The top American male finisher and top American female finisher in each event of the Visa Championship Series, including the AT&T USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, will have their performances assigned a point total based on the IAAF Scoring Tables of Athletics. The athlete whose performance has the highest point total at the end of the Visa Championship Series will be named the Visa Champion.

Although the top performance can come at any of the Visa Championship Series meets, an athlete must compete and win their event at the AT&T USA Outdoor Championships in order to be named Visa Champion.

The male and female athlete with the top overall performance in the 2006 Outdoor Visa Championship Series will be named Visa Champion and each will receive a $100,000 bonus. Hurdler Terrence Trammell and sprinter Me'Lisa Barber were crowned the 2006 Indoor Visa Champions, winning their titles at the AT&T USA Indoor Championships.

The top American male finisher and top American female finisher in each event of the Visa Championship Series, including the AT&T USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, will have their performances assigned a point total based on the IAAF Scoring Tables of Athletics. The athlete whose single-best performance has the highest point total at the end of the Visa Championship Series will be named the Visa Champion.

Although the top performance can come at any of the Visa Championship Series meets, an athlete must compete and win their event at the AT&T USA Outdoor Championships in order to be named Visa Champion.  See complete scoring details, below.

Scoring Details

• The top American male finisher and top American female finisher in each eligible event at each of the Visa Championship Series meets can score points.
• Events eligible for scoring are those that are contested as championship events at the USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships and those that can be used as alternates for qualifying for the Championships (e.g., the Mile is an alternate qualifying event for the 1,500m). Events not meeting the above definition are not scored.
• Athletes score points based on their performance in the final of their event (performances in preliminaries, opening rounds, or semi-finals shall not be scored). Points are assigned based on the IAAF Scoring Tables of Athletics, adjusted for wind in specified events according to IAAF standards.*
  
  * Wind Adjustment:  In events with wind readings (100m, 200m, 100m Hurdles, 110m Hurdles, Long Jump, Triple Jump, Decathlon, Heptathlon), points will be adjusted according to the IAAF Wind Modification System. The adjustment is +/- 0.6 points for every -/+ 0.1 m/s, and the point totals are rounded down after the modification.
• In order to be eligible to be declared the Winner or to win prize money in the top 5 standings, athletes must win their event at the 2006 AT&T USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The event won at the AT&T USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships must be the same event in which the athlete scored points during the Visa Championship Series; points can be scored at any Visa Championship Series meet.
• The male and female athletes with the highest point values for their individual performances, who also won their events at the AT&T USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, will be declared the Visa Champions. Second through fifth-place finishers will be those with the next-highest point totals.
• Prize money breakdown is as follows, for both men and women: 1st - $100,000; 2nd - $30,000; 3rd - $15,000; 4th - $10,000; 5th - $5,000.
• If an athlete wins two or more events at the AT&T USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, that athlete is eligible to win more than one of the Visa Championship prizes based on his or her performances in each event.
• In the case of tie between performers in different events, the prize money will be split.  That is, if two performances earn the same points and are the highest score in the Outdoor Visa Championship Series, then those two performers will split the combined first and second place prize.  If two performers tie with the fifth-highest score, then they shall split the fifth-place prize evenly.