Relay Information

General info about the US Orienteering Team Fundraising event at WCOC A-Meet. 

Rules and Format 

The US Team Fundraiser, to be held in the afternoon on April 3, will be a forked RELAY consisting of three short legs about 2.3 km in length each.  Each team is required to have at least one female athlete of any age, or a junior 18 and under, or a veteran 50+.   A team may consist of less than three persons with one person running on two different legs as long as the requirements described above are met.

NOTE about college teams: college teams will have their own category in the relay, and will not participate in the bidding for U.S. team members. College teams can consist of any 3 students currently enrolled at the same college or university (there is no requirement that a college team have a junior under 18, a veteran 50+, or a female athlete). The relay for college teams will be for fun and some serious bragging rights, but the relay results will not factor into the Intercollegiate Championship results.

Specials 

In order to add some excitement to the event, we will auction off members of the US Team, to be acquired by the team with the highest bid, thus (hopefully) improving its chances to win.

The order in which members of the U.S. Team will be auctioned will be determined randomly, and each relay team can acquire at most 1 member of the U.S. Team. Each member of the U.S. Team will run whichever one leg of the relay the team wished (so no, you can't make that person run all three of your legs!).

Contributions 

The entry fee for an athlete is $5 or  $15 for a team.  There is a special treatment for teams bidding on members of US Team.  For example:  A team consisting of two members and is trying to acquire a team member will be responsible for $10 entry fee plus the premium paid above the minimum bid requirement of $5, which is paid by the team member.  Entry fee is due upon registration. 

 Registration 

Full teams that will not participate in the bidding process are encouraged to register at any time prior to the beginning of the auction.  Teams with acquired athletes may register after the end of the auction.  All teams must be registered no later then 20 min after the end of the auction.  A list of US Team members to be auctioned off will be posted at the event site shortly before the actual bidding begins.

 Prizes 

The top eligible team will receive 10% of the total revenue from the fundraising event.

 Additional Information

.If you have specific questions about the US Team Fundraiser, you can email Boris Granovskiy at boris@post.harvard.edu