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A Rules for Foot Orienteering Events - Orienteering USA

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A.12 Eligibility<br />

A.12.1 General Eligibility<br />

A.12.1.1 Any person desiring to compete is eligible except as set <strong>for</strong>th below or in<br />

special cases designated by the Executive Committee.<br />

A.12.1.2 Persons with prior knowledge of the competition area that they or the meet<br />

organizers believe will give them unfair advantage are not eligible to compete<br />

<strong>for</strong> awards, titles, or national rankings.<br />

A.12.1.3 Persons not eligible <strong>for</strong> awards, titles or national rankings may participate.<br />

A.12.1.4 Interscholastic and Intercollegiate events have additional eligibility<br />

requirements that are found in their respective sections.<br />

A.12.2 Championship Eligibility<br />

A.12.2.1 The title of U.S. <strong>Orienteering</strong> Champion in any class as determined at an<br />

officially designated U.S. <strong>Orienteering</strong> Championship Event shall be limited to<br />

any person who meets all of the following criteria:<br />

l) Is a member in good standing of <strong>Orienteering</strong> <strong>USA</strong><br />

m) Is either a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States of<br />

America<br />

n) During the same calendar year, has not and agrees not to compete <strong>for</strong><br />

another country’s national orienteering championship title.<br />

A.12.2.2 Requests <strong>for</strong> clarifications based on eligibility criteria may be submitted to the<br />

<strong>Orienteering</strong> <strong>USA</strong> Headquarters in writing 30 days prior to a championship/s.<br />

A.12.2.3 Eligibility rulings will be made by vote of the <strong>Orienteering</strong> <strong>USA</strong> Executive<br />

Committee. Requests <strong>for</strong> eligibility rulings received by the <strong>Orienteering</strong> <strong>USA</strong><br />

Office at least 30 days in advance of an event registration deadline will be<br />

ruled upon prior to the entry deadline.<br />

A.13 Entries<br />

A.13.1 Competitors shall submit entries as specified in the Invitation.<br />

A.13.2 The entry fee shall be paid as specified in the Invitation.<br />

A.13.3 No competitor shall be entered in more than one class <strong>for</strong> any race.<br />

A.14 Training<br />

A.14.1 The organizer should, when possible, offer training areas <strong>for</strong> the competitors. The<br />

terrain, map, course and control descriptions should be as similar as possible to<br />

the competition area.

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