BASSETERRE, St. Kitts - With the 2013 LIME CARIFTA games less than one month away, the St. Kitts-Nevis Amateur Athletic Association (SKNAAA) has released its criteria for selection for Kittitian and Nevisian athletes.
The SKNAAA states that the athletes’ performances must be achieved between April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013.
All performances must be achieved during competitions organised or sanctioned by the IAAF, its Area Associations and its National Federations. Thus, results achieved at club, university or school competitions must be certified by the SKNAAA and by the National Federation of the country in which the competition was organised.
Wind assisted performances will NOT be accepted as well as hand-timed performances in the 100m, 200m, 400m and 110/100 hurdles and 4x100m events.
Also, to be eligible for selection, athletes must participate in a minimum of two SKNAAA Development Meets and in the National Juvenile, Youth and Junior Championships, or must have received an exemption from the SKNAAA Executive Body.
Qualified athletes must also demonstrate and maintain a level of fitness that will be required of them to participate at this level of competition.
A maximum of two qualified athletes per event can be selected, both of whom MUST be ‘A’ qualifiers. If an athlete is qualified in an event with a ‘B’ standard performance and another in the same event but with an ‘A’ Standard performance, then only the athlete with the ‘A’ Standard performance will be selected.
The SKNAAA Executive, through its Selection Committee, reserves the right to determine the final team size and participants who will then have to sign the SKNAAA's Team Code of Conduct and Team Contract.
Selected athletes must also participate in all national team training sessions, clinics and camps organised by the SKNAAA and its Head Coach for further preparation for this level of competition.
