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2009
- 2010 Grand Prix Scoring
Like we've done since
2005, points awarded will be based on age grading. Age grading is a
statistical translation of a runner's time that accounts for an
individual's age, gender, and race distance so that race performances by
runners of all ages can be compared. We used to group people by ten-year
age groups (e.g. men 40-49, women 50-59, etc). Using age grading
corrects the unfair disparity that can occur in the numbers of
participants in each category.
The top age-graded performance in
a Grand Prix race for the men and woman is each worth 15 points. The
second-best age-graded performance for both men and women is worth 14
points, etc. No runner will receive fewer than 5 points for a Grand Prix
race so that the top 10 age-graded men and women in each Grand Prix race
will receive extra points. Also, the genders will be scored separately,
as they always have been. See fine print below!
Marathon
In addition, anyone completing a marathon (or full marathon as part
of a triathlon, or an ultra-marathon) within two weeks and two days (the
extra two days accounts for the Boston Marathon) of any Grand Prix race
will receive 12 bonus Grand Prix points. (You must notify one of the
Grand Prix directors - we won't track this). If you also run the Grand
Prix race within that 16 day period, you will receive the greater of the
12 marathon points or Grand Prix race points, but not both. Only
one marathon per series.
NEW AWARDS &
GIFTS for 2009-2010
Newcomer Awards:
Eligibility rules: 1) you joined the club on January 1, 2007 or
later, and 2) you have never won a Grand Prix award. The two top
Newcomer male & female point scorers for the season will earn Newcomer
Awards.
Veteran Awards:
Eligibility rules: 1) you joined the club before January 1, 2007,
and 2) you did not win a Grand Prix awards for the 2007-2008 or
2008-2009 Grand Prix Series. The two top Veteran male & female
point scorers for the season will earn awards.
Newcomers & Veterans
can double-dip. You can win a traditional Grand Prix award under
our standard scoring system and if you are a "newcomer" or "veteran" you
can double your hardware!
Special Grand Prix
Regular Participant Gifts: If you've competed regularly in the
series and don't qualify as a Newcomer or Veteran you can still win
extra prizes. The top two regular participant male & female point
leaders for the series that are not Newcomers or Veterans will receive
an extra gift at the Awards Banquet.
Relays and Grand
Prix points: 2009-2010 GP Series:
1. GP race directors will
pre-designate specific relays as part of the 2009-2010 GP series. These
will be races where the club enters teams. Each club member that runs in
those relay events on a GFRC team will each receive 10 GP points
(with exception as noted below*)
2. There will be no limit as to
the designated relays a club member can run in the 2009-2010 GP series
and receive points, however; runners will receive points for only ONE
race per month.
3. The currently designated relays include the
June 27th Marathon Cup Challenge Relay*, the 2009 Reach the Beach Relay,
or the the 2009 Lake Winnie Relay. More relays will be added.
4. GP points for relays are earned for a given month. They are
not in addition to any GP points earned in another GP race for the
same month. A runner will earn the higher of 10 GP points for
participating in one relay for the month or the actual points
they earn in the other GP race for the month. A runner will not earn two
sets of points if they run two separate relays in a given month.
5. We reserve the right to add additional features to the relay
point system in the future.
*The Marathon Cup Challenge Relay
will continue to be age graded as a regular Grand Prix race like it has
been in the past.
Fine
print
A runner who is awarded GFRC GP points for a
designated GFRC Grand prix race has to be (1) a current member, or one
who is within the renewal grace period, (2) officially entered and
subsequently being the person listed as finishing in the race, (3) if
late for the start, finish before the first GFRC racer finishes, (4) Any
racer can opt to not receive points and/or have his/her name published,
(5) in communication with a GP director within two weeks of the first of
the month following the Grand Prix race in which they didn't see his or
her name listed in the results. The series can be entered at any
point in the series. By reason of being a member, a member whose name is
listed in the results of a designated GP race will be included in the
club's GP results for that race (unless exercising the #4 provision
above). Awardees are welcome to submit statistical arguments
supporting changes in their age-graded times; this is not strongly
encouraged - although not discouraged either.
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