Eligibility Requirements

In addition to correctly entering the meet, the following criteria must be met:

Teams

• All clubs must be registered with USATF for 2004 by September 15, 2004. Please submit your club application to your local Association office.
• Teams are composed of 5 athletes of the same sex (mixed male/female teams are not allowed). Each athlete may only run one leg on one team.
• All relay team members must be 2004 USATF members. Club team entries will not be accepted unless all entrants have valid, current USATF memberships.
• All athletes entering as part of a club relay team must be affiliated with that club as part of their USATF membership (an athlete's current affiliation can be viewed in his/her membership profile). Athletes wishing to change affiliations can make such a request through their local Association (note that this request must be made by the athlete--see Regulation 7 in the USATF Governance Manual, Section III).
• The formation of club teams must meet all of the parameters as noted in Regulations 7 and 8 in the USATF Governance Manual, Section III. This will be strictly enforced.
• Team/age division compositions are as follows:
  

  Open Men	all team members are male and 16 yrs. or older
  Open Women	all team members are female and 14 yrs. or older

Open Athletes

• Only citizens of the United States are eligible to compete in the Championships.
• Female athletes must be 14 years or older and male athletes must be 16 years or older on the day of competition.
• All athletes must be 2004 members of USATF in good standing. USATF memberships may be purchased on-line, through your local Association Office, or through the USATF National Office.