2025 USATF Club Grand Prix series
The USATF Niagara region has named the Oak Tree 5K their 5km Championship race for the second year running and included the Oak Tree on their Runner of the Year Series and LDR Club Grand Prix series. Like last year, expect a larger and faster field then ever before at The Oak Tree!
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USATF rules will apply and be enforced; including USATF Rule 144.3.b (i.e., use of portable listening devices).
Team Rules
Team Scoring number participates: Open men, open women, master men, master women’s team will score 5
All scoring team members must be registered for the Oak Tree 5K by August 28 at 5 P.M.
All scoring members must be USATF Niagara members.
No team declarations are required but to be eligible to score for your club you must pre-register by August 28 at 5 P.M.
Unless indicated master runners will score on master teams
Open teams will score by time, Master teams will score by age grade
Team Scoring is used to score points for the 2025 USATF Niagara Grand Prix Series
Awards: Must be a 2025 USATF Niagara Member to be eligible for Prize Money
Results: Open / Individual Masters Ag-Graded / Teams
Eligibility
All scoring members on a club must be a current 2025 USATF Niagara Member and their club affiliation must be attached to the club they will be scoring for prior to the event
All clubs must be a current 2025 USATF Niagara Club
At all races the # of scorers will be - 5 (open men), 5 (open women), 5 (masters men), 5 (masters women)
Scoring
Clubs can score one (1) team per division.
Open team scoring will be based on the top five (5) runners accumulative time, except for XC which will be based on XC scoring.
Masters teams will be based on the clubs best five (5) age-graded permornaces.
Grand Prix points will be earned as follows - 1st place 14 points, 2nd place 9 pts., 3rd place 5 pts., 4th place 3 pts., 5th place 1 pt (teams can score at as many championships as they compete in and earn points at)
Tie breakers will be broken as follow: first head to head comparison. second amount of first places, third by number of championships a club participated in.
Team Declarations
At each championships, team declarations are NOT required but if a Master runner wants score on an open team that must be indicated at least three (3) days prior to the event by contacting the LDR chair by email.
Awards: Open / Masters
For full details, rules and scoring information visit the USATF Niagara Grand Prix page here.
USATF - Runner of the Year Series
Must be a 2025 USATF Niagara Member to be eligible to score in the USATF Niagara Runner of the Year series and to be eligible for awards.
Score best 6 Races.
Must run a minimum of 3 races to be eligible for Awards.
Ties will be broken by head-to-head comparison.
Open Divisions will receive points based on places from each race.
Masters Divisions will receive points based on age-graded result places.
Scoring: 1st 25 points, 2nd 22 pts., 3rd 19 pts., 4th 16 pts., 5th 14 pts., 6th 12 pts., 7th 10 pts., 8th 8 pts., 9th 7 pts., 10th 6 pts., 11th 5 pts., 12th 4pts., 13th 3pts., 14th 2pts., 15th 1pt.
Award: Open (1/2/3) / Masters (1/2)
Participation: Any USATF Niagara Member that competes in at least 5 championship events will receive a 2025 USATF Niagara Runner Of The Year Dry Fit Shirt. If a runner has competed or intends to compete in five (5) of the championships please email the LDR chair your shirt size by October 20 to ensure your desired shirt size.
For full details, rules, and scoring information visit the USATF Niagara Runner of the Year Series page here.
| Date | Event | Location | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15-Mar | USATF Niagara 5 Mile Championships | Rochester | |
| part of the Runnin' of The Green 5 Mile | |||
| 4-May | USATF Niagara 10 Mile Championships | Syracuse | |
| part of the Mountain Goat Run | |||
| 28-Jun | USATF Niagara Outdoor Championships - 3000m | Rochester | |
| part of the USATF Niagara Outdoor Championships | |||
| 18-Jul | USATF Niagara 4 Mile Championships | Buffalo | |
| part of the Subaru Buffalo 4 Mile Chase | |||
| 2-Aug | USATF Niagara Mountain Running Championships | Swain | |
| part of the Swain Mountain Race | |||
| 16-Aug | USATF Niagara 1 Mile Road Championships | Buffalo | |
| part of the Queen City Mile | |||
| 31-Aug | USATF Niagara 5 km Championships | Geneseo | |
| part of the Oak Tree 5k | |||
| Oct 19 | USATF Niagara 25 km Trail Championships | Wellsville | |
| part of the Ridge Run | |||
| Nov TBA | USATF Niagara Cross Country Championships | TBA |