5. At the Association-level meet, if the Games Committee determines that there
are an insufficient number of seed times and/or a majority of the times submitted 
are believed to be inaccurate, the following procedure may be used in the
interest of fair competition:

(a) For preliminary rounds only, both heat and lane assignments shall be
drawn by lot. Advancement from the preliminary round shall be done by
time without consideration of place.

(b) All other rounds, including timed finals, will adhere to the established rules
for forming heats and advancement.-

(d) When heats are being arranged, it is recommended that as much information
as possible about the performances of all competitors be considered
and the heats drawn so that, normally, the best performers reach the final.
In the absence of extraordinary circumstances, the Games Committee shall
use the following principles for forming heats.

i. First round seeding, including sections, is derived from the ranked list of
declared athletes, arranged in order of qualifying times. For qualifying
periods that span more than 12 months, marks prior to the current
calendar year (or current season in the case of indoor meets) shall be
ranked following the ranking of all other marks. Entrants who have no
seed mark shall be listed randomly following all those who have a qualifying
seed mark.

ii. In rounds other than the first:

a. For events of 100 meters to 400 meters, inclusive, and relays up to and
including the 4x400 Meters, seeding is determined from a list of competitors
who advance on place followed by those who advance on time.
Those who advanced on place are ranked first by their place in the previous
round and then by their time in that round, creating ranked groups
of place winners. Those who advance solely on time are ranked separately
by only their time in the previous round. Only one system of timing may
be applied to determine a qualifying position based on the time element.
The disregarding of automatic timing for qualifying purposes does not
negate those automatic times as official times for other purposes.

b. For all other events, seeding is from the list of competitors in the
event, ranked by their original times used for seeding modified only
by improvements achieved in previous rounds.

iii. Athletes are assigned to heats, from the ranked list for the appropriate
round, working alternately from left to right and right to left, in a
zigzag fashion. If this assignment to heats creates a heat that contains
the fastest times from each place group (fastest first, fastest second,
fastest third, etc.), the same ranked list and zigzag fashion are used, but
the heat assignment for the fastest time in each place group is alternated.
(See example for 4 heats, 4 qualifiers, in the table below.)

iv. In the process of assigning athletes to heats, no consideration shall be
given to the team affiliation of any runner.

v. If all heats do not have the same number of contestants, the heats for
the extra athletes will be drawn by lot.

vi. Heat order is drawn by lot.

(e) Examples of forming heats:

Legend:
1a - Fastest First-Place Runner
1b - Second Fastest First-Place Runner, etc.
2a - Fastest Second-Place Runner
2b - Second Fastest Second-Place Runner, etc.
(concluding with)
5a - Fastest Time Qualifier
5b - Second Fastest Time Qualifier, etc.

3 Heats, 4 Qualifiers 4 Heats, 4 Qualifiers 5 Heats, 3 Qualifiers
on Place, 4 on Time on Place on Place
Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 1 Heat 2
1a 1b 1a 1b 1a 1b
2a 1c 1d 1c 1d 1c
2b 2c 2b 2a 1e 2a
3b 3a 2c 2d 2c 2b
3c 4a 3a 3b 2d 2e
4c 4b 3d 3c 3b 3a
5a 5b 4b 4a 3c 3d
5d 5c 4c 4d 3e (draw heat by lot)

(f ) Principles of assigning lanes.
i. For events of 100 meters to 800 meters, inclusive, and relays up to and
including the 4x400 Meters:

a. In the first round, including a final if it is the first round, lanes will
be drawn by lot, using the lanes designated by the Games
Committee.

b. For all other rounds, competitors shall be ranked after each round

1) The first draw is for those preferred lanes as determined by the
Games Committee, for a number equal to and not exceeding
one-half the number of lanes used, for the highest ranked competitors
in the race based on the ranked list for forming heats
for the round.

(2) The second draw is for those preferred lanes as determined by
the Games Committee, for a number equal to and not exceeding
one-half those competitors remaining after the first draw.

(3) The third draw is for the remaining competitors in the race and
the remaining lanes.

ii. For track events with non-lane starts, the position of the athletes on
the track will be drawn by lot in all rounds.

(g) The principles set forth in forming heats and assigning lanes shall be
applied to events when the number of entries requires more than one line
of competitors at the starting mark.
in accordance with the procedures set forth in Rule 166.1(d)ii.
Three draws will then be made.