Event Description

Series Format:

Four “Regular Season” Races

• Friday, September 25th, 2020 @ 6:00 pm – 5,000 meters
• Friday, October 9th, 2020 @ 5:30 pm – 5,000 meters
• Friday, October 23rd, 2020 @ 5:30 pm – 3,000 meters
• Saturday, November 14th, 2020 @ 10:00 am – 6,000 meters

End of Season “Championship” Race

• Saturday, November 21st, 2020 @ 10:00 am – 5,000 meters

Starting Format:

• First Race will be seeded by self reported predicted time and will be combined gender based on time.
• 2nd, 3rd, and 4th races will be seeded based on the combined total of the
  “season’s” race times. Also, combined gender through season.
• All five meets will consist of waves of 50 athletes starting at a time on
  2 minute staggers. The starting line will be 75m wide, with each
  athlete being assigned to a 1.5m starting box to promote social
  distancing.
  • Wave 2 will be in a holding area 5 meters behind main start, with
    wave 3 behind that, and so on for the total number of waves needed.
• The “championship” will be a 5k, with the females starting first, followed 2 minutes later by the males.

How to Register and Associated Costs:

• The league will cost $100 per athlete, and will guarantee entry to the four “regular season” meets plus series T-shirt.
• Depending on field sizes, there will be a limited number of openings for participants wishing to register for single meets.
  • We will allow day of registration if one wishes to run an individual race, but will automatically be placed in an “open wave” going last. A singular race will cost $30 to enter.
• There is no entry fee for the athletes who qualify for the Championship meet. 

Qualifying for “Championship”

• Top 35 males and top 35 females, plus the next 5 in each age group based on collective season race time total.
• Must race all four regular season races in order to qualify for the Championship
• If there are not 5 in a particular age group, we will pull the remaining “fastest collective times” in order to fill the championship field to 50 athletes per gender.

Awards (for Championship Meet only):

• Final season awards will be mailed and/or available for pick up, no award ceremony on site.
• Trophy to male / female league champion
• Medals to top 10 overall.
• 1st place medal to age group champion (with the exception of the overall champion)