High School Team Challenge

For the 2nd year, there is a special High School Team Challenge as part of the Seattle Marathon 5K Race. With the race taking place a few weeks after the Washington State Cross Country Championships, the High School Team Challenge is a perfect way for your runners to once again show off their hard work and to come together as a team during the Thanksgiving Weekend.

The top three boys and top three girls teams will be given awards for both the first mile and full 5K distance. To be eligible for any awards, the entire five person team must complete the full 5K distance. All first mile and 5K distance times will be based on the official time, or gun time, per USATF rules. The teams who win the first mile awards may not necessarily win the 5K awards and vice versa. This may have an effect on your team’s race strategy. For example, if a team has excellent one mile speed, then the team may want to focus on their first mile times and then just easily jog the rest of the 5K.

Rules for creating a team

A team consists of five boys or five girls. No co-ed teams. There is no limit to the number of teams a single high school can create.
Team members do NOT have to be cross country or track athletes. Any student can be part of the team as long as they all attend the same high school.
All High School Team Challenge participants must be between the ages of 14-18 or in grades 9-12.
Each High School Team Challenge team must create a team name. The team name does not have to be the name of the high school, but must be appropriate and unique from other team names.

Registration

Update: It's not too late to register! Registration will be available at EXPO on Friday, November 26th, 11am-8pm at the Westin Seattle, 4th Floor, 1900 5th Avenue, Downtown Seattle.
To register for the Seattle Marathon 5K Race High School Team Challenge, participants must register online via Active.com by November 17th, 11:59pm (PST) by selecting the “5K Race – High School Team Challenge” category. All High School Team Challenge participants receive a discounted registration fee of $15/person (the regular fee is $25/person). Please note that there is an additional $1.50 Active.com processing fee. No refunds, transfers, or rollovers will be allowed for any reason, including medical reasons and conflicts due to other athletics competitions.

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