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B.A.A. Half Marathon: Awards and Award Ceremony

Are awards presented according to gun or to net time?

All prize money winners will be decided by gun time. All age group division awards will be awarded by net time. You can find more information here: Prize Money

If I finish the race, will I receive a medal and/or finisher’s certificate?

All finishers will receive a specially designed medal before exiting the finish chutes. No finisher’s certificates will be issued.

Who receives an award, and what do they get?

All finishers will receive a B.A.A. Half Marathon medal.

Prize money will be awarded equally to men and women, based on gun time. Top finishers in the open, masters, team, and push rim wheelchair divisions will receive prize money from a total purse of $30,000. You can find more information here:
Prize Money

From 1st to 10th place, prizes are respectively as follows:
$5,000, $3,000, $1,500, $1,000, $600, $500, $400, $300, $200, $100.
Prizes for the top three athletes in the Master's Division (40-and-older) are:
1st: $500
2nd: $300
3rd: $100

Awards for the top three athletes in the Push Rim Wheelchair Division are:
1st: $750
2nd: $500
3rd: $250

Handcycle participants are not eligible to receive prize money awards in the push rim wheelchair division.

Awards will be presented to the top five finishers overall and top three push rim wheelchair division finishers, along with the first, second and third place finishers in the following age groups for both men and women: 14-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, and 80+.

Participants who complete the course will receive a specially designed finisher's medal.

 
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