Selection of University Team for the 30th Summer in Napoli, 3-14 July 2019

ATHLETICS

1. General Information  The 30th Summer Universiade a.k.a World University Games (WUG) will be held in Napoli, Italy from 3rd to 14th July 2019.

 The Singapore University Sports Council (SUSC) is considering sending an Athletics team to compete in WUG19, pending qualification.

 National University of Singapore, together with SUSC, will be initiating and facilitating the trials and selections.

2. Eligibility to participate  Students who are currently officially registered as proceeding towards a degree or diploma at the university or similar institute, the status of which is recognised by the appropriate national academic authority of their country.

 Former students of the institutions mentioned in a) who have obtained their academic degree or diploma in the calendar year preceding the event (i.e. students who graduated in 2018 can still take part).

 Must be a Singapore citizen.

 Be at least 18 and no older than 25 years of age on the 31st December of the year of the event (i.e. born between 1 January 1994 and 31 December 2001).

3. Events and Qualifying Times

WUG 2019 Event MEN WOMEN 100m 10.60s 12.00s 200m 21.62s 24.08s 400m 48.08s 56.00s 800m 1:51.00 2:10.00 1500m 3:50.00 4:31.00 5000m 14:45.00 17:30.00 10000m 29:45.00 34:45.00 3000m Steeplechase 9:00.00 11:00.00 100m Hurdles 13.45s 110m Hurdles 14.00s 400m Hurdles 53.00s 62.61s High Jump 2.15m 1.76m Pole Vault 5.15m 3.55m Long Jump 7.41m 5.95m Triple Jump 15.00m 12.80m Shot Put 16.50m 13.50m Discus 55.00m 48.00m Javelin 72.00m 48.00m 4x100m 39.77s 46.99s 4x400m 3:15.89 3:50.43 Half Marathon 1:08.15 1:21:00

Selection Process Interested athletes will have to take part in selected meets for qualification. The following local meets (not exhaustive) have been identified to be the official time trials for qualification to the 30th Summer Universiade:  SA Inter-Club Championships – Oct 2018  ASEAN University Games (AUG) – Dec 2018  Institute-Varsity-Polytechnic (IVP) Games – Jan 2019  SA Track & Field Series 1 – Jan 2019  SA Track & Field Series 2 – Feb 2019  81st Singapore Open Track & Field Championship – Mar 2019

 Results of overseas competition may be taken into consideration, provided they are official competitions sanctioned by Singapore Athletics and conforming to IAAF rules.

 The qualifying window is from 1 May 2018 to 30 April 2019.

 The best two athletes that meet the QM for each event will be selected to represent Singapore University Team.

 If there are more than 2 athletes who meet the qualifying performance criteria for a particular event AND there is a tie, the performance attained later (i.e. closer to the WUG) will be selected. The final number of athletes that will be entered will be based on the maximum number of athletes that can be entered per event in the competition.

 Wind assisted performance (over 2m/s) will not be accepted.

 SUSC reserves the right to nominate/reject athletes in the final nomination.

4. Training and tune up  Selected athletes of the Singapore University team will have to undergo combined training sessions, to be confirmed by the Team Manager.

 Upon qualification, athletes must continue to show commitment towards preparing for WUG19. If they do not, they may be dropped from the Singapore University team.

5. Funding  Selected athletes from any of the Singapore Universities will be subsidized by their own University funding scheme. Please contact your respective Sports Officers for more details.

 Athletes who win a gold medal at AUG 2018 will be funded by NYSI to participate in the 30th Summer Universiade (on condition that the FISU qualifying standards are met).

Updated 9 Jan 2019 Prepared by: Dex Cheong (NUS)