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In addition to the individual and age-group
competition, the 2008 Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile. Team competitions will be held in three general categories: a)
Corporate/Government Agency, (including military teams and a special division for credit union members); b)
Media; and c) Running Clubs.
Team
Divisions
Corporate/Credit Union/Government
and Media Teams: Corporate/Credit
Union/Government Agency and Media teams are mixed teams of men and women consisting of
three to five persons. At least one scoring runner of each team must be of
each sex (i.e. no all men's or all women's teams), and all team members must
be full time employees (30 hours per week or more) of the corporation or agency.
Government agencies, media, law firms, non-profit businesses, Armed Forces
members from a single base (e.g., Fort Belvoir), etc. are eligible. Credit Union
team members must be members of the Credit Union putting together the team.
Running clubs are not eligible for this category.
Running Club Teams: A
club team must consist of three to five runners. There are three club divisions:
Male Open, Female Open, and MIXED Masters. All members of a mixed masters team
must be at least age 40. Club teams may be assembled from RRCA or USATF clubs,
other registered running clubs, YMCAs, school teams, etc., but must all be
members of the same club.
Multiple teams may be entered from the same company,
Credit Union, government agency or running club, etc. For fairness, the Team
Coordinator reserves the right to limit teams from a single entity and to
evaluate team eligibility. His decisions are final. No "pick-up" teams
are allowed.
Team
Scoring and Awards
Scoring: Team
scoring will be based on the sum of the net (chip) finishing times, among all
team competitors, of the first three finishers on the team (note
that individual placing is scored on “gun” time). In case of a tie, the team
with the fastest third place time will break the tie. For the
Corporate/Credit Union/Government Agency/Media etc. teams, at least one runner of each
sex must finish and be included in the team score. For example, if the team's
finisher order is Joe, Fred, John, Mary, and Steve, then the team's score will
be computed by adding Joe's, Fred's, and Mary's net times within the Corporate/
Government division. Teams in each division will be ranked in ascending order of
computed score (i.e., lowest aggregate time wins).
Awards:
Team awards will be presented to the top six teams in the Corporate/Government
Agency and Media divisions and
the top three teams in each of the Running Club divisions. Please
note, however, that team scoring is a complex process, and the race organizers
reserve the right to postpone awarding team awards until after race day.
Entry
Process
Each team must be entered using the Team
Entry Form (or a photocopy). All team members must be
individually entered in the race; i.e., each runner must complete and sign an
individual entry form (may be photocopied), pay the individual entry free, and
be entered before the cut-off limit is reached.
You may submit a Team
Entry Form and all or some of the
individual entry forms together. If some team members have already entered as
individuals, you must indicate this on the Team Entry Form to enable us to
"link" their entries up with your team.
Team Entry Deadline: Team entries must be mailed (there is no on-line
registration for team entries, only individual entries), and entries must be
postmarked by March 1, 2008. Individual entries
are accepted until the 12,000-runner limit is reached (usually mid-December - Click
here for individual entry procedures). If individual entries are closed,
teams may be formed only from runners already accepted in the race and only
until March 1 except as spelled out below.
Special Team Deadline: A
team -- and all members of the team -- will be accepted after
individual entries are closed if the team entry (complete and with payment) is
received by March 1, 2008, and all individual entries (fully
completed) are enclosed with the team entry (or names of those accepted prior to
the entry cutoff are supplied on the team form.) The team coordinator
reserves the right to limit the number of teams admitted under this exemption.
Entry Fees:
The 2008 Team Entry Fee is $40 for each Corporate/Government
Agency and Media teams and $10 for each Running Club team (plus the individual
registration fee of $29 for each team member). All entry fees and team
fees are non-refundable.
Team Captains:
A Team Captain must be designated for each team and will be the primary point of
contact for the team. The Team Captain is responsible for assembling and
communicating with team members, ensuring that individual entries and the Team
Entry Form are completed and submitted on time, and resolving any problems with
the Team Coordinator. Be sure that all Team Captain information (address, phone
numbers, etc.) is on the Team Entry Form.
Confirmations
The team captain will receive a confirmation of the team's
acceptance or rejection, along with additional instructions. The Credit
Union Cherry Blossom Team Coordinator has final authority regarding team
eligibility.
Note: Team members accepted as individuals are able
to run as individuals even if their team application is rejected.
Packet
Pickup
Individual team members should pick up their race packets
as usual on Saturday, April 5, 2008. The Team Captain may not pick up team members'
packets without a written authorization from each such team member. The Team
Captain should verify team registration information at the Team Check-In table
on Saturday, April 5. Substitutions and corrections may be made only as
outlined below. No team changes on Sunday morning.
Substitutions
Substitutions will be permitted if a team
is complete (at least three members) and is properly registered by March 1.
A team member may be substituted only by another registered runner. (In other
words, substitution will not enable a runner to get into the race after the
entry limit or deadline, nor will it enable a team which was incomplete as of
March 1st to be filled out.) You may, however, add additional team members, up
to the limit of five on the team. A removed team member may still run the race,
but may not give his/her number to another runner. No more than two
substitutions to a team will be permitted. Substitutions must be made by
the Team Captain through the Team Coordinator prior to March 1, 2008.
Substitutions will be accepted at the Team Table on Saturday, April 5 ONLY if
the team has less than the minimum number of runners needed to score (2 men and
1 woman or 2 women and 1 man). Substitutions may be made from registered runners
only; no new entries accepted. No substitutions on race day – NO EXCEPTIONS.
The no-refund policy applies to team members who are unable to
run.
Questions
or Problems?
If you have questions or corrections or need additional
Team Entry Forms, please call the Race Hotline and leave a message for the Teams
Coordinator or send an e-mail to teams@cherryblossom.org.
We will respond promptly. Remember, photocopies of the Team Entry Form
are acceptable. Completed race and team entry Forms cannot be faxed or
e-mailed.
2008 Cherry Blossom Team Coordinator:
George Banker
Credit Union Cherry Blossom Team Coordinator
7507 Overlook Ct.
Oxon Hill, MD 20745
Race Hotline (Team Competition Mailbox): 301-320-3350; E-mail: teams@cherryblossom.org
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