Just Another Hobby Jogger wrote:
Ackley wrote:
Isn't it usually the three fastest that accept the invitation?
This is how the team was selected the last time.
The three (3) US athletes for the 2019 IAAF World Championships men’s and women’s marathons will be selected from the three (3) highest placing performances, based on marks set on IAAF-approved courses*, for the period March 7, 2018 through May 5, 2019 inclusive, who accept a position on the team, and provided that each selectee has met at least the IAAF World Championships qualifying standards of 2:16:00 for men and 2:37:00 for women.
https://www.usatf.org/events/2019/iaaf-world-championships
So if the qualifying period is anything like 2019, it will include times from early 2021 to the end of the Spring 2022 Marathon season.
So far, using this potential qualifying period, Rupp's 2:06:35 from Chicago is the only mark for either men or women that is most likley a lock not to be surpassed by three people. I can see Hall, Seidel, and Sisson surpassing Bates 2:24:20 from Chicago by next Spring.