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Eligibility Requirements
Clubs
- All clubs must be registered with USATF for 2007 or 2008.
Please submit your club application to your local
Association office.
- Only teams consisting of duly accredited representatives of a member club
shall be eligible to score as a team.
- All athletes entering as part of a club must be affiliated with that club
as part of their USATF membership (an athlete's current affiliation can be
viewed in his/her membership profile and as
part of the online entry process) and meet the requirements of USATF
Competition Rule 4. Athletes wishing to change affiliations
can make such a request through their local
Association (note that this request must be made by the athlete--see
Regulation 7 in the USATF Governance
Manual, Section III).
- The formation of club teams must meet all of the parameters as noted in
Regulations 7 and 8 in the USATF
Governance Manual, Section III and the USATF Rules of Competition,
specifically Rule 4. This will be strictly enforced. Please note that in
Long Distance Running, an athlete who is a non-resident member of an
Association is eligible to compete for a team in that Association only if
the athlete: (a) resides in an adjoining Association and the Association of
residence does not offer the program, or (b) neither the Association of
residence nor any Association adjoining the Association of residence offers
the program. Note: An athlete with historical membership (at least 3
continuous USATF membership years) in a club is eligible to compete for that
club.
Open Athletes
- Only citizens of the United States are eligible to compete
in these Championships.
- Female athletes must be 14 years or older and male athletes must be 16
years or older on the day of competition.
Masters Athletes
- Only citizens of the United States or resident aliens are eligible to compete
in these Championships. However, only U.S. citizens may score or win
championship medals.
- Athletes must be 40 years or older on the day of competition.
- All masters athletes must wear a back number showing age division. Runners
without back numbers will be subject to disqualification.
All Athletes
- All athletes must be U.S. citizens (with the exception of Masters athletes,
who may also be resident aliens).
- All athletes must be 2007 or 2008 members of USATF in good standing. USATF
memberships may be purchased
online,
through your local Association Office, or by
calling the USATF National Office at 317-713-4665.
- Club affiliation: Athletes must be bona fide members of a 2007 or
2008 USATF
club in order to represent a club and score team points. All athletes entering as part of a club must be affiliated with that
club as part of their USATF membership (an athlete's current affiliation
can be viewed in his/her membership profile
and as part of the online entry process). Athletes wishing to change
affiliations can make such a request through their local
Association (note that this request must be made by the athlete--see
Regulation 7 in the USATF
Governance Manual, Section III).
- Unattached athletes are encouraged to join a local
club or create a new club.
Contact your local Association 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.
- There are no performance standards to participate.
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