I was looking at the eligibility for the USATF Outdoor Championships and came across this on the eligibility requirements:
USATF Rule 11.3(b) concerning adding athletes to make a competitive field and USATF Rule 10.3(b) i and ii concerning automatic qualifications will be used.
Can anybody tell me what these rules are?
Thanks.
I doubt anyone knows off the top of their head. Most likely they will have to search the USATF rulebook.
Which you can do for yourself.
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I was watching the Pre meet and they were talking how Lagat is going to run the US champs. Last year i know he wasn't allowed to run the US Champs. Is he eligible this year to represent the US abroad and thus eligible to represent the US or is he only eligible to run the US champs because there are no world champs he might qualify for?
Or I guess a third option was he could have run last year but would have had to decline his place to Worlds.
When there is insufficient entrents who have met the qualifying standard and who have declared that they will compete, to make a final of an event competitive, the games committee or its representatives, prioor to the day of the championships, may approve for that final a limited number of additional entries from those who have entered the event prior to the closing date for entries, but who have not met the qualifying standards for the event, provided that such additional entries be approved in the order of best qualifying performance. The games committee shall exercise reasonable effortst o notify those entrants of the opportunity to compete
thanks everybody