Singapore Athletics (SA) intends to select and send U18 athletes for the 5th Asian U18 Athletics Championships 2023 to be held, 27-30 April 2023, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. This is subjected to organizers and Singapore’s Covid-19 measurements, if any.

2. SA’s selection criteria

An average of 6th placing of the past 3 editions. See Table 1 as below.

3. Qualifying Period

• For 16-17 years old (Year 2006 & 2007) - 1 April 2022 to 27 February 2023.
• Sanctioned meets & results established under legal wind speed condition
• The qualifying period is subject to change

4. Key Dates

• 1 April 2022 to 27 February 2023 - Qualifying window
• TBC pending AAA update – Preliminary entry form submission
• TBC pending AAA update – Final entry form submission
• 25 Apr to 1 May 2023 – Tentative travel dates
• 27 to 30 April 2023 – Competition dates

5. Individual events

A maximum of two athletes for each individual event.

6. Team events

One team for each relay event. Six athletes (including 2 substitutes) may be entered for each relay.

7. Eligibility for nomination

• Athlete must be a Singapore Citizen at the time of nomination.
• Meeting the qualifying mark does not guarantee selection for Asian U18 Athletics Championship. Final decision on selection will be made by SA Selection Committee, as the body that sets the qualification criteria and makes the final selection of athletes for the competition.
• Athlete must meet age requirement of the Championships (Born in year 2007 [16-years] to 2006 [17 years] as of 31st Dec 2023).
• Athletes will be required to compete at any identified competitions for fitness and performance monitoring at least 4 months before competition dates. These will include SA organized competitions or any other sanctioned competitions.
• It is the responsibility of the athlete and coach to ensure athlete is ready to compete at a competitive level for Team Singapore. SA reserves the right to drop any athlete if the athlete is deemed unfit/injured to perform at a competitive level.

8. Final list of selected athletes

TBC pending AAA update. It will be published the same day as final entry form submission.

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9. Relay Selection

For the selection of the final 6 runners, SA may organise races for the athletes in the relay training squad to run together under the same race conditions. The National Relay Coach will recommend to SA the final 6 athletes for SA’s nomination and the decision to select for the final 4 to race will be decided by the relay coach.

Athletes selected in final team, will be required to (Unless with valid & approved reasons for absence):

i. Attend all Team Trainings, Briefings and Camps

ii. Compete at any identified competitions for fitness and performance monitoring

SA reserves the right to drop any athlete if the athlete is deem unfit/injured to perform at a competitive level.

10. Relay Coach Selection

National Relay Coach shall be relay coach.

11. Appeals

Any form of appeals must be submitted within seven (7) calendar days of the date of announcement of the selection, to the Honorary Secretary.