The Championship

Eligibility Rules

• The Championship Race of the Series is an invitational event open to the overall winning male, female, and mixed corporate (or company) teams from each Series Race.
• For the avoidance of doubt, companies that are within a fifty (50) mile radius of multiple Corporate Challenge cities cannot participate in more than one (1) Race in an effort to qualify for the Championship Race.
• At least three (3) members of the qualifying team must be employed at an address (or addresses) in the greater metropolitan area (for U.S. events) or country (for international events) of the specific Series Race from which the qualifying team originates.
• At the time of the Championship Race, all team members (original and substitute participants) must be actively employed by the company they are representing, working a minimum of twenty-five (25) hours per week from the date of their original qualifying Race through the date of the Championship Race. Temporary and/or casual employees, employees on leave or sabbatical, volunteers, club members, interns and sub-contractors are not eligible to participate in the Championship Race or any Series Races or events.
• For the 2020 Championship Race, all participants and substitutes (if any) must register through the Series’ online registration system for the previous year’s Series Race. The online system provides the names of the eligible runners on the company’s original team. If a participant cannot find a specific runner in the company team list, please contact JPMorgan Chase & Co. (the “Series Owner”) at championship@corpchallenge.jpmorgan.com
• Individual participants who participated in the Championship Race of the immediately preceding Series cannot participate the current Championship Race, without exception. Participants who qualified for the most recent Championship but did not attend are eligible to qualify for the following year. If a company participates in the Championship Race, it is eligible to participate the following year but the scoring team members may not be the same four (4) team members that participated in the prior Championship Race; all four (4) team members must be different.
• Each participant must individually complete a Participant Entry Form through the Series’ online registration system (online) in order to be officially entered and eligible to participate in the Championship Race. By registering for the Championship Race, completing the form and agreeing to the waiver, participants certify represent and warrant that: (1) they are medically fit to participate in the Championship Race; and (2) they and fulfill the employment requirements listed above.

Specific Race Day Rules

• All race day rules set forth within the Series Rules shall apply to the Championship Race.
• Championship participants must wear a company team shirt. Any Championship Race participant wearing a shirt other than his/her team shirt may be subject to disqualification.

Scoring and Additional Rules

• All scoring rules set forth within the Series Rules shall apply to the Championship Race.
• Participants cannot be moved between teams after the date which is thirty (30) days prior to the Championship Race date.
• Company team captains may receive additional information in their Championship Race packets, which will be considered part of these rules.
• The Series Owner and the ERC reserve the right to consider and modify participant eligibility and qualification requirements for the Championship Race in their discretion.