I'm not sure what the big deal about this is.
Makes much more sense to stay local/US than travel to Europe (deal with time change , travelling loss of training).
If it was a man needing the qualifying time and they set up an all comers meet to have good pacing through say 8k would this be deemed cheating? The only difference really is that final 2k+ of pacing(which a man pacing a woman gains), which other than on a windy day I'm not seeing as a big deal.
But it really isn't about what is fair or right , it is about whiny little lets run posters with their panties in a bunch.