neely spence, ben true, chris derrick qualify for world 10000 track champs

So does Derrick still have to run USA Nationals?

Do they get the A standard or is this an automatic entry?

As far as I could tell from interviews they get the A standard. Which Spence and True needed, but Derrick already had.

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douglas burke wrote:

under the rule that if a runner is top 15 at world xc, they qualify for the world championships 10000 with the A standard.

a country can have a maximum of 4 runners in the moscow 10000 world champs only if they have the defending champion or diamond league winner.

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This just helped Ritz... Big time as I'm not sure he'll be top 3 at USA's. Now he just has to beat Teg and he is in if all the major players look the same.
Rupp
True
Derrick
Ritz

Thanks for pointing this out, had forgotten about it. The new blood is strong!

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douglas burke wrote:

under the rule that if a runner is top 15 at world xc, they qualify for world xc.

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Just to be clear, they still have to qualify at US champs, but now have the A standard.

10,000m – The Top 15 athletes finishing in the senior Men’s and senior Women’s races
at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships are considered to have achieved
the A Standard for the World Championships.

https://iaafmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/competitioninfo/9a9eb54c-0f1e-4958-871d-bc9ae2a0b302.pdf

Dont they still need to finish top 3 in the trials?

They still have to make the team. Do you think that Ethiopia is going to tell the Bekele brothers to stay home because they had 4 guys in the top 15?

It is just A standard.

They have to be among the top three who have the "A". Last year the Texas A&M girl Rodgers was top three in the 10K but didn't have the A so stayed home.

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Elmore345 wrote:

Dont they still need to finish top 3 in the trials?

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Good god. Could a board get more confused by a simpler concept?

Spence, True and Derrick now have the A standard should they qualify to represent the USA at their trials.

Derrick already had the A so True is the only one impacted on the men's side: I believe this is the current list of runners with the A in the 10k:

Rupp
Ritz
Derrick
Teg
True

Add Diego Estrada, should he choose/be allowed to run the US champs vs. being selected again for the Mexican team.

Hey guys, does this mean they don't have to run the 10k at nationals?

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crazy raisin wrote:

Hey guys, does this mean they don't have to run the 10k at nationals?

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No shit they qualified for world XC, that is they finished the top 15.

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ListMan wrote:

Add Diego Estrada, should he choose/be allowed to run the US champs vs. being selected again for the Mexican team.

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Didn't Estrada run in the Olympics for Mexico last year? Pretty sure he would have to sit out before he could run for the US.