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Entry Information
Important: All entries (both club and individual) must be submitted online at
the Indiana
Invaders website. Paper applications are not available for this event.
Entry Fees
Entry fees are $15 per athlete regardless of events entered.
Qualifying Standards
There are no qualifying meets or performance standards required to compete at
the Club Championships (Top 32 entries will be accepted). However, participation
in one of three authorized USATF regional competitions (South, West, East) is
encouraged. The top two athletes (with a USATF club affiliation) in their event
in one of three authorized USATF regional competitions earn automatic qualifiers
to the Club Championships and will be seeded using their best current year
effort.
Athlete Eligibility
- Membership: Each athlete must be a current eligible member of
USATF. Not a member? Join here.
- Club Affiliation: Each athlete must be bona fide member of a USATF
club. Unattached athletes are encouraged to join a local club or create a
new club. Contact your local Association
Membership Chair to find a club near you or for information on starting
your own club. "Unattached/Non-Scoring" athletes, those athletes
not with a registered USATF club, may participate but will not be factored
into team scores and will only be entered into the meet after the specified
deadline. Unattached athletes will only be added to events to fill out a
field. No additional heats will be created to accommodate these athletes.
- Age Limit: An Open athlete and their high school class must
have graduated.
- Citizenship: A USA citizen or a permanent resident alien (Student
Visas, Tourist Visas & other short-term Visas are not accepted)
Club Entry Procedure
- Clubs must be current USATF member organizations prior to entering the
Championships. If your club is not a current USATF member organization you
must contact your local Association
Membership Chair.
- Clubs will use the Invaders' web site to enter their club in the meet.
Athlete Entry Procedure
- Athletes must submit a mark achieved between January 1 and July 8, 2002.
- Athletes may finish in the top two in their event in one of three
authorized USATF regional competitions (South, West, East). These athletes
are automatic qualifiers and will be seeded using their best current year
effort. The South Regional Championships will be held July 6 in Jackson, MS;
the West Regional Championships will be held July 6 in Seattle, WA and the
East Regional Championship will be held July 7 in New Haven, CT.
- Team managers or designated representative will process their entries at
the Invaders'
site. All entries submitted will be listed on the website.
- Closing date to submit all marks and entries (including updated marks) is
midnight July 8, 2002 (PST).
Declaration Procedures
- All marks and entries will be available on the Invaders'
web site as clubs register.
- All events will show lists of ALL entries submitted, including those
outside of the top target figure (32).
- The "honest effort" declaration rule will be fully enforced for
this team scoring event.
- Athletes and coaches should submit scratches by midnight July 14th (PST).
- The lists will be updated from scratches by July 15, 2002, showing all
athletes who are remaining as "declared." After July 15, 2002, an
athlete withdrawn from any event will be completely withdrawn from the meet,
including relays.
- At the point where declarations are finalized on July 15, 2002, those
athletes in the top 32 (or relay teams) will be considered entered and fees
will be determined (payment by check or money order will be accepted at the
event).
Residency Issues
- A panel consisting of Skip Stolley (chair), Sam Caldwell, and Steve
Vaitones will review any residency issue forwarded to it. The proof of
residency will be similar to that required by public institutions of higher
education for resident tuition - a passport address, rental agreement, Visa,
and/or proof of employment.
- Any club entering an athlete found not to be a resident of their
Association (or subject to a 7-B agreement between Associations) will be
penalized $100 for each instance and the athletes points removed from
scoring.
- Appeals to residency rulings will be made to a panel of USATF's president,
Associations chair, and director of legal affairs. A $200 bond must be
posted for each appeal. The panel may rule that the original ruling was in
error and return both the original penalty of $100 and the appeal fee of
$200, or rule that the original ruling was correct, but outside the control
of the club and return the original $100 fee.
Contact
Contact the Indiana Invaders' Information Director Jeff Barnd at 317-418-5341
or at: barnd@worldnet.att.net
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