ULTRARUNNING GRAND PRIX 2012 RULES
NO CHANGES FROM 2011 RULES!!!!
SIGNIFICANT RULES REQUIRING SPECIAL MENTION:
1. Maximum scoring races: Currently there are 7 events in the 2010 New York Ultrarunning Grand Prix series with the return of the Staten Island 6 hour scheduled for September and the BUS Pajama Run 6 Hour for late July or early August. If these races are held as scheduled, the maximum scoring races (see rule 6) will be four for men and three for women. If the final results are based on six races then the maximum will be three for men and three for women.
2. The special scoring for the Caumsett 50 K (paragraph 13) has been maintained. This section was added to maintain the importance of the Caumsett 50K in the series. The Caumsett 50K was a USATF national championship and thus there was significant participation of runners from other parts of the country. These non-local runners, many of who are nationally ranked runners, likely will not enter any other races of the Grand Prix. Therefore, the race will be scored at the end of the series omitting the placing of any participant that has not participated in any other Grand Prix event. Until the end of the series, the points earned in the Caumsett will be included in the reported totals. They will appear in red and obviously will be subject to change at the end of the series in October.
RULES:
1. Any entrant into a Grand Prix event is automatically entered into the Grand Prix Championship series. There is no additional fee.
2. The following awards will be presented:
a.
Grand
Prix Champion, Second Place Overall, and Third Place Overall (Male and Female)
b.
Age
Groups-First Place (Male and Female)
1.
39
and below
2.
40-44
3.
45-49
4.
50-54
5.
55-59
6.
60-64
7.
65-69
8.
70-75
9.
76
and over
c.
Special
Award for anyone completing all races!!!!
a.
Caumsett
50K (3/4/12)
b.
BUS
6 Hour (3/31/12)
c.
Sybil
Ludington 50K (4/21/12)
d.
Long
Island Greenbelt Trail 50K (5/12/12)
e.
Pajama
Run 6 Hour (TBD)
f.
Staten
Island 6 Hour (9/22/12)
g.
6
Hour-60th Birthday Run (10/14/12)
5. Participants must COMPLETE a minimum of 2 races. Complete means to finish in the maximum time allowed. A marathon distance (26.2 miles) must be completed in 6-hour races, 40 miles must be completed in 12-hour races, and 50 miles must be completed in 24-hour races to be considered to have completed the race.
6. Although individuals may compete in all races, only the number of races, as specified below, in which the participant earns the most number of points will count in the total to determine the awards. It may be that different races will count in the separate calculations of the Grand Prix Overall Championship and Age Group Awards.
a. Men-3 races (if 6 events), 4 races (if 7 or more events)
b. Women-3 races
7. For each race the order of finish of all participants will be determined (separate for men and women) and each participant will be awarded points based on the order of finish.
a.
First
Place-1000 points k. Eleventh Place-425
points
b.
Second
Place-800 points l. Twelfth
Place-400 points
c.
Third
Place-700 points m. Thirteenth
Place-375 points
d.
Fourth
Place-650 points n. Fourteenth
Place-350 points
e.
Fifth
Place-605 points o. Fifteenth
Place-325 points
f.
Sixth
Place-565 points p. Sixteenth
Place-300 points
g.
Seventh
Place-530 points q. Seventeenth
Place-275 points
h.
Eighth
Place-500 points r. Eighteenth
Place-250 points
i.
Ninth
Place-475 points s. Nineteenth
Place-225 points
j.
Tenth
Place-450 points t. Twentieth
Place and Below-200 points
a. First Place-100 points f. Sixth
Place-45 points
b. Second Place-80 points g. Seventh Place-40
points
c. Third Place-65 points h. Eighth
Place-35 points
d. Fourth Place-55 points i. Ninth Place-30
points
e. Fifth Place-50 points j. Tenth Place and
Below-25 points