Coup Droit wrote:

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As above, not surprised to see so many youngsters get quali wildcards - they're like gold-dust with this new system - good luck to them - and to all the others, of course.

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It was kind of process of elimination mind as most of the 'older guard' like Tara, Alicia and Ella got in directly and Emily I suppose as well as she is much more established in 15ks and (at least entering) 25ks. Other than potentially Sam, I don't think anyone has been overlooked for one. But yeah, a great opportunity for them and hopefully they can make an impact like Victoria did last week. Even if she didn't get rewarded in terms of points, it'll definitely have made a good impression on the powers that be and hopefully the others can do similar this week and stake a claim for grass rewards or the two other home 25k's in April.

We've definitely got more 'direct' qualifiers than I was expecting which is great. All of our 8 are against seeds which is expected. There are 12 ties and the girls have avoided the 4th, 5th (half-Brit Brescia), 9th and 11th seeds, so a bit of a mixed bag there in terms of ranking, although in reality, I guess there will be little difference in quality at this sort of level and someone seeded 10th might have a lot more ability and potential than the top Q seed.