Qualifying Guidelines

1. All qualifying performances must be made on indoor tracks. No allowances are provided for indoor facilities of differing size, bank or other configuration, or altitude.
2. Qualifying marks must be made in accordance with USATF Rule 149 and verifiable in one of the following:
   1. USATF- or IAAF-sanctioned events that prescribe to or exceed USATF rules of competition
   2. events at collegiate meets that prescribe to or exceed USATF rules of competition
   3. high school meets, except dual and triangular meets
   4. meets or events that meet a minimum for competitiveness set by the Chair of the Sport Committee and determined to be valid by the USATF staff member responsible for verification.
3. Indoor qualifying standards must be met between and including Saturday, November 10, 2007 and Sunday, February 17, 2008.
4. Fully automatic timing (F.A.T.) is the only method of timing acceptable for qualifying marks for events equal to or shorter than 400 meters.
5. A manual time may be used for qualifying for events of 800 meters and longer only if no F.A.T. qualifying time exists for the race during the qualifying period. A manual time may not supersede any F.A.T. qualifying time for an event. Qualifying manual times, for eligible events, are the F.A.T. qualifying time without the last zero for men and the F.A.T qualifying time minus 0.14 for women. Manual times will be converted for seeding purposes using USATF Rule 76.
6. Times submitted in hundredths of a second must be F.A.T. times.
7. All performances are subject to verification.