Ritz Entered In 5,000 and 10,000

His name is listed in both events, status is "open". Status terms are qualified, not qualified, provisional, and open. What does open mean? And how can Ritz's 13:22 in May earn him an "open", but someone elses 13:45 rate a "qualified"?

This same question comes up each year. You can read the explanation of this entry process if you click the link at the top of the "status of entries" page.

The link doesn't work... that's why I asked.

This is what is says:

About Entry Statuses

Entry Status Categories

open - entry received but not yet in the verification process (all entries start in this category)

qualified - mark verified and accepted

provisional - mark verified and accepted on a provisional basis

info needed - entry requires additional information or required documents (e.g., DOB verification) are missing

not qualified - mark not acceptable; reasons vary

updated - mark has been updated/changed and must be re-verified

* - qualifying mark is from an alternative event that also qualifies for the championship event

In events where there are "A" and "B" standards, athletes who have met the "B" standard are listed as "provisional." If there are not enough "A" qualifiers to fill the field size, only then will "B" qualifiers who have declared be offered entry into the meet in performance rank order.

Declaration Status Categories

open - declaration not yet made (all entries start in this category)

declared - athlete has declared his/her intent to compete

pending - athlete has declared his/her intent to compete, but entry is in provisional status, has an updated mark that must be verified, or requires additional information

scratched - athlete has declared his/her intent not to compete or entry is "not qualified"

thank you!

What's interesting is that he's entered his 10000 time from LAST YEAR, which is not a legal qualifier under the present rules.

It's going to be interesting to see if he gets away with it, and, if so, if another competitor files a protest.

he will get away with it, he will be let in like he was done in the 5k in 2001. The 10k will have a few people they let in. Wejo ws let in one year he took 4th

if he's not let in i willl boycott the usatf and start a petition.

USATF used to have a rule (and maybe only for Olympic Trials) that if you qualify in one event, say 5k, you can also enter other similar events, say 10k.

You would hope at some point that the USATF would make a rule saying if you have the A standard for an up coming international championship, you are also qualified for the USATF. Would seem reasonable.

indeed.

Looks like Shayne Culpepper is in the same spot, 15:01 from 4/30/04.

Shayne won the Olympic Trials in 15:07 so she has the IAAF World 'A' standard from that.

for some reason, the women have a longer window than the men.

Good catch. I was just looking at the USATF entries, and she is listed with a 15:01 and a "not qualified" next to it.

No way is he running both the 10 and the 5.

Mr. Clay wrote:

No way is he running both the 10 and the 5.

I HOPE there's no way he's running both events. For a guy who's gotten the injuries he has over the past 2 years, I think he should avoid a tough track spikes double.

His pre-2004 trials stress fracture was detected only like 2 weeks after he ran his 27:38 and doubled back with the conference 5K. Maybe that caused it (or left him prone for it) and also maybe he's not durable enough to do it again.

if youre muscles get worn out from spikes, it just means they arent strong enough. supposely he trains in the frees sometimes, so maybe he wont have this problem. ttc, what do you think about gouchers race? i remember the years of goucher bashing from you and always guaranteed he was done.

Ritz doesn't have Helsinki A qualifier in 5k YET, but CAN get it this summer if he wants to run that race there. His 27:38 from last year isn't a Helsinki qualifier but he'll get into Usatf because he's an Olympian.

Is he able to run Helsinki 10k?! Isn't his time not in the qualifying window? What will happen?