2008 Oregon Mountain Running Series Scoring

The inaugural La Sportiva / USATF Oregon Mountain Running Series wrapped up with the NW Mountain Running Championships (Mt. Hood) and the final scores have been tabulated. 13 runners who are USATF members participated in series races and 2 runners competed in all 4 races. 8 pairs of free La Sportiva trail running shoes were awarded to top USATF finishers during the series. Before getting to the scoring, let's re-cap of the races that made up the 2008 Series:

June 7 - Granite Man Mountain Run - 10 miles (75 finishers)
August 2 - Mt. Ashland Hillclimb Run - 13 miles (178 finishers)
August 30 - Sunrise to Summit - 3 miles (138 finishers)
September 21 - NW Mountain Running Championships - 6 miles (71 finishers)

SCORING: Runners score points based on their time as a percentage of the winner's overall time, making every second count! For example, a winning time of 41:08 gets 100.00 points; a time of 42:21 is worth 97.13, and 1:20:32 gets 51.08 (the winning time being just about 50 percent of that runner's time. A runner's top 3 of 4 races are totaled to determine overall series scoring. While the races in the series are open to all runners, only USATF members are elidgible to score in the series. The top USATF finishers (man and woman) from each race won a pair of shoes from La Sportiva. Overall series winners also won a pair of shoes from La Sportiva.

Here are top runners from the 2008 series:
Name ------ Age --- Age Group - Sex - TOTAL POINTS
Richard Bolt 38 0 - 39 (Open) M 289.51 (4 races)
Ian Torrence 35 0 - 39 (Open) M 275.71 (4 races)
Lisa Nye 39 0 - 39 (Open) F 170.14 (2 races)
Aaron Coe 25 0 - 39 (Open) M 169.31 (2 races)
Joe Gray 24 0 - 39 (Open) M 100.00 (1 race)
Max King 28 0 - 39 (Open) M 99.92 (1 race)
Tyler Walsh 18 0 - 39 (Open) M 90.79 (1 race)
Hal Koerner 32 0 - 39 (Open) M 89.71 (1 race)
Scott Jurek 34 0 - 39 (Open) M 89.47 (1 race)
Bob Jullian 40 40 - 49 M 88.79 (1 race)
Torrey Lindbo 35 0 - 39 (Open) M 81.96 (1 race)
Dean Giblin 43 40 - 49 M 80.05 (1 race)
David Jordan 40 40 - 49 M 79.20 (1 race)

Please keep in mind that the above list does not reflect the relative abilities of each runner - it's only a ranking based on the rules set forth at the begining of the Oregon Mountain Running Series. Had Max King or Joe Gray competed in 3 series races, they would have certainly scored higher. Joe won several world class mountain running events in Europe this past year and was just named the USATF Mountain Runner of the Year. Max King won several competitve trail races in Oregon including the 2008 XTERRA Trail Running National Championships in Bend. Max also competed in the Steeplechase at the 2008 US Olympic Trials in Eugene. Also not included in this list are several excellent trail runners who competed in series races but are not USATF members. Top amoung these runners is Erik Skaggs (Ashland, OR) who won 2 series races and finished 3rd at the NW Mountain Running Championships behind Joe Gray and Max King.

Congratulations to all the runners who competed in series races. Special thanks to all the race directors, volunteers and sponsors who made these races possible. Finally, thanks to La Sportiva which provided product and promotional support and to USA Track & Field Oregon which provided race sanctioning services and promotional support.