2012 Empire Runners Fleet Feet Grand Prix Series
2012 Rules to be posted soon
Current Men's Standings
Current Women's Standings
2011 Empire Runners Fleet Feet Grand Prix Series
2011 Final Men's Standings
2011 Final Women's Standings
2011 EMPIRE RUNNERS/FLEET FEET GRAND PRIX RULES
Final overall scoring will be your best 8 out of 14 races. Your six lowest scoring races will be dropped from your point total.
2011 Grand Prix races are:
1. 1/01/2011 Resolution Run 5K
2. 2/20/2011 Valley Ford Relay 4 X 2.75 miles
3. 3/13/2011 Ilsanjo Classic 4 miles and 10 miles
4. 4/03/2011 Loop de Loop 14 mile and Relay 2 X 7 miles. (Extra 10 pts. To 14 mile participants).
5. 5/01/2011 Jackrabbit Derby 3 miles
6. 6/14, 6/28, 7/12, 7/26, 8/09 Summer Track Series, see below for scoring (5 Tuesdays; all ages)
7. 6/18/2011 River Front Relay 2 X 3.1 miles
8. 7/04/2011 Kenwood Footrace (Volunteer points only, 75 pts. No race points this year.)
9. 8/07/2011 Salmon Creek Beach Run 5 miles or 2 miles
10. 8/27/2011 Phil Widener Empire XC Open 3.43 miles
11. 9/04/2011 Annadel Loop 7 miles
12. 11/07/2011 Run to Stop Hunger 5K and 10K (Cosponsored with Fleet Feet)
13. 11/27/2011 McGuires Breakfast Run 3K and 10K
14. 12/17/2011 Last 10K and Final 2 mile
Scoring:
Empire Runners who are current members on the day of the race and new members joining on race day will score in that race.
The first place ER finisher will receive 100 points, 2nd place 99 points and so on for both males and females. Exception this year is with the full Loop de Loop, 14 mile solo. Those running the full Loop De Loop will get an extra 10 points added to their placement points. In other words: first place will get 110 points and so on. If there is a short and long race at the same event (example - Ilsanjo has a 4m and 10m race) 4 people will score 100 points, 99 points and so on. Race Directors get 100 points.
Age divisions are as follows: <10, 10-13,14-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+. Your age group will be determined by your age on your 1st race of the year on/after 1/1/2011.
There will be no minimum number of races necessary to qualify for prizes.
Relays:
Valley Ford Relay, River Front Relay and Loop de Loop Relay all have 3 categories: Men (100% Men), Coed (any mixture of men and women), Women (100%women). Teams must have at least 50% Empire Runners to be eligible to score. The first place team from each category will receive 100 points, 2nd place team 99 points and so on. If you run on 2 teams you will score in the higher placing team in its category.
Summer Track Series (5 Tuesdays)
25 points will be given to each person who participates in one or more event per Track meet. There is a maximum of 100 points possible for all track meets combined. In other words, compete in at least one event in four meets and you will get 100 points. Compete at five Track Meets you still get a maximum of 100 points. (See Volunteers below for information on volunteer points during the track series meets).
Volunteers
Those people selected by the Race Director as volunteers of a specific event will receive 75 points. It is the responsibility of Race Director to provide volunteer names to the series Director. This year the Kenwood Footraces will have volunteer points only, at an amount of 75 points. There will also be Track Series volunteer points this year. Track Series volunteers will receive 25 points for each track meet they volunteer at to a maximum of 75 points. The volunteer can combine 25 participant points from a track meet that they did not volunteer at in order to get the maximum 100 points for the track series. You cannot receive both volunteer and participant points during the same track meet.
Prizes:
The Prizes for the 2011 Empire Runners / Fleet Feet Grand Prix will be announced in February. There will be prizes for the top 3 overall and the top 3 in each age group. Overall winners will be eliminated from age group awards.
The Series Director will endeavor to score each event as accurately as possible but mistakes and omissions inevitably will happen. Corrections will be made upon notification to the director up to 30 days after the results of an event have been published in the newsletter. Results will become official after that. The Series Director has the authority to make changes to the above rules from time to time throughout the year as may be necessary due to changing situations. Changes will be published in the newsletter and posted on the website as soon as possible. Any problems or disputes regarding the series will be settled at the sole discretion of the Series Director with emphasis placed on maintaining a series that is fair for all participants.
Gerald McCormick (grandprix@empirerunners.org)
2011 Grand Prix Director
