On Saturday, February 25, 2006, the USOF Board of Directors made
the following resolution:
"It has been brought to the board's attention that the process for
announcing the point structure and team composition is unclear and request
OCIN to revert to the point system used last year."
OCIN will honor the board's request.
The teams points table will be the same as last year.
The relay will have 4 legs. Winning times will be about 2.5 hours.
Eligibility: Any team of 4 people may run. To be eligible for U.S. Champion, all team members must meet USOF requirements for USOF membership, U.S. citizenship or residency, and club membership. Check USOF rules (section 5) for details. Each team member is worth 0 to 5 points, depending on age and gender. To be eligible, your team must have AT LEAST the minimum number of points in the category.
Individuals: We encourage everyone to sign up to be part of a team, even if it is not eligiible for championship medals. If there are individuals without teams, we'll find a way for you to run a course of the difficulty you choose.
Team entry form. Every team must fill out and turn in a team entry form. The sooner you do this, the better. We will accept team forms up until the first start for the Sprint on Saturday morning.
There is also a list
of registered teams on the team entry form page. We'll also
list people seeking teammates on this page.
Order and approximate difficulty of legs
| leg 1 | leg 2 | leg 3 | leg 4 | |
| 4 point team | green (A) | orange | green (B) | red |
| 8 point team | orange | yellow | green | red |
| 12 point team | orange | yellow | brown | green |
Teams having less than 4 points will run in the 4 point category but are ineligible for awards.
Point Values of competitors
Age is your "orienteering age", that is your age as of 31 December,
2006.
This table is the same as that used at the 2005 Relay Championship
in Colorado.
| Age | Points - Male | Points - Female |
| Under 15 | 3 | 5 |
| 15 - 16 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 - 20 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 - 34 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 - 49 | 1 | 3 |
| 50 - 59 | 2 | 4 |
| Over 59 | 3 | 5 |
Forking
There will be some forking on individual legs, as was done at the U
S Relay Champs in Idaho (2003) and the Canadian Relay Champs at Whitehorse
(2004). Every TEAM will end up running all of the same legs as every
other team, but individual competitors may have some different legs.
Links
Entry Form (printable version)
East Fork State Park web site (leaving OCIN site)
How to Use Electronic Punching
updated 1955 3/13/2006