Andrews doesn't have the IAAF standard for the 1500m (in fact, he didn't have the USATF qualification std 3:39 to get into the USA Champs until today) and will need to go 3:36.2.
My money right now is that Leo gets the std and Blankenship takes the third slot for the US.
Per IAAF standards document, they have until August 10 to make the standard, and Leo and Robby aren\'t far from it. They\'re almost certain to make it at Monaco if not earlier.
How would Andrews get into Monaco?
But no fear, he'll get into a fast enough race to do it; there are enough in Europe. He's in shape to run much faster than the standard. Will he stick behind the pacers at an appropriate pace to do it?
Nike could host an impromptu race at any time for any of it's athletes.
USATF is midnight Pacific 9 Aug so USATF can do the paperwork
And it's way more complex
For your reading pleasure
1. If any finishers have not achieved the applicable IAAF Qualifying Standard from the beginning of the applicable IAAF qualifying period through the completion of their respective events at the National Championships, but achieves the needed IAAF Qualifying Standard on or before August 9, 2015, 12:00 midnight Pacific Time such athlete(s) must provide adequate evidence of his or her qualifying performance in order for that performance to be accepted for qualification for the U. S. Team. Results information must be received by USATF by said deadline at both the following e-mail addresses:
and
. Please note that while USATF will be searching for this information, it is up to the athlete/agent or coach to provide the information to USATF concerning the achievement of the IAAF Qualifying Standard. Information must reach
and
as soon as the standard is met but no later than 12:00 midnight Pacific Time on August 9, 2015. Due to the entries being due on August 10, it is the responsibility of the athlete/agent/coach to notify USATF no later than August 9th of their mark. USATF will not enter anyone that has not followed these procedures.
2. If after August 9, 2015 12:00 midnight Pacific Time, there remain places on the USATF team or alternate positions USATF may, in its discretion, in rank order of finish at the Trials, enter athletes and/or designate athletes as alternates based on their having achieved the applicable IAAF Qualifying Standard.
3. If no U.S. athletes achieve the IAAF Qualifying Standard in a given event during the qualifying period, USATF will enter no athletes in that event, unless an athlete is exempt from qualifying because he or she is the reigning World Champion or Diamond League Champion.
4. In each event, the rank order of the finish at the Trials shall determine the eligibility of an athlete to compete or be designated an alternate at the IAAF World Championships.
5. In some events, the IAAF may invite athletes based on the IAAF ranking lists in order to reach the target number of competitors for each event as listed by the IAAF for the 2015 IAAF World Championships. USATF shall accept any invitations extended to U.S. athletes if such acceptance does not displace an athlete who has finished ahead of the invited athlete(s) at the Trials and who has met the qualifying standard or who is also in a position to receive an IAAF invitation. In the event that one or more of the top three placers in the Trials has not met the qualifying standard but has a performance that appears to be good enough to warrant an invitation based on the ranking list and number of known qualifiers, USATF may solicit an invitation from the IAAF for that athlete(s) notwithstanding that other U.S. athletes have met the qualifying standard. The intent is that, to the extent possible, the order of finish at the U. S. Championships shall determine whether an athlete competes in the World Championships. There will be no invitations through the use of the ranking lists in the 5,000m, 10,000m, race walk and marathon.
I read somewhere that Nike is putting on a meet in Portland just so athletes can chase standards.
This is an edited listing to use for the IAAF Field sizes countback in each event.
Posted by a Lets Run poster on another thread
Brain shrinkage wrote:
Nike could host an impromptu race at any time for any of it's athletes.
This.
with about 12 days left in the IAAF window the 45th spot is 3:38.97
OP, I think you and people at USATF are wrong. We've updated our article as follows:
LetsRun wrote:
Initially we thought that Manzano and Andrews would be able to get in without the standard as the IAAF will be filling the field to 45 runners based on the worldwide descending-order list. But we’ve talked to multiple people this week and there have been conflicting statements about whether that will actually be the case. USATF Marketing & Communications Manager Amanda Brooks in an email on Saturday told us that USATF will just take the top three finishers who have the standard on August 9:
"Athletes have until August 9 to chase the IAAF A Standard (found here) for their event. If they do not reach that mark/time by August 9, USATF will continue to move down the list of USATF Outdoor Championships finishers to select athletes who do have the IAAF A Standard."
"To fill fields, the IAAF will select athletes from various countries from the top 48 performance list. However, if the U.S. already has three qualified athletes in a particular event, an American athlete will not be selected by the IAAF for that event."
Despite that statement, we don’t fully believe it as it would be a violation of what USATF has always done – try to honor the order of finish at USAs as much as possible – and it violates Rule 5 of the selection process criteria for this year that is on USATF’s website.
5. In some events, the IAAF may invite athletes based on the IAAF ranking lists in order to reach the target number of competitors for each event as listed by the IAAF for the 2015 IAAF World Championships. USATF shall accept any invitations extended to U.S. athletes if such acceptance does not displace an athlete who has finished ahead of the invited athlete(s) at the Trials and who has met the qualifying standard or who is also in a position to receive an IAAF invitation. In the event that one or more of the top three placers in the Trials has not met the qualifying standard but has a performance that appears to be good enough to warrant an invitation based on the ranking list and number of known qualifiers, USATF may solicit an invitation from the IAAF for that athlete(s) notwithstanding that other U.S. athletes have met the qualifying standard. The intent is that, to the extent possible, the order of finish at the U. S. Championships shall determine whether an athlete competes in the World Championships. There will be no invitations through the use of the ranking lists in the 5,000m, 10,000m, race walk and marathon.
I'd imagine a lawyer would have a field day if USATF tries to violate what it always does and what it's got posted on its own website.
Read more about it here:
http://www.letsrun.com/news/2015/06/matthew-centrowitz-amazes-robby-andrews-kicks-his-way-onto-us-1500m-team-as-leo-does-what-he-always-does/The USATF selection criteria is here:
http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2015/IAAF-World-Outdoor-Championships/Athlete-Info/Athlete-Selection-Procedures.aspxReally hope he doesn't make it.