NEW BALANCE NORTH JERSEY INDIVIDUAL GRAND PRIX OVERVIEW
INDIVIDUAL REQUIREMENTS:

• MUST BE A MEMBER OF USATF-NJ ASSOCIATION AT THE TIME OF COMPETITION! NO EXCEPTIONS!
• INDIVIDUALS RUN THREE RACES IN EACH OF THE THREE CATEGORIES TO BE SCORED FOR NINE TOTAL RACES.  COMPLETE A MINIMUM OF SIX RACES WITH A MINIMUM OF ONE RACE IN EACH OF THE CATEGORIES FOR PRIZE MONEY ELIGIBILITY.*
• THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT CAN BE ENTERED.  THE POINTS ARE BASED UPON THE HIGHEST THREE SCORES EARNED IN EACH CATEGORY WITH A MAXIMUM OF TWO CHAMPIONSHIP RACES IN EACH OF THE CATEGORIES.

*A MINIMUM OF SIX RACES ARE REQUIRED TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR PRIZE MONEY. HOWEVER, AGE DIVISIONS 80+ ARE NOT REQUIRED TO COMPLETE CATEGORY III RACES FOR PRIZE MONEY ELIGIBILITY. 

COMPETITION OVERVIEW:

• THREE RACE DISTANCE CATEGORIES
• CATEGORY I           3K TO 4 MILES       
• CATEGORY II         OVER 4 MILES LESS THAN 15K
• CATEGORY III       15K AND ABOVE

CATEGORY I RACES TYPICALLY ARE 5K OR 4 MILE EVENTS.  CATEGORY II RACES ARE TYPICALLY 8K, 5 MILE AND 10K EVENTS.  CATEGORY III RACES TYPICALLY ARE 15K, 10 MILE, 20K AND HALF MARATHON EVENTS.

SCORING POINT CATEGORIES 

• 400 POINTS: (RACES WITHOUT PREREGISTRATION DISCOUNT. 400 MAXIMUM / 50 MINIMUM POINTS
• 500 POINTS: RACES WITH PREREGISTRATION DISCOUNT.  500 MAXIMUM / 100 MINIMUM
• 700 POINTS: RACES THAT ARE DESIGNATED AS USATF-NJ CHAMPIONSHIPS.  700 MAXIMUM POINTS /
  200 MINIMUM POINTS FOR ROAD RACES AND 300 POINT MINIMUM POINTS FOR CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS.

POINTS ARE AWARDED SEPARATELY BUT EQUALLY FOR MEN AND WOMEN BASED UPON FINISH PLACEMENT.  THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS OF EACH GENDER IS USED IN DETERMINING THE POINTS AWARDED WITH THE WINNER  RECEIVING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF POINTS AND THE FINAL FINISHER RECEIVING THE MINIMUM POINTS AWARDED IN THAT POINT CATEGORY.  A MAXIMUM OF TWO CHAMPIONSHIP RACES ARE PERMITTED PER CATEGORY.

AGE DIVISIONS: 
OPEN MEN AGES 16-34 YEARS           OPEN WOMEN AGES 14-34 YEARS
MEN/ WOMEN AGES 35-39 YEARS     MEN/WOMEN AGES 40-44 YEARS
MEN/WOMEN AGES 45-49 YEARS      MEN/WOMEN AGES 50-54 YEARS
MEN/WOMEN AGES 55-59 YEARS      MEN/WOMEN AGES 60-64 YEARS
MEN/WOMEN AGES 65-69 YEARS      MEN/ WOMEN AGES 70-74 YEARS
MEN/WOMEN AGES 75-79 YEARS      MEN/WOMEN AGES 80-84 YEARS
MEN/WOMEN AGES 85-89 YEARS      MEN/WOMEN AGES 90-94 YEARS
MEN/WOMEN AGES 95-99 YEARS

2009 PRIZE MONEY:
FIRST PLACE MALE AND FEMALE                                                $500.00
SECOND PLACE MALE AND FEMALE                                            $400.00
THIRD PLACE MALE AND FEMALE                                               $300.00

AGE DIVISION FIRST PLACE MALE AND FEMALE                     $200.00
AGE DIVISION SECOND PLACE MALE AND FEMALE                 $125.00
AGE DIVISION THIRD PLACE MALE AND FEMALE                    $100.00