RULES & REGULATIONS

• 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.