The Zone 6 team for the Summer Games was chosen at a meeting held immediately after the events were finished on Sunday, June 8 and the official results were available. The selection committee was composed of coaches or representatives from all the clubs and schools of athletes being considered for selection. Athletes who were registered as independents could also have a representative at this meeting. No athletes being considered were allowed at the meeting.
Initial team selection
In the first go round the Zone 6 selection committee chose 36 athletes (18 females and 18 males) subject to the following constraints:
Athletes must have competed at the Zone 6 Trials in the event(s) for which they are being considered. Performances from other meets were not considered unless a medical dispensation was applied for and granted at which point the athlete will be considered for a wild card position only.
No more than two athletes were chosen for each event except three could be chosen for 100m and 200m events and only one athlete could be chosen for the race walk, pole vault and pentathlon events.
At the games an athlete can compete in up to three events for which they qualify plus one relay OR in the Pentathlon plus one relay.
One 4 x 100 and one 4 x 400 relay team for each gender will be chosen by the coaches at the Summer Games from among the athletes on the Zone 6 team present at the Games and in a position to run the relay.
Athletes who are chosen for the Zone 6 team will be notified as soon as possible after the Trials.
Wild Card Round
Athletes who do not make the team on the first round MAY be selected as wild cards to fill vacancies that are available in various events when the teams from other zones are known. Athletes in this category are placed in a pool of athletes from other zones who have not made their zone team on the first round and those athletes with the best performance in an event will be added to their Zone team if vacancies in an event(s) become available. When the choice comes down to comparing athletes from two different events a points system, similar to the VIAA awards system based on performance, will be used. Athletes in this category will probably be notified within a week or so after the trials.
Substitution Pool
Athletes who have not made the team after the above procedure is completed, MAY be selected as substitute members to fill team vacancies due to illness, injury or other reasons. Athletes in this category could be added to the Zone 6 team at any time up to the Wednesday before the start of the Summer Games (i.e.July 23) if a place should become available, although the probability is low that this will occur.
It is highly unlikely that athletes who did not achieve a placing of 5th or higher in at least one event at the trials will be considered for either the wild card or the substitute pool. The final team lists with substitutes must be submitted to the Summer Games organization no later than June 23 so all athletes who competed at the trials will be notified of their status by then.