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Team Selection
Relays (4x100m and 4x400m)
Please note that if you sign-up and are placed on a team, you are expected to compete; your team-mates will be depending on you.
- If you intend to run the relay, please check the box on the supplemental entry form.
- Highest priority to athletes of the age group who compete in the 100m or 400m (for the 4x100 and 4x400, respectively) in Lahti in order of performance. Selection will be from the top 50 percent performers (overall) in the first round of competition.
- The Team Manager will also consider athletes of the age group who compete in the 200m (for either relay), 800 (for 4x400) and the appropriate hurdle race. Selection will be from the top 50 percent performers in the first round of competition (or equivalent pentathlon times). Top finishers at the 2009 USA Masters Outdoor Championships will also be considered.
- The Team Manager will then look for athletes in a older age group not needed as a runner or first alternate there (either because there are too many runners or insufficient runners).
- Age groups will be merged when two or more age groups do not have at least four athletes in the first two categories. Merged categories are then treated as one pool.
- The Team Manager shall take everything into consideration but the selection of relay team members, including alternates, shall be made by the Team Manager and shall be final.
Notes:
- Injuries - The Team Manager will also take injuries into consideration. After consultation with any injured selected relay member and other team members, including alternates, the Team Manager will make the final decision, just prior to the athletes reporting to the Call Room, whether or not to replace any injured relay member with an alternate.
- Baton Teamwork - The Team Manager will do everything possible to coordinate as many baton practices as possible. Relay members who do not make every effort to attend practice risk being replaced by an alternate, should the Team Manager decide it is in the best interest of the relay team.
Road Race Walk, Marathon, Cross Country
There will be team scoring in each age group – details will be explained at the Team Meetings. If you are registered for an event and decide not to compete, please advise team manager before the event, in order to permit creating mixed-age teams, if needed.
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