TEAM COMPETITION
New for 2023 - teams of 5 to 10 runners compete for prizes for each of the three Summer Sizzler races (Summer Solstice 5K, Downtown Dash 5K, and Beach to Beach 5K) as well as a Team Grand Prize for the team that wins the combined three-race series competition! Here's how it works - you get a team of at least 5 but no more than 10 runners together, and enter each race in the Series (or use the Three-Race Bundle for a better price). At each race, your team is scored just like in Cross Country - the top five runners on the team are scored, by adding up the OVERALL PLACE each runner finishes in the race. Lowest score wins, and if there's a tie score, the tie is broken by the sixth runner's place.
Here's an example of how it works - Team A has runners who place 3rd, 5th, 10th, 11th, and 20th overall. Team B has runners who place 2nd, 6th, 8th, 12th and 21st overall. Team A's score is 3+5+10+11+20=49. Team B's score is 2+6+8+12+21=49 - a tie score. But Team A's 6th-place runner finishes in 25th overall, while Team B's 6th-place runner finishes in 31st place overall, so Team A is the winner.
Scores are tallied for each race, and then the Team Score from each race is added together for a Combined Team Score to determine the Series Team Champion. If Team A scored 49 points in the Summer Solstice 5K, 51 points in the Downtown Dash 5K, and 60 points in the Beach to Beach 5K, then the team Combined Score is 49+51+60=160.
You can see that it helps to have AT LEAST 6 runners each race! Because low score wins, each team MUST have at least five runners who run in person at each race. No virtual results can be used in the team competition. Each member of your team MUST be identified as your team member at least 30 minutes before each race starts.
TEAMS DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE THE SAME 5 TO 10 RUNNERS FOR ALL THREE RACES! Team A can have John, Jill, Jamie, June, Julie, and Jim run in the Summer Solstice 5K, and then Team A can have Stephanie, Steve, Sam, Sarah, Suzie, and Summer run the Downtown Dash, and then Team A can have Mike, Mark, Michelle, Mary, Myrna, and Molly run the Beach to Beach 5K - and all 18 runners will share in the Series Grand Prize!
PRIZES - The winning team in each race (Summer Solstice, Downtown Dash, and Beach to Beach) wins a $10 gift card from Googan's Coffee Shop for each of the runners on the team (up to 10 runners). Every runner on the team wins a gift card whether he or she scores points for the team or not! There will also be some sort of team medal or small award for each runner on the winning team for each race.
The team that wins the Team Grand Prize for the Series will have its team name engraved on a large permanent trophy to be displayed in the area during the year, as well as a pizza, soda and beer party at Big Apple Pizza in Ocean Breeze Plaza in Jensen Beach, at a date that's convenient for the entire team. EVERY TEAM MEMBER WILL SHARE IN THE PIZZA PARTY, WHETHER THEY RUN IN A SINGLE RACE, OR ALL THREE RACES, AND WHETHER THEY SCORE TEAM POINTS OR NOT!
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