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Monday, September 19, 2005

HARRA Fall Series Standings

Like my tracking of the HEB Texas 10K Challenge finishers, my calculation of Saturday's HARRA Cross Country Relay results into the first round of the HARRA Fall Series Team and Club Competition standings are unofficial:

Team
Tornados Running Club - 45
Houston Striders - 45
Bayou City Road Runners - 42
Al Lawrence Running Club - 29
Bay Area Running Club - 21
Terlingua Track Club - 21
Houston Harriers - 14
RunSport - 8
Finish Line Sports - 5

Club
Houston Striders - 127 (73 performance points + 54 participation points)
Tornados Running Club - 75 (59 + 14)
Bayou City Road Runners - 73 (57 + 16)
Bay Area Running Club - 36 (28 + 8)
Al Lawrence Running Club - 35 (29 + 6)
Terlingua Track Club - 29 (21 + 8)
Houston Harriers - 18 (14 + 4)
RunSport - 8 (8 + 0)
Houston Masters Sports Association - 8 (0 + 8)
Finish Line Sports - 5 (5 + 0)
PTI - 2 (0 + 2)

The definition of "performance" and "participation" points are purely my own convention. The top seven (7) teams in each of six (6) categories are scored in a 13/10/8/6/5/4/3 format; however, only one team per category can score "team" points.

The Striders had the 5th best team in three (3) categories (Open Male, Masters Male and Open Female), the 6th best team in Veterans Men and the top teams in both the Masters and Veterans Female. Therefore, those totals equal 5 + 5 + 5 + 4 + 13 + 13 = 45.

However, the club also had the 4th best team in Masters Female, the 6th best team in Open Female and the 3rd, 4th and 5th best teams in Veterans Female. The totals of 6 + 4 + 8 + 6 + 4 = 28 count in the Club Competition. Those two totals (45 + 28 = 73) are what I call "performance points".

The remaining 27 Strider teams account for two (2) club points per team to total 54 points for club point total of 127.

Analysis
The biggest improvement (+19 points, 26 to 45 points) in the Team Competition belonged to the Tornados, who scored wins in the Masters Men, Veterans Men and Open Female categories as well as a 4th place finish in the Open Men.

The Open Female win is no surprise as the club repeated its 2004 win. However, the other three (3) scores were as the Tornados had a 7th place Masters team last year, no Veterans or Open Mens team at all last year.

Sliding in the Team Competition compared to 2004 were Terlingua Track Club (-19), the Houston Striders (-10), Bayou City Road Runners (-7), Houston Masters (-7) and the Houston Harriers (-5) while the climbers included the Bay Area Running Club (+19), RunSport (+8) and Finish Line Sports (+5).

The Striders' Club Competition lead of 62 points far eclipses the 24-point lead over Bayou City at the same point last year.

(As soon as the official standings are released, we'll bring them to your attention here.)

posted by WalkSports.com | 8:29 PM

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