Relay Information
 

The 2007 Sprint Series Finals and U.S. Relay Championships, Sept. 22-23



The relay will have 4 legs.  Winning times will be about 2.5 hours.

Eligibility: Any team of 4 people may run. To be eligible for U.S. Champion, all team members must meet USOF requirements for USOF membership, U.S. citizenship or residency, and club membership. Check USOF rules sections A-5 and L for details. Each team member is worth 0 to 5 points, depending on age and gender. To be eligible, your team must have AT LEAST the minimum number of points in the category.

Individuals: We encourage everyone to sign up to be part of a team, even if it is not eligible for championship medals.  If there are individuals without teams, we'll find a way for you to run a course of the difficulty you choose.

Team entry form. Every team must fill out and turn in a team entry form. The sooner you do this, the better. We will accept team forms up until 2 pm on Saturday. 

There is also a list of registered teams on the team entry form page.  We'll also list people seeking teammates on this page.
 

Order and approximate difficulty of legs
 

  leg 1 leg 2 leg 3 leg 4
4 point team green (A) orange green (B) red
8 point team orange yellow green red
12 point team orange yellow brown green

Teams having less than 4 points will run in the 4 point category but are ineligible for awards.


Point Values of competitors

Age is your "orienteering age," that is your age as of 31 December, 2007.
This table is the same as that used at the 2006 Relay Championship in Ohio.

Age Points - Male Points - Female
Under 15 3 5
15 - 16 2 4
17 - 20 1 3
21 - 34 0 2
35 - 49 1 3
50 - 59 2 4
Over 59 3 5