AURA Ultra Trail Series Rules 

1.        Age groups are determined by your age at the time of the first UTS run of the season.

2.        Every effort will be made to determine your correct age.

3.        To be eligible for the King and Queen awards, you must complete four (4) races.

4.        We will have one “throwaway” race.  I.E., if you participate in all of the runs, one of the runs will be “tossed out” of the final standings.

5.          In a race that features two ultra distances, either of the races can be used in the UTS.  Example: The Ouachita Trail 50 Mile and 50K.

6.          Runners who opt to start early at a UTS run will be penalized.  (Early starters will be placed beginning after the final regular start-time finisher.)

7.          Runners who start late will not be penalized.  However, placement for points purposes will be based on actual finish order--not adjusted for what your theoretical place would have been if you had started on time.

8.          Boyz compete against Boyz; Girlz compete against Girlz.

9.          The top ten finishers are awarded points as follows:  50, 40, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, 7, 5, and 3.  All other finishers receive one (1) point.  (See scoring exceptions #1 and #3)

10.     Bonus points awarded are determined by the number of finishers.  (See scoring exception #2)

11.     In case of ties, points are equally shared.

12.     UTS age groups (King and Queen of the Trail) are as follows:  Open (overall winner); Master (40 to 49); Senior (50 to 59) and Super-Senior (60 plus)

13.     First person to complain gets to be in charge.

 

Scoring Rules addendums 

Exception #1 (Implemented 2005)

For the Three Days of Syllamo, top finisher points will be awarded for each race as follows: 25, 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2.   Other finishers will receive one (1) point for each race completed.

       Amendment 1.a (Implemented 2008)

       For the The 50-mile run (Day 2 of Syllamo), top finisher points will be awarded as follows: 40, 32, 24, 20, 16, 12, 8, 6, 4, 2.

Exception #2 (Implemented 2005)

For the Ouachita Trail 50, bonus points for the 50Km event will not exceed those for the 50-miler.  More specifically: if there are more 50Km finishers than 50 mile finishers in a division (i.e., men or women), all bonus points awarded to 50 mile finishers will be incremented by the difference in the number of finishers in that division.

Exception #3 (Implemented 2008)

For the Arkansas Traveller 100, top finisher points will be awarded as follows:  100, 85, 72, 60, 50, 42, 35, 30, 25, 20, 16, 12, 9, 6, 3.

 

 

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