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SCORING

Mill Cities Relay Club
Championship

The Mill Cities Relay (MCR) brings together 21 clubs from the Mill Cities Alliance. Each club can enter an unlimited number of relay teams across any division. For a full list of divisions, visit the Race Info page.

To compete, runners must be active members in good standing with their club. A runner cannot score for more than one team. If a runner participates on two scoring teams, only the faster team's time will count toward the club championship standings.

At the end of the race, the top club earns the prestigious Mill Cities Relay Champion Trophy. The runner-up receives the Martin Cardoza Award, and the third-place club is honored with the Jack Pierce Award. These awards carry on a 42-year tradition of recognizing excellence, with the top three clubs' names engraved on the Champion Trophy each year.

How Scoring Works

Championship standings are determined by adding up the points earned by a club's top-finishing teams across all scoring divisions.

In each division, points are awarded based on team placement. The first-place team earns N points, where N equals the number of clubs with finishing teams in that division. The second-place team earns (N-1) points, the third-place team earns (N-2) points, and so on.

If a club has multiple teams in the same division, only the highest-placing team will earn points for the club. However, if a second team from the same club finishes in the top three, they will still receive a brick.

Examples

Open Division has 8 club entries (GLRR, NMC, WCRC, SRR, BRC, WRC, NSS, TRF)

  1. GLRR 8 Points, 1st Place Brick

  2. GLRR 2nd but no points, still received 2nd Place Brick

  3. NMC 7 Points, 3rd Place Brick

  4. WCRC 6 points

  5. SRR 5 points

  6. BRC 4 points

  7. WRC 3 points

  8. WCRC 8th place but no points

  9. NSS 2 points

  10. TRF 1 point

The Male Veterans Division has only one club entry

  1. GAC 1 point

The Coed Seniors has 10 entries but only 3 clubs.

  1. SRR 3 points

  2. GAC 2 points

  3. GLRR 1 point

  4. GAC 4th place but no points

  5. SRR 5th place but no points

  6. GLRR 6th place but no points

  7. GLRR 7th place but no points

  8. GLRR 8th place but no points

  9. SRR 9th place but no points

  10. SRR 10th place but no points

Dave LaBrode Team
Participation Brick

The club that fields the most teams will be awarded the Dave LaBrode Team Participation Brick.

Each year the MCR Commissioner selects an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the success of the relay. That individual will be awarded the Sharon Yu MCR Contribution Brick.

Sharon Yu MCR
Contribution Brick
The Phil Quinn Award

Annually the Mill Cities Alliance recognizes a citizen of the local running community with the Phil Quinn Award for making extraordinary contributions to our sport. The past winners of this prestigious award are listed within the Phil Quinn Award page. Their dedication, support, commitment and passion for running have improved our sport immensely.

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