LetsRun.com wrote:
"SITUATION 1: A student-athlete highly ranked on the final regular-season regional
descending-order list has a nagging injury. The coach, after declaring the student-athlete into the
regional meet, decides that student-athlete could use the rest instead of competing at the regional
meet; therefore, he does not send the student-athlete to start her event. Can the student-athlete
advance to the national championship meet as an at-large student-athlete, using her best regularseason
performance?
Cragg doesn't need to worry about this rule, as apparently it applies only to women.