• To be eligible your high school must be inside of El Paso or Teller Counties.
• There are five aid station spots. However, one is potentially taken by Manitou Springs high school, who was last year’s Aid Station Challenge winner.
• Each station must have a minimum of 6 students and 2 adults. The upper limit is 20 total. This is so that smaller schools can better compete with larger schools
• ALL schools who want to be in the Aid Station Challenge must fill out the form below by Wednesday, May 11, 2011. This includes Manitou Springs high school.
• This form is not considered accepted until after you receive notification that we got it.
• After your form is accepted you are in the drawing for the final four spots (five if Manitou Springs high school does not request their spot). For Manitou Springs high school this form will confirm that they intend to use the spot they won.
• A drawing will take place on Friday, May 13, 2011 to determine the four schools (five if Manitou Springs high school does not request their spot) and an alternate for the Aid Station Challenge. It is NOT necessary to have a representative from your school present at this drawing! However, you are welcome to come if you want. All schools will be sent the results of the drawing via e-mail. Results will also be posted on this website.
• A second drawing will take place on Wednesday, June 8, 2011 to determine what aid station the five schools will be in charge of. A representative from the five schools and the alternate MUST (as in NO exceptions) be present and on time at the drawing! The representative can be a coach, assistant coach, a parent or a student. If the representative from one of the five schools is even a minute late getting to the drawing they are welcome to watch the alternate get their aid station. Translation; arrive early!
• If any of the five schools decide to withdraw from the Aid Station Challenge between the drawing and Wednesday, July 13, 2011 the alternate will be awarded a station as needed.
• On Wednesday, July 13, 2011 a mandatory equipment pick-up and instructional meeting will take place for the five schools and the alternate. An equipment inventory sheet will be signed by you and a BTMR committee person. If a school “no shows” at this meeting the alternate will be awarded the spot but only if the alternate is in attendance. This is the last point in which the alternate would be used. Also, at this meeting El Paso County Search and Rescue will give special instructions for the No Name Creek and Bobs Road aid stations as far as the 4-wheel drive to the station locations.
• Sunday, July 17, 2011 Race Day Aid Station Details are available if you do not want to wait until the mandatory meeting to see what is involved in doing an aid station.
• After runners finish the race they vote on their favorite aid station. Each runner gets one vote and the voting is done by aid station name/theme and not by school name. The reason for this is because we want the best station to win, not the most popular school. Also, the schools change each year but the stations do not!

  HS Challenge Cash Distribution
  Place	Award
  1st	$2,250
  2nd	$1,500
  3rd	$1,000
  4th	$750
  5th	$500

• The vote count is done by members of the BTMR race committee. The station with the most votes will be declared the winner, receive $2,250 and get an automatic spot in the 2012 aid station challenge. The vote tally will also determine places 2nd through 5th which will receive $1,500, $1,000, $750 and $500 respectively. In the event of a tie, the tying schools will split the combined award of their position and the next position. For example, if there is a tie for 3rd then award for 3rd ($1,000) and the award for 4th ($750) will be combined ($1,750) and split between the two schools ($875). If three tie the award from that position and the next two will be combined and split and so on. If the tie is for 1st, a drawing will be held amongst the tying schools to determine the winner of the automatic aid station spot for the 2012 race.

  Key Dates
  May 11	Registration Deadline
  May 13	Drawing for schools
  June 8	Drawing for stations
  July 13	Equipment pick-up
  July 17	Race Day
  July 31	Letter Deadline

• Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony in Soda Springs Park. The awards ceremony begins at 11:00am but the announcement will be around 11:30am to allow enough time for all the stations to get down off the mountain. Each team MUST be present at the awards ceremony to pick up their award!
• Checks will NOT be issued until the following 3 steps are completed:
  1. All our equipment is returned. The cost of equipment not returned will be deducted from your check.
  2. A brief report is filled out telling us how it went as far as supplies used (too much/not enough water, too many/not enough cups, etc.) and the timing of the logistics (you felt rushed/you had too much time, etc.)
  3. A letter is written explaining what you will do with your money — in addition to serving as a thank you to the sponsors this helps us get new sponsors!!! Here are some examples.
• Any school not completing the 3 steps above by Sunday, July 31, 2011 will forfeit their award check which will then be equally divided among the schools that have completed the 3 steps!

BTMR High School Aid Station Challenge
2011 Registration and Contact Information Form