KTC Team Competition Guidelines and Policies
The KTC Grand Prix Team Program is a series of races in the Knoxville area. Teams compete under uniform rules and qualify for race and year-end awards and recognition. Divisions for the 2010 season are Open, Women’s, and Corporate.
Eligibility
Open – No restrictions. Teams can be all male, all female, or co-ed. A female may not compete in the Open Division and Women’s Division in the same race.
Women
– Restricted to female runners.
Corporate – Employees (full and part-time),
and family members including spouses, children, parents, and siblings of full-time
employees (30 hours or more) are eligible to compete for a company.
Scoring for Open and Women’s
For all Open and Women’s races, each team’s score will be determined by the cumulative times of their top four runners for Open teams and top three runners for Women’s teams.
Scoring for Corporate Teams
For Corporate Team Events, scoring will be determined by cumulative times of their top four runners plus 1 point for every 10 participating team member over the four that scored. Example, if a team is 1st then they will receive 5 points. If they have 14 team members participate then they will receive 1 point giving them 6 total points for that particular event.
Registration
All team members must pre-register and make sure they include the name of their team on the entry form. It is preferred that Team Captains send all forms together to avoid confusion for KTC staff. To confirm their race roster, Team Captains are encouraged to contact the data entry person for each race as well as the Team Competition Coordinator on the pre-registration deadline. Team Rosters must be submitted and final four days from the event.
If a runner is found not to be registered, and the scoring person is notified by the pre-registration deadline, the runner can be added to the roster provided he or she has been on the team before or had their name added to the roster via email prior to registering them. These updates shall also be sent to the Team Competition Coordinator.
No changes of any kind will be permitted on race day. All team members must pick up their bib numbers at the pre-registration table. If it is not found, do not re-register. Runners will need to see their Team Captain and the Data Entry person to resolve the situation.
Awards
Only the top teams will
earn awards in each division at each individual qualifying event for Open, Women’s,
and Corpora
KTC Grand Prix Team Competition Awards for the top four overall
teams in each division will be presented at the New Year’s Day Race. The
Eddie Reymond Cup and the Women’s Cup will rotate yearly. The winning Corporate
Team will receive a trophy each year. Other winners will receive plaques.
Point totals for the Grand Prix Team Competition Awards for all divisions will be based on 11 of 13 scores from any or all of the team races in the Open and Women’s Divisions. Points are awarded in each division at each qualifying event as follows: 1st = 5 pts, 2nd = 4 pts, 3rd = 3 pts, 4th = 2 pts. For Corporate Team Events, scoring will also be determined by cumulative times of their top four runners plus 1 point for every 10 participating team member over the four that scored.
Volunteering
Team Captains and Members are encouraged to volunteer for Knoxville Track Club events or to assist KTC Staff at Non-KTC races. Volunteers will receive a $5 coupon good toward entry fee of any KTC race except the Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon or merchandise or t-shirts. Volunteer time can be done before, during, or after KTC events. For Non-KTC races, volunteer time is spent at the finish line. To volunteer, please contact KTC at knoxvilletrackclub@gmail.com.
Results
Results will be posted for each individual race on the KTC Website.
Team Competition Coordinator – 2010
Emily Chaney –Emily can be reached via email
at poopyruns@hotmail.com or phone at 1.304.640.3737.
Races
2010 Team Competition Race Schedule - All Divisions
January
1st New
Year's Day 5K
23rd Calhoun's 10 Miler
February
13th Strawberry
Plains 10K
28th Whitestone Relay
March
28th Covenant Health
Knoxville Half-Marathon
April
24th PetSafe Village Dogwood Classic
5K and Dog Walk
May
22nd TN Sports Medicine EXPO 10K
July
3rd Pilot Fireball Moonlite Classic 5K
10th Carter Mill 10K
31st
Pigeon Forge Midnight 8k
September
6th Hal Canfield Memorial Mile
12th Wears Valley 15K
October
10th Cross Knox 15K
November
25th BlueCross Autmunfest 8K
The Champions
OPEN DIVISION
2009 Team Runners Market - Bobby Holcombe,
Captain
2008 EBS Team Racing - John Smyth, Captain
2007 EBS Team Racing
- John Smyth, Captain
2006 Team Runners Market - Bobby Holcombe, Captain
2005 Team Runners Market - Bobby Holcombe, Captain
2004 Team Runners Market
- Bobby Holcombe, Captain
CORPORATE DIVISION
2009 All Kreatures
- Jeff Charlton, Captain
2008 All Kreatures - Jeff Charlton, Captain
2007
Denso - Tom Meyers, Captain
WOMEN'S DIVISION CHAMPIONS
2009
FootRx/EBS Racing Women - John Smyth, Captain
2008 Runners Market Ladies -
Bobbi Holcombe, Captain
2007 Runners Market Ladies - Bobbi Holcombe, Captain
TEAM
RUNNERS OF THE YEAR
2008 Bob Barber - Team Health Shoppe - Open
2007 Alan Horton - Runners Market - Open
2008 Kathy Wolski - Runners
Market Ladies - Women's
2007 Kathy Wolski - Runners Market Ladies - Women's
2008 Josh Gehagan - Team Clayton - Corporate
2007 Matt Sullivan - Team
Clayton - Corporate
TEAM PROGRAM COORDINATORS
2004
- 2005 Eddie Reymond
2006 - 2007 Dave Alderman
2008 - Andy Baksa
2008
- 2009 Beth Rice
2010 - Emily Chaney