2024 Florida Strider’s Championship Series Rules

The 2024 Florida Strider’s Championship Series is comprised of 5 of the Florida Strider’s Track Club races.  The races are the Resolution Run 5k, Run to the Sun 5k, Memorial Day 5k, Strider’s Summer Classic 5k, and the Hog Jog 5k.

The 2024 Florida Strider’s Championship Series individual competition is open to Florida Strider’s Track Club members only.  Participants must be a member in good standing for each race to receive championship points for that race.  The Florida Strider’s Championship Series Team Competition is open to anyone who participates in the 5-race series.  Rules for the Team Competition begin with Paragraph 9, below.

 Points will be awarded based upon the following age groups for both male and female.  For age group determination, it’ll be based on the age of the participant when they compete in their first race of series.

10 & Under

11 – 13

14 – 19

20 – 24

25 – 29

30 – 34

35 – 39

40 – 44

45 – 49

50 – 54

55 – 59

60 – 64

65 – 69

70 & Over

Points are only awarded based upon finishing position within the participants age group as follows.  There are no additional points awarded for Top 3 Overall, Masters or Grand Masters winners.

1st Place:  10 Points

2nd Place:  8 Points

3rd Place:  6 Points

4th Place:  4 Points

5th Place:  3 Points

6th Place:  2 Points

Any position 7th Place or lower:  1 Point

After each race, the point totals will be listed on the Florida Strider’s Track Club website at https://FloridaStriders.com/.  Points as calculated by Florida Strider’s Track Club will be official.  Requests for correction of points should be sent to VPresident@FloridaStriders.com .

 At the conclusion of the 5 race Championship Series the winners will be notified and arraignments will be made for them to receive their prize(s).

Prizes are as follows for both male and female.  Prize money will not be paid to anyone under the age of 21 years unless they’ve completed their college eligibility.  Participants can only qualify for one of the following award categories and will receive the higher award category.  For instance, if the Masters winner also finishes 2nd Overall, they’d receive the Masters award and not 2nd Overall.  If the Masters winner is also the 1st Overall, they’d win the 1st Overall and the 2nd place masters participant would then be the Masters winner.

1st Overall:  $250.00

2nd Overall:  $175.00

3rd Overall:  $100.00

Masters (40 & Over):  $250.00

Age Group (See Paragraph 3) (1st, 2nd, 3rd):  Plaque, Shirt, Hat & Magnet

In the event there’s a tie in points for any of the awards listed in Paragraph 7, the following will be the tie breakers:

 Highest overall finishing position for the Hog Jog 5k.

If the tied participants don’t participate in the Hog Jog 5k, the tie breaker will roll back to the closest previous Championship Series race that one of the tied participants completed.

The Florida Strider’s Championship Series Team Competition is open to teams up to 7 people.  For scoring, only the top 5 finishers of each team will be scored.  Team rosters for the entire series must be submitted to VPresident@FloridaStriders.com NLT 8:20am, 6 January 2024.  Each team must have at least 2 members of each sex so each team will be mixed gendered.  Teams can also consist of runners from different age groups.  Although not required; it’s encouraged that participants will wear shirts or singlets identifying what team they’re competing for.  No substitutes are allowed after 8:20am, 6 January 2024.

 Points will be accumulated by each individual member of the team based upon finishing position and a cumulative team score will be totaled based upon the top 5 finishers, like cross country scoring.  For example, the first place finisher would receive 1 point, 2nd place 2 points, 3rd place 3 points, etc.. If a team doesn’t have 5 finishers for a race, they’ll be awarded 1 point more than the last participant finishing position for that race for each non-finishing position.

Overall winning team will have the lowest cumulative point total for all 5 races within the Florida Strider’s Championship Series.

Prizes for the Florida Strider’s Championship Series Team Competition are as follows:

1st Place:  $250.00 donated to the team’s Children’s Charity of Choice; a travelling Team Cup that’ll be returned each year following the Resolution Run 5k to be awarded to the previous years’ winning team; plaque for each of the team members.

2nd Place:  $150.00 donated to the team’s Children’s Charity of Choice.

3rd Place:  $100.00 donated to the team’s Children’s Charity of Choice.

 In the event there’s a tie in points amongst the teams for the Florida Strider’s Championship Series Team Competition, the tie breaker will be the highest finishing position for the team’s number 5 runner for the Hog Jog 5k.