A Rules for Foot Orienteering Events - Orienteering USA

a) a current Orienteering USA member and holds a United States Passport at
least 48 hours before the first start on the first day of the Team Trials.
b) Intending to participate in the WOC if he/she earns a slot on the WOC
Team. Competitors may revise their candidate status up until 48 hours
before the first start on the first day of the Team Trials.
c) In compliance with policies set forth by the ESC. A 30 day grace period
will be allowed to come into compliance with said policies.
H.1.7.9 Competitors who are not candidates may, at the discretion of the meet organizers,
be started in a separate start window from the WOC team candidates.
H.1.7.10 Number of Selections and Team Trial scoring: The WOC Team (for women,
and similarly for men) will consist, at a minimum, of the number of
competitors required to make up a WOC relay team, plus one. At the current
time, this number is four (four men and four women). The maximum is 5 men
and 5 women. Under normal circumstances, these will be taken from the top
(four) candidates from the scoring list at the Team Trials. If one of the
members of the WOC Team is not able to attend, the next highest placed
person on the scoring list will be substituted.
H.1.7.11 The threshold for taking a 5th member will be determined by the ESC and
announced in the Team Trials invitation.
H.1.7.12 Exceptions to the Scoring List: The Review Panel will be allowed, under
certain circumstances, to make a maximum of two exceptions to the scoring
list (two men and two women). In such cases, these people will be inserted into
the scoring list in positions designated by the Review Panel, and the rest of the
names will be shifted down.
H.1.7.13 A person already on the scoring list may be inserted (moved) into a higher
place on the list, but may NOT be moved to a lower place on the list.
H.1.7.14 One of the insertions may be (but need not be) in the top four. The second
insertion (if made) must be below the top four.
H.1.7.15 A candidate for a scoring exception must submit a petition to the ESC
requesting consideration for an exception. Specific information regarding to
whom petitions should be submitted must appear in the meet invitation.
Petitions must be signed by the petitioner, and may not be submitted on behalf
of other people.
a) For a candidate who competes at the Team Trials, this petition must be
submitted within one hour of the competitor's reporting to the finish on the
final day of the Team Trials, and explain the circumstances why he/she
was not able to produce a representative result (e.g. illness, organizers
error resulting in an unfair situation, etc.).