Series entry to support Club Northwest and Nathan Hale High School cross country programs of $45 -- less for discounts -- includes all six races, a t-shirt, and a chance for divisional awards! You must sign up for the series by the start of the THIRD race. The individual race entry of $10 on-line / $15 Day of Race is for that race only.
Season pass holders must make sure to save your bib and bring it to each race!!!
NEW THIS YEAR: Additional 2-Mile Elimination Race following February 10th WGP Races. $5 for Series Participants and $10 for everyone else. Male and Female winners, prizes TBA!
Please fill out the waiver form before your first race: https://forms.gle/FSiHxJ2n9LXNqdtE7
ONLINE REGISTRATION ENDS AT 8PM THE NIGHT BEFORE EACH RACE
2023-2024 Race Dates
December 2nd – Road Race 1 @ Magnuson Park 9:00am
December 16th – Cross Country Race 1 @ Magnuson Park 9:00am
January 13th – Track Race 1 @ Nathan Hale High School 9:00am
January 27th – Cross Country Race 2 @ Magnuson Park 9:00am
February 10th – Track Race 2 @ Nathan Hale High School 9:00am
February 24th – Road Race 2 @ Magnuson Park 9:00am
LOCATION
Four of the six races will be in Magnuson Park / Sand Point in northeast Seattle (entry at NE 65th Street and Sand Point Way NE). The
track races in January and February will be held at Nathan Hale High School, 10750 - 30th NE, Seattle. We have replaced the Final Chase with a second track race and the final race will be a Road Race.
STARTING TIME
All single races start at 9 a.m. The first heat of the track races at Nathan Hale starts at 9 a.m.
RACE DIVISIONS
EP Elementary Primary (Grades 3-under)
EI Elementary Intermediate (Grades 4-6)
MS Middle School (Grades 7-8)
FR HS Freshmen (Grade 9)
SO HS Sophomore (Grade 10)
JR HS Junior (Grade 11)
SR HS Senior (Grade 12)
CU Community College/University Student
20 Ages 20-29
30 Ages 30-39
40 Ages 40-49
50 Ages 50-59
60 Ages 60-69
70 Ages 70-plus
Each division has a male and a female section. Additional divisions for adults may be split into 5-year categories if entries warrant. This has been the case for several divisions since 2014, and has been made permanent for those divisions which historically have had ten or more entries.
DIVISION SCORING
All runners in each division, not including single race entrants, are ranked and awarded points, with 10 for first, 9 for second, down to 1 for tenth. One point is also given to all finishers in that division not in the top ten.
You must finish four races to score. If you run more than four races, your best four point totals count toward your standings. A perfect score is 40, and we are devising special ways to embarrass – err, honor – someone so dominant in their division!
For 2022-2023, there will be a certificate award for perfect scores AND a certificate for Winter Warrior Men and Women / Boys and Girls who participate in ALL SIX RACES!
In the case we have to apply tie-breakers, the winner would be the person who runs more races. If still tied, the winner would be the runner with a higher place in a fifth race or in the fifth and sixth races combined. We generally don’t have to go beyond those tie-breakers. And if we have prizes laying around, we don’t break them at all — we just give out duplicate awards!
Please note: after each race 4, 5, and 6, it becomes apparent that some people will not or did not run and finish (and/or turn their card in!) for the minimum four races. At that point, we remove them from the races they did run, and re-score the division for that race. Points can change wildly toward the end of the season. Also, even if you are the only person in your division, you must finish four races to claim a prize.
SPECIAL RACE THEMES!
We will have some fun themes for each race, which will be detailed on the CNW web site under WGP Info.
MORE DETAILS
All races start at 9 a.m., unless the number of registrants requires dividing into two or more races. If the race is too large for our manual finish line, all women and girls and boys under 14 and men over 59 will run a second race at approximately 9:20. The track races – held in five or more heats – start with the first heat at 9 a.m.
The road and cross country races start near the beach house on the Waterfront Promenade at Sand Point Magnuson Park in northeast Seattle; the track races are held at the Nathan Hale High School track in northeast Seattle, at the corner of 35th Ave NE and NE 110th St.
ENTRY FEES
Full series $45
Student categories $35
Club Northwest members $25
Single race pre-reg $10
Single race day-of $15
Single race day-of CNW $7
Single race pre-reg CNW member $5
Series substitute number (You should be bringing the series bib number issued to you to EVERY series race – if you don’t, you will be charged for a new bib) $2
