Ranking Lists:

Junior National Qualifying List 3 Updated

Selection Criteria for 2010 Junior Nationals

Definition of Terms:

Substitutions: There are no longer substitution races to qualify for Junior Nationals.  RMN has chosen to use the World Cup scoring method for JN Qualifiers.  This point system would make it unbalanced to use races as substitutions.

1)      Scoring Procedure - The FIS World Cup scoring method will be used to calculate RMN Junior Standings throughout the 2009/2010 season.  The scoring method awards points to the top 30 athletes.  For our purposes we will award points to J2 athletes separate from J1/OJ athletes in both genders.  The point structure goes as follows:

Place    Points     Place      Points       Place      Points

1           100          11           24              21           10

2           80            12           22              22           9

3           60            13           20              23           8

4           50            14           18              24           7

5           45            15           16              25           6

6           40            16           15              26           5

7           36            17           14              27           4

8           32            18           13              28           3

9           29            19           12              29           2

10         26            20           11              30           1

2)      USSA Mandated Quotas — The RMN has a total of 42 (21 females and 21 males, not including pre-qualified athletes) for the USSA Junior Nationals (Junior National Championships). A maximum of 12 skiers can be named, per sex, in any one-age class (OJ, J1 and J2). There is no minimum per class. RMN will send 12 OJ/J1 athletes and nine J2 athletes per sex to Junior Nationals in addition to pre-qualified skiers.

3)      In addition to the RMN quota of 42 skiers, RMN skiers ranked in the first 20 men or the first 20 women on the final ranking list at the Junior World Championships team trials are automatically qualified to enter the Junior Nationals as a part of the RMN Junior National Team but are not counted against the RMN quota (USSA Rule 70.1.2). RMN skiers who qualify for and attend the J1 Scandinavian Cup with the U.S. Ski Team are automatically qualified to enter the Junior Nationals as a part of the RMN Junior National Team but are not counted against the RMN quota (USSA Rule 70.1.3).  If an RMN skier is in the top 5 U.S. juniors on the final NCAA West ranking lists, they are automatically qualified to enter the Junior Nationals as a part of the RMN Junior National team and are not counted against the RMN quota (USSA Rule 70.1.4).  RMN members of the World Junior Championships Team in Biathlon or Nordic Combined are automatically qualified to enter the Junior Nationals as a part of the RMN Junior National Team but are not counted against the RMN quota (USSA Rule 70.1.5).

4)    A Junior Skier must me a member of the Rocky Mountain Nordic to be eligible for the RMN Junior National Ski Team.   Only races a skier participates in after they are an RMN member will be considered under the selection criteria.  This includes substitute races for J1/OJ RMN Skiers.  Please see paragraph Five below.  

5)      RMN Junior National Qualifier Races — A skier’s top four races at RMN JNQ races, regardless of technique or race format, will be used to determine the Junior National Team. The RMN points system will be used to determine which races these are. (See: “RMN Points List” below for more information.) To be scored in a RMN JNQ, the skier must be a member of RMN three days prior to the race day in which he/she wishes to be scored

6)    Second Year OJ skiers will have to qualify in the top nine of the combined J1/OJ classes in the final RMN points list to be eligible for the RMN Junior National Team.  Pre-Qualified skiers to the RMN Junior National Ski Team who do not count towards the quota will not be included in the count for the top nine.

7)      The RMN Junior National Team Selection Committee will no longer consider naming skiers to the RMN Junior National Team on a discretionary basis. With the one substitution from one of the designated races, pre-qualification by being in the top 20 at the World Junior Championships trials at the Senior Nationals, or being one of the top five juniors on the Collegiate RMISA final list, and eight RMN Junior National Qualifying races, there should be ample opportunity for skiers to qualify for the RMN Junior National Team.

8)      Objective Criteria — After the elimination of pre-qualified skiers from end-of-season point’s lists by class, the top 12 OJ/J1 and top nine J2 skiers of each sex on the RMN points list will be named to the RMN Junior National Team.

9)      Appeals Process and Appeals Board — Skiers have the right to appeal a decision made by the RMN Junior National Selection Committee. This appeal must be made in a timely fashion, and it will be considered in a timely fashion as well. To appeal, a skier must submit an appeal in writing (e-mail is acceptable) to the RMN Executive Director, Justin Easter.  The Executive Director will confirm to the skier the question that the appeal has been received and will convene an Appeals Board meeting as quickly as possible. This meeting may be held via conference call. The Appeals Board will consist of the following members: the RMN executive director,  the Chairman of RMN Junior Competitions Committee, or the Team Leader for the 2009 Junior Nationals, and either the USSA Mountain Region Coordinator or the USSA Mountain Region Sport Committee Representative.