2009 PAN AMERICAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Selection Procedures and Team Processing

SELECTION PROCEDURES

The 2009 U.S. Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon (Junior Championships) will serve as the selection meet for the 2009 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, which will be held at Hasley Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain, Trinidad on July 31st and August 1st & 2nd (Pan Am Junior Championships).

For events on the 2009 Pan Am Junior Championships competition program, two (2) athletes per individual event will select themselves through head-to-head competition at the Junior Championships for the USATF Pan American Junior Championships Team (the “Team”). In addition, USATF will select up to two (2) additional athletes for each relay team/pool, such selection to be based on competitive considerations. In order to be eligible for the Team, an athlete must compete in and finish their respective event at the Junior Championships.

The events that will be contested at the Pan Am Junior Championships are:

Athletes will select themselves for a position on the Team based on the rank order of finish in each individual event at the Junior Championships as follows:

1. In events with a preliminary round or rounds, the rank order of finish will first be from the finals in that event, then the semi-finals, then the preliminaries.
2. In each event, if an athlete declines to participate on the Team, USATF will select the next highest ranked individual, until the two positions for each event are filled.

Note: There are no qualifying standards in place for the Pan American Junior Athletics Championships. Consequently, place finish order at the Junior Championships will be the sole determinant for an athlete to make the Team.

Age Requirements

The Pan Am Junior Championships are open to athletes who will be 16, 17, 18 or 19 on December 31, 2009. Any athlete who is twenty (20) years of age or more on December 31, 2009 is ineligible for the Team.

Passport Requirements

You will be required to have a U.S. Passport, which will remain valid through at least January, 2010, in order to be a member of the Team. Please be sure to bring your passport with you to the Junior Championships and have it with you at the Team sign-up table.

Those who do not have a passport, and who expect to qualify for the Team, are strongly encouraged to immediately file an expedited passport application with the U.S. Postal Service. If so, please bring proof of this application with you to the Junior Championships.

TEAM PROCESSING

Team processing for the Team will take place on the day of the final of each individual event – Thursday, June 25th through Sunday, June 28th. Team Processing is located west of Hayward Field in the Student Recreation Center.  The entrance is across from Track Town Plaza on the field level.

Team processing will operate on the following schedule (subject to extensions necessitated by doping control procedures):

• Thursday, June 25th 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
• Friday, June 26th 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
• Saturday, June 27th 12:00 noon to 7:00 p.m.
• Sunday, June 28th 12:00 noon to 7:00 p.m.
  

The top four (4) finishers in each individual event and the top six (6) in the 100m and 400m, will be asked to complete processing for the Team. An athlete must complete Team processing at the Junior Championships in order to be eligible for the Team. Those who fail to complete Team processing on the day of their event final at the Junior Championships will forfeit the opportunity to select themselves as a member of the Team.

Please plan for at least 30-60 minutes to complete Team processing.

**Athletes should bring their U.S. Passport with them to the Pan Am Junior Championships Team processing.** In addition, athletes should bring contact information for his/her coach, their recent competitive biography and any additional material needed to complete the sign-up process.