Racing

Championship Series 2012

Selected club races are designated part of this year-long series. Points awarded to the top finishers in each age group for these designated races are used to determine age-group champions for the year. Be sure to check out the rules for details on scoring.

For questions concerning Championship Series rules or standings, contact the series coordinator.

2012 Schedule and Standings

Points counted for best 6 of 11 events.

Jan 14, 2012 Saturday	Shooting Starr Silver Spring 6K race	interim results
Feb 12, 2012 Sunday	Country Road Run Olney 5mi race	interim results
Mar 25, 2012 Sunday	Piece of Cake Gaithersburg 10km race	interim results
Apr 21, 2012 Saturday	Capital for a Day – Brookeville 5K Olney 5km race	interim results
Jun 03, 2012 Sunday	Juni Rennen Boyds 5km race
Jul 06, 2012 Friday	Midsummer Night's Mile Rockville 1mi race
Aug 05, 2012 Sunday	Rileys Rumble Boyds/Germantown half marathon (13.1mi)
Aug 10, 2012 Friday	Going Green Track Meet Bethesda 2mi race
Nov 10, 2012 Saturday	Candy Cane City 5k Chevy Chase 5km race
Nov 24, 2012 Saturday	Turkey Burnoff Gaithersburg 10mi race
Dec 09, 2012 Sunday	Jingle Bell Jog Rockville 8km race

Rules

The number, Q, of races needed to qualify for each series shall be half the number of series races actually conducted, timed, and scored, rounded up to a whole number if necessary.
You must be an MCRRC member on the day of the race to earn Championship Series points for that race. Non-members are not counted in determining series points.
Your age group for the year will be determined by your age on January first of that year. You must disclose your birthdate when registering for your first series race to be eligible for age group prizes.
In each race points will be awarded to the top ten places overall and to the top ten within age groups. The first-place runner will receive ten points, the second-place runner will receive nine points, and so on down to the tenth-place runner who will receive one point. Points will be accumulated for your best six races at the end of the year.
In each race points will be awarded to the top ten males and females overall and to the top ten males and females within age groups. The first-place runner will receive ten points, the second-place runner will receive nine points, and so on down to the tenth-place runner who will receive one point.
Your series score is the sum of your Q highest individual race point scores. Ties among point-scoring qualifiers and potential award winners shall be broken according to the tiebreaker rules below.
At the end of the year open and age group prizes will be awarded in male and female categories as shown in the tables below. There shall be no double awards; overall award winners do not also receive age group awards.
Age Groups Awards Age Groups Awards

Open 3

0 to 19 3 50 to 54 3

20 to 24 3 55 to 59 3

25 to 29 3 60 to 64 3

30 to 34 3 65 to 69 3

35 to 39 3 70 to 74 3

40 to 44 3 75 to 79 3

45 to 49 3 80 to 99 3

Tie Breaker Rules

Head-to-head competition. The tied runners shall be scored 10-9-8-etc in EVERY race in which they ALL participated as if they were the only participants, and the total tiebreaker points shall determine rank.
Next best. This tiebreaker score is the sum of your Q+1 highest individual race point scores, as in Rule 5 but counting one more race. Not running a (Q+1)st race counts as -1 points. 2 is repeated with Q+2 races, Q+3 races, etc, until the tie is broken or none of the tied runners has run that many races.
Total distance. The highest sum of the distances of all races completed, as listed on the race schedule web page.
Total time. The least total time in all races completed.
If a multi-way tie is partially broken by one of these rules (including any stage of 2), any remaining subsets of tied runners shall be broken starting over at 1.