th and 8th Grade Girls 2 mile run
The course will be open at 7:30 am for walk through . there will be a coaches meeting at 8:45 next to the the finish line . First race will start a 9 am . We ask that all runners arrive 30 min before there race start time to check in and be issued a race bib .
7th and 8th Grade Boys 2 mile run
The course will be open at 7:30 am for walk through . there will be a coaches meeting at 8:45 next to the the finish line . First race will start a 9 am . We ask that all runners arrive 30 min before there race start time to check in and be issued a race bib .
Typical race-day weather
Based on 12 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Erie, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:42 AM and sets at 7:59 PM local time (EDT) in Erie on August 29, 2026 — 13h 16m of daylight.
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2026 results — Spacious Skies Invitational
251 finishers across 4 distances · leading places in the 1st and 2nd Grade Boys 1 mile run, 1-2 Boys Mile
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | O. Shaffer | 7:26 | 7:26 /mi |
| 2 | K. Troup | 7:35 | 7:35 /mi |
| 3 | R. Elder | 7:39 | 7:39 /mi |
| 4 | K. Chapman | 8:00 | 8:00 /mi |
| 5 | C. Shaffer | 8:05 | 8:05 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
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- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
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