Well, it’s been three weeks since Nationals and Steve urged me to call USAT today and inquire into my prospects with a Worlds slot. I put in a phone call today and it was just returned.
This is what I was told.
Since I am aging up next year, this is how they handle it. They age everyone up to their appropriate groups for next year and then they offer the top 16 automatic slots and they roll down to 20.
So what place was I once they did this?
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21st.
The nice lady at USAT said “I hate to be the bearer of bad news but we won’t be offering you a Team USA slot and you won’t be going to Worlds”.
Yup, that’s definitely one way to put it. That’s what they say when 19th just wasn’t quite good enough.
Although I’m disappointed, I am sticking to my previous post. I had a great race, I raced my heart out, and I can’t be more proud of my performance, Worlds slot or not.
I wish Michelle, Anthony, and Beth the best of luck at Worlds, and also good luck to Steve who has been appointed the official coach of Team USA.
The one good thing? Now I won’t be bugging all of you, my loyal blog readers, with my fundraising activities.
That seriously sucks. I’m not sure what else to say, but to think of better days ahead.
Oh, man. I’m so sorry. That really sucks.
You’ve got the right attitude – you did do awesome!
This just helps alleviate some of the stress and allow you to focus on your other races. You’ll also get the benefit of feeding off of the energy of your team mates as they prepare for the race, which should help you reach new levels of your own fitness.
That’s just down right mean. They should make the aging up correction at the finish line before posting the results.
You did have a great race at nationals and it was an awesome improvement from last year.
What a load of bologna (or insert other word here, you know me well enough to think of a few)!!! I can’t believe they would do that!!! I’m so proud of you for acknowledging that you had an awesome race, despite feeling sad about not going to Worlds. You’ve had an awesome journey thus far, and I know it will just keep getter better and better as you train for the adventures you have planned. Onto bigger and better!!!
I’m sorry you are not going to Worlds- I know you would have done great, but like you said, you had a great race, and this is what really matters.
Maybe this didn’t happen this time for a reason- maybe one day soon you will look back and this and realize why it wasn’t meant to be this time.
Hang in there! I know you will reach all your goals one way or another.
BTW, I can’t believe Annabelle is almost 3! Seems like you were just pregnant with her.
That is a huge bummer, but as always you have a great attitude about it. It actually will end up being for the best, now you can focus all of your late season attention on IMC, where you will no doubt be a star =) There are many years ahead to qualify for Worlds, and I’m sure you will many times over.
Shoot!!! Man, that just stinks! But, you’ve got the right attitude and can really focus on your other races and improving where there is room for improvement. (In your cast it doesn’t seem like much!!) Anyway, I know you will succeed in anything you do, you have such a positive and uplifting attitude.
B-U-M-M-E-R!!! But, you did so incredibly awesome, and you should be so proud of yourself!
Hey, So sorry to hear about this. You are #1 Trialthlete in my book:))))))))
xoxo, tess