The qualification process for the Men’s 2006 Junior Olympic National Championships will be in two parts.

 Part 1: Score Qualification: An athlete may qualify by score in the following manner:

·         All Around Qualifying Score:

      Level 9                            =       44.00

      Level 10 (14-15 yr)         =       42.50

      Level 10 (16-18 yr)         =       43.00

·         Multiple Event Score: For 2006 Level 10 athletes may qualify using their best 5, 4 or 3 event scores

5 Event Athlete Qualifying Score (86 % of all around score)

         Level 10 (14-15 yr)         =          36.55 points

         Level 10 (16-18 yr)         =          36.98 points

4 Event Athlete Qualifying Score (70 % of all around score)

         Level 10 (14-15 yr)         =          29.75 points

         Level 10 (16-18 yr)         =          30.1 points

3 Event Athlete Qualifying Score (55% of all around score)

         Level 10 (14-15 yr)         =          23.375 points

         Level 10 (16-18 yr)       =          23.65 points

 Part 2: Qualification by Regional Allotment

 It has been determined by the Junior Olympic Program Committee that there will be a minimum of 720
 athletes participating at the Men’s 2006 Junior Olympic National Championships. The total allotment per
 Level will be as follows:

Level 9:                        288 athletes

Level 10 (14-15 yr)      216 athletes

Level 10 (16-18 yr)      216 athletes

 The allotment number for each region will be based on the number of athletes entered into the state meet
 per  level plus any athletes petitioned into Regional Championships. This number will be determined following
 all of the state championships and released prior to the Regional Championships.

 Please note the following concerning the qualification process:

·               All athletes, regardless of a region’s allotment numbers, who achieve the qualifying score through
   all around, 5 event, 4 event or 3 event total will qualify to the JO National Championships.

         Example: Region A has an allotment of 15 Level 10 (14-15) athletes.  17 gymnasts exceed the qualifying score, either as all around or multiple event athletes. Region A will send 17 gymnasts to J.O. National Championships.

·               All multiple event qualifiers may compete in the all around at the JO National Championships.

·               Any athlete who finishes in the top three on an individual event at their Regional Championships will qualify to the JO National Championships.

·               Individual Event qualifiers may only compete on the event on which they qualified at the JO Nationals.

·               If a region fails to qualify their allotment of athletes within a Level, then the remaining allotment
   slots will be filled with all around athletes by rank order from that Level.

Example: Region B has an allotment of 15 Level 10 (14-15 yr) athletes. Only 12 Level 10 (14-15 yr)
athletes achieve the qualifying score which leaves three slots available to the next three rank order
all around Level 10 (14-15 yr) athletes from the results at that regional championship.

·               All qualifiers by score - all around, 5 event, 4 event or 3 event and specialists combined – count to fulfill a region’s allotment.

·               5 event, 4 event, and three event competitors may only qualify to the JO Nationals by achieving
the qualifying score.

·               Event specialists may only qualify to the JO Nationals through event placement.

·               Open Regional Allotment positions are filled only by all around athletes.

·               Approved petitions to the JO National Championships are not part of a Regions allotment number.

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