Short Coursers must run 12k @ Nats

[xctrackguy]

This should make for a much more interesting race at Nats this Dec. now that anyone wanting to run the short course must show up.

From Martin Goulet:

Important note: the Canadian Cross Country Championships is not the Trials for the Senior Men Short Course Worlds National XC Team. However for this later category racing at the 2004 National Cross Country Championships will be made compulsory in order to be considered in the Selection Pool (this is new compared to last year). Also, results at the National Cross Country Championships will be considered as one of the element of the Selection Criteria to select athletes from the selection pool.



Martin Goulet

Director, Endurance Programs / Direction Technique Nationale - épreuves d'endurance
Athletics Canada / Athlétisme Canada

Email / courriel: [e-mail]

Bureau de Montréal / Montreal's office
Phone/Tel: [phone] x3418
Fax: [phone]

[this is interesting]

except for National cross is 10k now....

[Chris Moulton]

Seems like a great idea, now National cross will have the best possible field, I doubt it will have much impact on the quality of the team as most will just add this meet to their competition schedule.

[check this out]

This isn't going to have a huge impact on Nats cross. The only difference is that Sully will have to run now. Its almost as this is a "Sully must run rule." No, I don't think this is what Athletics Canada had in mind, I truly believe AC simply wants a deeper field.

Short Course-
Sully - did not run nat cross
Morrison - Did not run nat cross because of NCAA, he is no longer in the NCAA so he would run anyways now
Bourgeois - Ran Nats
Hayden - Ran Nats
Cantin - Ran Nats
Coolsaet - Ran Nats
other guys going for short team:
Matt Johnston - Ran Nats
Alex Hutchinson - Ran Nats
Bruno Mazzato - Ran Nats
Milne - Ran Nats
Brannen - Ran Nats
Kerr - Ran Nats
Bomba - Ran Nats
Deere - Ran NAts
McComb - Ran Nats

Now this year McKenzie will run Nats anyways cause he can fit it in his schedule.

[backagain]

do you have to finish? hayden dnf'd...

are there injury/sickness exemptions??

[Chris Moulton]

True, but last year was an exception and largely due to the fact that AC started putting pressure on the guys to run. Look back a few years when was the last time Schibler ran Nats (i think BC) granted he hasnt been on world xc in a long time. This is only a short term solution as in a few years XC will just have one race, but I think even for milers there is benefits in running XC.