Online team registration will be available solely
on the B.A.A. website beginning March 1 and continuing
through April 4.
Changes to team registration and other information
cannot be made after April 5.
Teams must have current membership to USA Track
& Field, or the Road Runners Club of America (RRCA),
or to an equivalent foreign national athletics organization.
Members must live in the same geographic region
in which the club is registered.
A club cannot enter multiple teams for a particular
division, e.g. Atlanta Track Club 'A' and Atlanta
Track Club 'B.'
Only one team manager for each club.
Team manager will be contacted prior to the registration
deadline if the team fails to meet any of the guidelines.
The Boston Marathon has open and masters division
team competitions.
All members of a masters team must be 40-years of
age or older.
Individuals who recently joined a team in order
to specifically aid that team's performance in this
competition will jeopardize that teams eligibility.
Each team member must have submitted an official
individual Boston Marathon application and must have
been accepted for participation.
An individual may only be placed on one team.
A team must consist of either all male or all female
athletes, for mens' and women's teams respectively.
Teams must have a minimum of three athletes and
a maximum of 15.
The top three times (net) determine a team's performance,
regardless of start time/wave.
The lowest aggregate time determines the team champion.
ChampionChip time will be used for scoring purposes.
Ties between two or more teams are resolved by determining
which team's third scoring member finished nearest
to first place.
Teams finishing with fewer than three registered
members will not be scored.
Official results will be announced upon verification.
Champion teams and scoring team members will receive
awards.
