a country can have a maximum of 4 runners in the moscow 10000 world champs.
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under the rule that if a runner is top 15 at world xc, they qualify for world xc.
a country can have a maximum of 4 runners in the moscow 10000 world champs. -
So does Derrick still have to run USA Nationals?
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Do they get the A standard or is this an automatic entry?
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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
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Thanks for pointing this out, had forgotten about it. The new blood is strong!
douglas burke wrote:
under the rule that if a runner is top 15 at world xc, they qualify for world xc. -
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?
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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?
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It is just A standard.
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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.
Elmore345 wrote:
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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
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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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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?
Exactly - which should leave them all fresh to try and qualify in the newest IAAF Championship event: a 26.2 mile race that takes place entirely on the track. -
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.
Is he a US Citizen? That's the only way. He can't "choose". -
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.
