Overseas Cross Country Participation Selection Criteria

Selection is now closed.

In general:

Below is the selection criteria (using SNOC guidelines)

(i) For all South East Asian level “Championships”
3rd Placing THD of the previous edition of that Championship

(ii) For all Asian level “Championships”
6th Placing THD of the previous edition of that Championship

For SEA & Asian x-country Championships (AXCC)

(i) For SEA & Asian X-country Championships
Individual: 6th Placing of previous 3 editions (Rationale: Could place in top 10)
Team: 3rd Placing of previous 3 editions (Rationale: Could be medalist)

Trials for AXCC (for those who want to be considered)

Wednesday, 19th Jan at Bedok Reservoir (Time TBC)

Distances:
Women’s Junior: 6 km;
Women’s Senior: 8 Km;
Men’s Junior: 8 Km;
Men’s Senior: 12 km

Register your interest before 15th Jan, selection is now closed., by emailing c.kunalan@hotmail.com or david_yeo@singaporeathletics@gov.sg.

Selection for this year’s 11th AXCC

Based on IAAF Classifications.

Juniors: 18 & 19 years (but competitions are open to 17 year-olds)

Youths: 16 & 17 Years (Our Sec 4 & JC 1, ITE, Poly)

How did we arrive at these marks?

We used the Results of the 10th 2010 AXCC

Junior Men (8km) (Total of 43 individuals and 9 Teams)

For Team Participation:
3rd Position: India
Team score for 3rd position: 37 points (Total score of 3 best runners)
Hence, the average position of each runner is 12th or 13th . The time returned at this position has been calculated as the qualifying time i.e 25.20s will be the time our 3 runners must achieve to be included in a team.

For Individual Participation:
6th Position: 24:39.5s.

Junior Women (5.7km) (Total of 24 individuals and 6 Teams)

For Team Participation:
3rd Position: India
Team score for 3rd position: 30 points (Total score of 3 best runners)
Hence, the average position of each runner is 10th . The time returned at this position has been calculated as the qualifying time i.e 20.56s will be the time our 3 runners must achieve to be included in a team.

For Individual Participation:
6th Position: 19:49s

Senior Men (11.85km) (Total of 53 men & 11 teams)

For Team Participation:
3rd Position : India
Team score for 3rd position: 29 points (Total score of 3 best runners)
Hence, the average position of each runner is 10th . The time returned at this position has been calculated as the qualifying time i.e 36.11s will be the time our 3 runners must achieve to be included in a team.

For Individual Participation:
6th Position: 35:22.0s

Senior Women (8km) (Total of 23 women & 5 teams)

For Team Participation:
3rd Position: India
Team score for 3rd position: 31 points (Total score of 3 best runners)
Hence, the average position of each runner is 11th . The time returned at this position has been calculated as the qualifying time i.e 28.28s will be the time our 3 runners must achieve to be included in a team.
Average position: 11th

For Individual Participation:
6th Position: 27:18s

How to register your interest for Overseas Cross Country

You can register your interest before 15th Jan. by emailing c.kunalan@hotmail.com or david_yeo@singaporeathletics@gov.sg.