The points will be awarded to the top three positions on each team for men and women. So a total of 3 men and 3 women can score per team. If a team does not have 3 men or women then they will only score the number of athletes they do have. It does not matter if a fourth place on team A is greater than a 1st place on team B. The 1st place on team B will score on the 4th place on team A will not.
The points will accumulate 10 points for each collegiate athlete that finishes the race in each field. So if 170 men start but only 150 finish, there will be 10 points for the 150 finishers giving max of 1150 points for the first place finisher. For each subsequent finisher 10 points will be dropped off.
Equation for top score: top score = (# of finishers) * 10.
Equation for individual places: top score - ((finishing place-1)*10)
Example for 150 finishers: 1150 - ((finishing place-1)*10)
1st = 1150,
2nd = 1140,
3rd = 1130,
15th = 1150-(14*10) = 1010,
99th = 1150 - (98*10) = 170,
150th place = 10.
To make the women’s and men’s field equivalent, the scores will be ranged from 0 to 100.
Equation: new score = old score * 100/(top score).
Example for 150 finishers:
1st place = 1150 * 100/1150 = 100,
21st place = 950 * 100/1150 = 82.61,
50th place = 660 * 100/1150 = 57.39,
80th place = 360 * 100/1150 = 31.3,
150th place = 10 * 100/1150 = 0.87.