High School 5K Nordic Freestyle
January 2, 2019
From
the MPA Nordic Ski Rule Book
SCORING
Section 9 - Scoring in the Nordic events is by finish points assigned to places with 200 finish points to the
first-place finisher, 199 to second place, continuing with one point lower for each place; The highest
team score is the winning team.
In the Nordic championship, the team score will be determined by the order of finish in the 5k freestyle
pursuit on day 2. The Chief of Timekeeping may elect to use a collapsed start for the pursuit if they
deem it appropriate and if so, they must adjust the order of finish accordingly.
Section 10 - A team score is determined by adding up the finish points of the team's first four finishers.
In the event of a tie, racers receive finish points equal to the tying place. (Example: If there is a tie for
third, both skiers are awarded 198 finish points, there would be no fourth place, and the next place
would be fifth.) The 5th and 6th finishers for each team do not score finish points, but they displace
points for scorers from other teams. Finishers after the 6th on each team do not displace and are
removed from the finish order for purposes of team scoring. All teams with at least one skier finishing
the 5k freestyle pursuit will earn a team score. The team score for a team with fewer than four finishers
will be the sum of the finish points for those that finish. There are no longer any ghost scores in the team scoring.
