Chip Teams at the Boston Marathon

Boston Bound Chips!

We are allowed to enter teams at the Boston Marathon for no extra charge. Categories are for Open Men and Open Women (39 & younger) and for Master Men and Master Women (40 & older). Ages are as of race date, April 21, 2008.

We need to enter our teams as of April 4.

Please email me: Cynci and let me know your name and age as of April 21, 2008.

Thanks!

Cynci

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Below are the "rules."

Information

• Online team registration will be available solely on the B.A.A. website beginning March 1 and continuing through April 4.
• Changes to team registration and other information cannot be made after April 5.
• Teams must have current membership to USA Track & Field, or the Road Runners Club of America (RRCA), or to an equivalent foreign national athletics organization.
• Members must live in the same geographic region in which the club is registered.
• A club cannot enter multiple teams for a particular division, e.g. Atlanta Track Club 'A' and Atlanta Track Club 'B.'
• Only one team manager for each club.
• Team manager will be contacted prior to the registration deadline if the team fails to meet any of the guidelines.
• The Boston Marathon has open and masters division team competitions.
• All members of a masters team must be 40-years of age or older.
• Individuals who recently joined a team in order to specifically aid that team's performance in this competition will jeopardize that teams eligibility.
• Each team member must have submitted an official individual Boston Marathon application and must have been accepted for participation.
• An individual may only be placed on one team.
• A team must consist of either all male or all female athletes, for mens' and women's teams respectively.
• Teams must have a minimum of three athletes and a maximum of 15.
• The top three times (net) determine a team's performance, regardless of start time/wave.
• The lowest aggregate time determines the team champion.
• ChampionChip time will be used for scoring purposes.
• Ties between two or more teams are resolved by determining which team's third scoring member finished nearest to first place.
• Teams finishing with fewer than three registered members will not be scored.
• Official results will be announced upon verification.
• Champion teams and scoring team members will receive awards.