Date: 7th October 2018
Age Group: Senior
Northern Ireland team: Up to four (4) Men and four (4) Women (13.1 miles/21km)
The aim of the selection for this competition is to provide a development opportunity for athletes on the Athletics NI Athlete Development Pathway and a competition opportunity to prepare for future international competition.
Selection Timeline
All athletes must fill in an Expression of Interest form which will be available on the Athletics NI Website from 18th July and must be completed by 2nd September.
The date of the selection meeting will be the week beginning 3rd September.
Selection Panel
Selections will be made by the Athletics Northern Ireland selection panel comprising
The Athletics Northern Ireland Chairman may also (at his discretion) seek assistance (in a non-voting capacity) from anyone else he/she feels may be of help.
Any voting member of the Selection Panel shall declare his or her conflict of interest in respect of any selection issue and shall not be entitled to vote on that issue.
Selection criteria
The following consideration standards will be taken into account when athletes are considered for selection:
Men – Half Marathon |
Half Marathon – 70 minutes; 10 miles – 54 mins |
Women – Half Marathon |
Half Marathon – 78 minutes; 10 miles – 60 minutes |
The male and female winners of the Athletics NI Half Marathon Championships that take place within the Waterside Half Marathon on 2nd September will be automatically selected provided they have the standard.
Where there are fewer athletes with the consideration standard than the team size, numbers will not be back filled. Qualification performances must be achieved between 1 January 2018 and 2nd September 2018.
In addition, the following may be taken into consideration:
The criteria above are not listed in any order of priority and those involved in selecting will exercise
discretion fairly and without bias in making selection decisions.