Awards

There are many rewards to run for…

Overall Winner
Fastest Member of Congress
1st Senator
1st Representative (Mike Synar Award – honoring the late Oklahoma Congressman who participated each year from 1986-92)
1st Cabinet Department or Independent Agency Head
1st Sub-Cabinet
1st Judge
1st Print Journalist*
1st On-Air Electronic Journalist*

Male & Female divisions for all above awards.
*Must meet captain eligibility standards

TEAMS

Top Overall Team (Richard G. Lugar Award – honoring the late Senator from Indiana who participated a record 31 times between 1981-2012)
Top Two Senate Teams
Top Two House Teams
Top Two Judicial Teams
Top Two Executive Branch Teams
Top Two Print or Web Media Teams
Top Two Electronic Media Teams (Radio, TV, Podcast)

SPECIAL AWARDS
  • Best Team Name
  • Worst Team Name (James B. Kenin Award – honoring the late Nike consultant who supported the race in its earliest years)

Capital Challenge Awards Rules

Overall Individual Awards (Male & Female)

  • The first male and first female to cross the finish line will be awarded the Overall Winner titles.
  • Gun time (official race clock time) will be used to determine these winners.

Individual Captain Awards

  • Will be determined using chip time (time recorded from crossing the start line to the finish line).
  • If a team does not finish with all five members, the captain is still eligible for an individual captain award as long as they complete the race.

Team Awards

  • Team rankings will be based on the sum of the chip times of all five team members.
  • The team with the lowest combined chip time will be awarded 1st place, followed by 2nd place in their respective division.
  • A team must have all five members finish to be eligible for team awards.

Award Eligibility Notes

  • Chip time will be used for all individual awards except for the Overall Winners, which are determined by gun time.
  • Team captains are eligible for individual captain awards even if their team does not finish all five members.
  • Runners who do not complete the entire course will be disqualified at the discretion of the official timer.
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