{"id":308417,"date":"2019-09-20T06:00:03","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T20:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=308417"},"modified":"2019-09-20T06:00:03","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T20:00:03","slug":"sis-to-hold-gecko-5000-on-sept-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/sis-to-hold-gecko-5000-on-sept-28\/","title":{"rendered":"SIS to hold Gecko 5000 on Sept. 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_308421\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-308421\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/geckos.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-308421\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Agape Christian School students run in Marpi with the Banzai Cliff as backdrop during last year\u2019s Gecko 5000. (Saipan International School Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Saipan International School will be holding the Gecko 5000 Invitational in Marpi on Sept. 28.<\/p>\n<p>The race will begin at the Last Command Post and end near Banzai Cliff. The course will follow a loop along the road and through the jungle, finishing approximately 300 meters from the end of the Banzai Cliff Memorial. <\/p>\n<p>Miles 1 and 2 will be marked and the course will consist of 50% grass and nature trail with some rough terrain and single-track lanes. Approximately one kilometer of the run is along the main road. <\/p>\n<p>The Department of Public Safety will be providing support during the race, while volunteers will be stationed strategically along the course to guide runners or provide assistance, if needed.<\/p>\n<p>Registration packets will be available at SIS or at the Last Command Post. All runners must be at the site by 6:20am.<\/p>\n<p>Team trophies will be awarded, as well as medals for the Top 3 boys and girls. There must be one boys team and or one girls team per school to qualify for the team awards and each school is allowed a maximum of 6 runners (with bibs) <\/p>\n<p>The Gecko 5000 will also double as a qualifier for the 2019 All Schools Cross Country Championships. Non-bibbed runners will qualify for the All-Schools Championships, but will not count for team scoring<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, SIS is set to face off with Saipan Community School as they hold the Run for the Coconut on Sept. 26. <\/p>\n<p>The race will start at 2pm with the course beginning and ending at the beach path near The Shack. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saipan International School will be holding the Gecko 5000 Invitational in Marpi on Sept. 28&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":306181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[699],"class_list":["post-308417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-sis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}