Racing

Cross Country Series 2012

The Cross Country Series offers opportunity for off-road racing. Scoring is similar to the Age-Group Championship series. In addition to the Age-Group scoring, this series also has an overall competition. Be sure to check out the rules for details on scoring.

For questions concerning Cross-Country Series rules or standings, contact the series coordinator.

2012 Schedule and Standings

Points Counted for Best 4 of 8 Events.

Apr 14, 2012 Saturday	Spin in the Woods Great Falls, VA 8km race
May 13, 2012 Sunday	Run Aware 5k Potomac 5km race
Jun 08, 2012 Friday	Run with the June Bugs Cross Country Derwood 5km race
Aug 18, 2012 Saturday	Comus Run Cross Country Comus 5km race
Sep 22, 2012 Saturday	Lake Needwood Cross Country Derwood 10km race
Oct 07, 2012 Sunday	Cross Country on the Farm Derwood 5km race
Oct 13, 2012 Saturday	Black Hill 10k Germantown 10km race
Dec 02, 2012 Sunday	Seneca Slopes Cross Country Gaithersburg 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	2	50 to 54	2
20 to 24	2	55 to 59	2
25 to 29	2	60 to 64	2
30 to 34	2	65 to 69	2
35 to 39	2	70 to 74	2
40 to 44	2	75 to 79	2
45 to 49	2	80 to 99	2

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.