In 2022 Evan Jager won the steeplechase at the NACAC Championships to earn 150 bonus points toward his World Rankings. That looks like it will secure him a Paris spot.
I say good for World Athletics for putting a higher emphasis on Area Championships. While many athletes in the past would shy away from meets like NACAC..... World Athletics has figured away to make them more relevant and appealing for the athletes to not overlook them
In 2022 Evan Jager won the steeplechase at the NACAC Championships to earn 150 bonus points toward his World Rankings. That looks like it will secure him a Paris spot.
I say good for World Athletics for putting a higher emphasis on Area Championships. While many athletes in the past would shy away from meets like NACAC..... World Athletics has figured away to make them more relevant and appealing for the athletes to not overlook them
In 2022 Evan Jager won the steeplechase at the NACAC Championships to earn 150 bonus points toward his World Rankings. That looks like it will secure him a Paris spot.
I say good for World Athletics for putting a higher emphasis on Area Championships. While many athletes in the past would shy away from meets like NACAC..... World Athletics has figured away to make them more relevant and appealing for the athletes to not overlook them
How is this good? Someone who BEAT Jager in 2024 will miss out on an OLYMPIC TEAM because of something did in 2022?
That athlete, Corrigan, was a 19 or 20 year old on a religious mission who hadn't even started college yet.
We should be rewarding who wins in the current year, not someone from 2 years ago.
In 2022 Evan Jager won the steeplechase at the NACAC Championships to earn 150 bonus points toward his World Rankings. That looks like it will secure him a Paris spot.
I say good for World Athletics for putting a higher emphasis on Area Championships. While many athletes in the past would shy away from meets like NACAC..... World Athletics has figured away to make them more relevant and appealing for the athletes to not overlook them
How is this good? Someone who BEAT Jager in 2024 will miss out on an OLYMPIC TEAM because of something did in 2022?
That athlete, Corrigan, was a 19 or 20 year old on a religious mission who hadn't even started college yet.
We should be rewarding who wins in the current year, not someone from 2 years ago.
I would agree with you if the rules were new or sudden.
In 2022 Evan Jager won the steeplechase at the NACAC Championships to earn 150 bonus points toward his World Rankings. That looks like it will secure him a Paris spot.
I say good for World Athletics for putting a higher emphasis on Area Championships. While many athletes in the past would shy away from meets like NACAC..... World Athletics has figured away to make them more relevant and appealing for the athletes to not overlook them
How is this good? Someone who BEAT Jager in 2024 will miss out on an OLYMPIC TEAM because of something did in 2022?
That athlete, Corrigan, was a 19 or 20 year old on a religious mission who hadn't even started college yet.
We should be rewarding who wins in the current year, not someone from 2 years ago.
Corrigan's gonna chase the time this week, and contrary to what everyone's saying, probably does have a shot to run 8:15. (Especially if he has Rooks to pace him.)
not sure why we're acting like it's USATF's fault. you have to qualify for the olympics. WA would tell us no if we tried to enter corrigan -- right now. ergo we keep going down the list til a 3rd guy who can make it. jager makes it for going the extra mile, assuming.
How is this good? Someone who BEAT Jager in 2024 will miss out on an OLYMPIC TEAM because of something did in 2022?
That athlete, Corrigan, was a 19 or 20 year old on a religious mission who hadn't even started college yet.
We should be rewarding who wins in the current year, not someone from 2 years ago.
I don't like the WA system, but let's be clear here, nothing Jager has done is preventing Corrigan from qualifying. If Corrigan doesn't score enough points or hit the time, then the opportunity passes to the next placer.
In 2022 Evan Jager won the steeplechase at the NACAC Championships to earn 150 bonus points toward his World Rankings. That looks like it will secure him a Paris spot.
I say good for World Athletics for putting a higher emphasis on Area Championships. While many athletes in the past would shy away from meets like NACAC..... World Athletics has figured away to make them more relevant and appealing for the athletes to not overlook them
How is this good? Someone who BEAT Jager in 2024 will miss out on an OLYMPIC TEAM because of something did in 2022?
That athlete, Corrigan, was a 19 or 20 year old on a religious mission who hadn't even started college yet.
We should be rewarding who wins in the current year, not someone from 2 years ago.
Isn't there an issue with that performance being counted toward Jager's ranking? As per the WA regulations the World rankings period is 01 JUL 2023 - 30 JUN 2024.
Isn't there an issue with that performance being counted toward Jager's ranking? As per the WA regulations the World rankings period is 01 JUL 2023 - 30 JUN 2024.
Last area champs always count as long as they were within the last three calendar years. They want to incentivize more athletes to run those.
They could add a steeple to the schedule at Penn this weekend without too much trouble. I just wonder if it matters to WA or whoever that the water jump is on the outside of the track.
I only see one IAAF approved race in the US before June 30th. At Penn (not fastest track in the world) and it does not have a steeple.
The US Track federation should have thought ahead and organized a last chance meet on June 30th.
I don't know who the U.S. Track federation is (do you mean USATF), but I'm not sure it's their responsibility to provide 'last chance' meets within a week after every Trials. If Corrigan's coach, Eyestone, thought this scenario was even a remote possibility, you'd think he would have had a Plan B set up.
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