Junior - Junior Relay
The Junior - Junior relay will have 2 legs, and is open to all juniors
who are age 12 or younger as of December 31, 2009 (born in 1997 or later).
Both legs will be white difficulty. There will be awards for ALL
Junior - Junior participants. Bring the kids early for a free treasure hunt and games sponsored by Cincinnati Parks.
U.S. Relay Championships
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,
2009.
| 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. Every TEAM will
end up running all of the same legs as every other team, but individual
competitors may have some different legs.
Links
Flying Pig XIII - 2009 Information Page
Entry Form (printable version)
How to Use Electronic Punching
updated 10:10 pm 3/25/2009