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EMPIRE RUNNERS CLUB
2025 GRAND PRIX SERIES RULES
The Empire Runners Club Grand Prix Series is a year-long competition in which club members accumulate points by racing in club events or by volunteering to help manage them. Every Empire Runners Club member is included in the competition. Members who score points in at least 4 events, either as runners or as volunteers, win a prize.
In addition, the following prizes will be awarded based on cumulative point totals:
Overall Male and Female Point Leaders
- 1st Place Finisher's Commemorative Item
- $150 gift certificate
- 1-year extension of club membership
Male and Female Age Group Point Leaders (13 & under, 14-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70 & up)
- First Place
- $50 gift certificate
- 1st Place Finisher's Commemorative Item
- Second and Third Place
- $25 gift certificate
Membership extensions are limited to one per family membership.
Overall winners are not eligible for age group awards.
Prizes subject to change.
Unless announced otherwise, prizes will be awarded at the Empire Runners Club Awards Banquet.
THE RULES
To score points in a club event you must be a current Empire Runners Club member in good standing, dues paid for 2025 and your name listed in the club membership database.
To be eligible for prizes you must score points in a minimum of 4 of 10 events (listed below). Your best scores in up to 8 events will determine your year-end point total.
GP points cannot be scored for running the Kenwood Footrace. Points for Kenwood can only be earned by volunteering to assist race management.
Points
- For most races: The first place ERC finisher in each gender category receives 100 points, the second 99 points, the third 98 points, et cetera.
- Events with 2 distances: Salmon Creek, McGuire’s Breakfast Run, and Last 10K.
- Each distance is scored separately. For McGuire's, the higher score is counted.
- Relays: President’s Relay
- 75 participation points are awarded regardless of the team's finish place.
- Track Meets: ERC finishers of the long race (3K, 5K, 2-mile, or the mile) receive 40 participation points for that meet and can score a maximum of 120 points for the entire track series, including volunteer points. The Track Series (1 to 3 meets) counts as one event.
- Fun Run: ERC participants in the Insanjo Fun Run receive 75 participation points.
- Volunteer Points (for significant assistance, as reported by each race director)
- 40 points per track meet
- 75 points for all other events
- 100 points for race directors, except Track Series directors earn 40 points per meet at which they are present, 120 points max.
Age Group Designation
- Age group is determined by participant’s age on January 1, 2025.
Appeal Period
- A ten-day appeal period begins after a Grand Prix point standings update is posted on the club website. Point distribution for each event cannot be contested after the appeal period expires. (Report errors promptly!)
Tie Breaker
- In case of a year-end point total tie, the runner who first crossed the finish line in a club race in 2025 wins.
QUALIFYING RACES (subject to date change or cancellation)
- Resolution Run 5K
- President’s Relay 4 x 2.5 miles
- Ilsanjo Classic 10 Miler or Neo-Classic 4 Miler (Fun Run)
- Summer Track Series (1 to 3 meets count as 1 event) – June - July
- Kenwood Footrace (75 volunteer points only) – July 4
- Salmon Creek Beach Runs 5 miles or 2 miles
- Annadel Loop 7 miles
- Phil Widener Empire Open 3.4 miles
- McGuire’s Breakfast Run 3K and 10K
- The Last 10K or Final 2-Mile
Questions, comments, or appeals? Please contact grandprix@empirerunners.org.
