Prize Money and Awards

Thanks to race sponsor, Benchmark, Inc., a prize purse of $1,100 will be awarded to the top three overall and top masters winners of the 5K Run.

The OVERALL TOP THREE MALE AND FEMALE finisher’s amount is the same and will be as follows.

The OVERALL TOP MALE AND FEMALE MASTERS (40+) finisher amount is the same and will be as follows.

The FIRST MALE AND OR FEMALE TO BREAK THE COURSE RECORD will receive the same amount and will be as follows. Only the fastest person in each gender is eligible for the course record prize. View Course Records.

NOTE: Purchase prizes are gift certificates that can be spent on artwork at the festival.

Individual Awards

5K Runner Awards to at least the top three finishers in each age group (10 and under, 11-14, 15-19, 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+) category.

5K Runner Awards to at least the top three finishers in each Clydesdale and Athena division. The four Clydesdale/Athena divisions at the Marion Arts Festival 5K are as follows: Clydesdale 39 years old or younger, Athena 39 years old or younger, Clydesdale 40 years old and above and Athena 40 years old and above.

5K Walker Awards to at least the winner is each age group (19 and under, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69 and 70+) category.

The amount of awards is determined by how many participants are in a particular division racing. Refer to past results to see how deep they were in other years.

View past Race Results

Team Awards

Team Award to the top team in each (Middle School, High School, Corporate and Open) divisions. A team will consist of three individual finishers. Team racing does not replace the Age Group or Clydesdale/Athena categories. Team members still race as individuals but they now can also be scored via cross-country style for their team. If you are not familiar with cross-country team scoring, here is how it works. If scored by hand you would go through all the results and throw out any finisher not on a team. Then you see how many there are who finished for each team. If any team has less than three finishers, they are thrown out and movement occurs again. Finally, the places of the top three finishers on each team are added up. Low score wins.

Race Free

Win your age group or one of the Clydesdale/Athena divisions in the 5K Run and also win a free entry into next year’s Marion Arts Festival 5K.  The top three overall winners, the top master winners and the 5K Walkers are not eligible to win free entries.

Free entries do not include the cost of upgrading to a moisture management technical shirt.  If wanted it will be the responsibility of the winner to pay this expense when they sign up the following year. The free entry cannot be redeemed for cash and cannot be transferred to another person or another year.

Complete an entry form online to sign up for the free entry that was won the previous year. In the comments section of the online entry form add that you are an age group or Clydesdale/Athena winner from the past year. If upgrading to a moisture management technical shirt, mail in check to cover the $5 cost of the upgrade.

No Duplication of Awards

With the exception of a course record prize there will be no duplication of individual awards. The top three male and female winners, first place masters male and female winners, and the Clydesdale/Athena division are not eligible for age group awards. Team awards are separate from individual awards and can be duplicated.