Athletics New Zealand announces Carding Program criteria

The High Performance Program would like to announce the release of the 2009-10 Athlete Carding Program criteria. The carding program is a core element of the High Performance Program and a critical pathway for identified athletes to climb in order to succeed. The Athlete Carding Program is a program administered by Athletics New Zealand’s High Performance Program in conjunction with SPARC and the New Zealand Academy of Sport (NZAS).

The Athlete Carding Program combines the resources of NZAS (sports medicine and sports science services) and the high performance funding from SPARC to deliver an elite program of support to athletes who have been identified as tracking (and a select group of under (U20) athletes and assist in their development) towards a top 16 finish at future senior IAAF World Championships and Olympics Games.

The carding information can be found on the High Performance website http://performance.athletics.org.nz .