The Zone 6
team for the Summer Games was chosen at a meeting held immediately after the
events were finished on Sunday, May 23 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.
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.
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If
an athlete qualified for more than three events, then they were asked to choose
soon after the trials in which three events they wish to compete at the Summer
Games.
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Athletes
opting for the Pentathlon cannot compete in any other events at the Summer
Games other than one relay.
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Athletes
will be contacted by the Zone 6 representative, Tom Dingle, to confirm all
their events based on the schedule.
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 condition to run the
relay.
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:
0) Athletes who were first or second in
Race Walk, Pentathlon and Pole Vault were designated as Wild Card selections as
there are always more than enough Wild Card places available for them in the
Wild Card round. This makes selection of athletes easier for the more contested
events.
1) First place finishers in each event
were selected first. If an athlete qualified in four or more events or in the
pentathlon or one or more individual events then their coaches or
representatives confirmed their event selection.
2) Athletes who could not attend the
trials meet who had applied for and had been granted a waiver due to medical,
travel or other domestic reasons were now added to the pool of possible team
members using the best results from a sanctioned meet this season to place them
in the listings.
3) Athletes who were already on the
team from step 1) and who placed second in one or more other event after 2) had
been instituted, had those events added.
4) Athletes who were not on the team
but who were second in more than one event were added if their performance was
deemed moderately competitive or were added to the Wild Card pool.
5) Athletes who were not yet on the
team but who were second in one event had their results compared and those who
were considered the most competitive were added to the team. The others were placed in the Wild Card pool.
6) All remaining athletes were place in
the Wild Card pool
7) If possible the empty places in the
events list were filled (up to 3 in the 100m and 200m and up to 2 in the other
events) with athletes with third place finishes already on the team.
Athletes
who are chosen for the Zone 6 team will be notified as soon as possible after
the Trials as will those placed in the Wild Card pool.
Wild
Card Round
Athletes
who do not make the team on the first round MAY
be selected as Wild Card athletes 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 all 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 to rank each performance. Athletes in this
category will probably be notified as soon as possible after the last trials in
the province have been completed and each zones’ team lists have submitted to
the provincial organizer (around June 14).
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 (.July 21) 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 lower 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 registered with the Summer Games
organization no later than June 21 so all athletes who competed at the trials
will be notified of their status at that time.