Goddard Running & Orienteering Club Team Competition Rules
2-Mile Fun Run/Walk
- Each team must consist of at least five members, with one
member designated as the captain and one member designated as
the backup captain. The captain or designated backup is
responsible to register the team properly before the race.
Team members may consist of Goddard civil servants and contractors,
co-op students on-duty, retirees, or dependants of the above.
- The team registration form must state one theme that ties all team
members together. Examples: organizational unit, corporation,
specific program or project, social or recreational group.
- All team members must submit individual race entry
forms. Team affiliations noted on individual forms will be
disregarded. Only those whose names appear on the team entry
form are counted in the team competition. Team lists are to be
submitted to the Fitness Lab Director no later than 11:15 a.m.
raceday . The team list shall
be written legibly on a sheet of paper (or sheets of paper)
no smaller than 8.5" by 11.0".
- Only the results fo the official fun run conducted inside
the Goddard campus will be considered for the team score. Make-up
runs on local school tracks will not be scored for team
competition. However, the make-up runs do count for the
inter-center competition.
- The race will be scored separately for males and females.
The placement points for males will be the same as the finish order
among male runners. The placement points for females will be
normalized to account for the generally smaller number of female
finishers. The normalization will be such that the first
female finisher will have a placement point of one and the last
female finisher will have a placement point nearly equal to
that of the last male finisher.
- The team score is the sum of the five lowest placement points
of the top five fastest by clock-time finishers of the team.
- Team members working as volunteers during the race will
count toward the team participation trophy. Volunteer names
must be submitted one week before the race and must also appear
on the team list.
10-K Race
- Each team shall consist of at least 5 members. Team members may
consist of GSFC civil servants and retirees, GSFC contractors,
co-op students on-duty, and dependants of the above.
- Each team shall have one captain and one backup captain. The
captain shall be responsible for submitting a team list to the
Fitness Lab Director no later than 11:15 a.m. raceday--
before the race.
- Team lists shall be legibly written on a piece (or pieces) of
paper 8.5" by 11.0" or larger. Any members not on the team list
will not be counted toward the score.
- For the 10K race only: team participation will be
based on all 10K races. This includes the Walkers' 10K and any
make-up 10K. Each team member can only be counted for one of
these events.
- The 10K team trophy will be awarded only on number of participants
per team. Speed is not a factor in this competition.
- For the 10K race only: no common theme is required of
team members.
- The 10K race volunteers will be given team status for the 10K
team participation trophy.
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