A Rules for Foot Orienteering Events - Orienteering USA
A Rules for Foot Orienteering Events - Orienteering USA
A Rules for Foot Orienteering Events - Orienteering USA
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G.1.10 Persons failing to meet the minimum annual ranking requirements <strong>for</strong> any class<br />
may be listed at the bottom of the class (in the unofficial rankings), with their<br />
points and number of qualifying days, at the discretion of the Ranking Committee.<br />
G.1.11 Persons failing to meet the ranking membership requirement but meeting the<br />
minimum number of races requirement may be listed in their appropriate place in<br />
the rankings at the discretion of the Ranking Committee, but O<strong>USA</strong> members and<br />
their separate rankings will be made clear.<br />
G.1.12 RANKING AWARDS: At the end of the orienteering year those competitors<br />
meeting the requirements of section G.1.1 and appearing in the official ranking<br />
list will be eligible <strong>for</strong> awards as follows:<br />
a) The top three finishers in the rankings in each Championship age class<br />
will be presented the gold award by <strong>Orienteering</strong> <strong>USA</strong>.<br />
b) Orienteers in each Championship age class not receiving gold awards and<br />
acquiring points no less than 80% of the average of the gold award<br />
winners in their class shall receive silver awards.<br />
c) Orienteers in each Championship age class not receiving gold or silver<br />
awards and acquiring points no less than 70% of the average of the gold<br />
award winners in their class shall receive bronze awards.<br />
G.2 Trail-O Rankings<br />
G.2.1 The Trail <strong>Orienteering</strong> committee shall maintain rankings <strong>for</strong> all competitors at<br />
<strong>Orienteering</strong> <strong>USA</strong> sanctioned Trail <strong>Orienteering</strong> events.<br />
G.2.2 Ranking points <strong>for</strong> each event shall be computed using the following <strong>for</strong>mula:<br />
Ranking points = [(competitor’s score/Winner’s score) x100] – [(competitor’s<br />
time/maximum time penalty) x (100/Winner’s score)]<br />
G.2.3 The Winner’s Score shall be the highest score earned at each event by a<br />
competitor who is eligible to represent the U.S. in international competition.<br />
G.2.4 The maximum time penalty is equal to 120 x number of valid timed controls.<br />
G.2.5 The top three scores <strong>for</strong> each competitor from the last seven ranking events are<br />
averaged to determine overall ranking. Apparent ties are resolved to the 4th<br />
decimal place.<br />
G.2.6 For competitors with fewer than three scores, zeroes will be used in place of the<br />
missing scores.<br />
G.2.7 Trail O Event Directors and Course Setters receive a credit equal to their top<br />
result. No more than one credit will be used in determining the overall ranking<br />
score.