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2007-2008 Documents
Rollerski Policy

JOQ Races for 2007-2008
December 8-9, 2007, Classic Sprint, Skate Sprint, Trollhaugen Ski Area, Dresser, WI
- On line registration
- Schedule
- Results
- Photos

January 12-13, 2008, Classic Sprint, 5/10 Skate, Rainbow Resort, Waubun, MN
- Printable registration and schedule of events
- On line registration
- Start list and Results
- Photos

January 19-20, 2008, 5/10km Classic, 5/10km Skate, Mt. Itasca, MN - CANCELLED

January 26-27,2008, 5/10km Skate, 5/10/15km Classic, Telemark, WI.

Important note: Senior Nationals is an OJ qualifier. Only Midwest OJ's will count in the standings. We are going to pull out the Midwest OJ's from the results and score them. These extra races are being scored to encourage OJ's to attend Senior Nationals.

Modified Selection Criteria: The Jr./Sr. Committee has reviewed the selection criteria for the Midwest JO Team, and in adherence to our Bylaws, is reducing the number of races that count toward an athlete’s point total, from 4 races to 3 races. This is in response and ratio to the drop in the total JOQ races. Also, the athlete’s races that count toward their point total must include at least one distance race.


2007-2008 Contacts & Coaching Staff:
Karen Cook - Head Coach (Rhinelander High School)
Bill Pierce - Trip Leader (CXC Skiing)
Bob Cook - GlideWax Coach (Rhinelaander High School)
Reid Lutter - Kick Wax Coach (Minnesota Valley Ski Team)
Bryan Fish
Yuriy Gusev
Deno Johnson
Dave Kask
Chad Salmela
Mark Skildum

JO Info

Anchorage 2008 JO Info

Depart from MSP, Friday March 7, 2008 at 11:20 am
Return to MSP, Sunday March 16, 2008 at 5:20 pm

All Post High School athletes that plan on being on the Midwest Team and attending the JO National Championships in Anchorage, AK, but find it more convenient not to travel with the team, must e-mail Bill Pierce at coachp@centurytel.net. Do this before Jan. 20th to rebate out the airfare cost of the trip. Trip details will be posted by Jan. 18th, 2008.

Junior Olympic Selection Criteria

1) The Midwest (MW) Junior Olympic (JO) team will be selected by racing in the eight designated MW Junior Olympic Qualifiers (JOQ). Best four races will be scored out of eight for determining final points standings.

*Please see revised selection criteria above.

2) Races will be scored in a modified World Cup points system, (1st-120 pts, 2nd-100 pts, 3rd-80pts, 4th-70 pts, 5th-65 pts, 6th-60 pts, 7th-56, 8th – 52, 9th – 49, 10th – 46, 11th – 44, 12th – 42 , 13th – 40, 14th – 38, 15th 36 pts decreasing 1 pt). All classes will be scored separately. J3s can race in the J2 events but will not be scored on the J2 points list and cannot make the MW JO Team. Points for J3s will also be kept in a separate J3/J4 ranking list.

3) Team Selection:
A. Automatic Selection
Skiers ranked in the first 20 men or first 20 women on the final World Junior Championships Tryouts points list are automatically qualified to enter JO’s as part of the MW team.

Skiers who are named to the Scandinavian J1 Trip are automatic qualifiers.

Skiers ranked in the top five U.S. junior men or the top five U.S. junior women on the final NCAA East, Central or West ranking list are automatically qualified to enter JO's as a part of the MW team.

Skiers ranked in the top ten on the final USBA World Junior tryouts list are automatic qualifiers.

Skiers who are automatic selections do not count against the MW quota.

B. Points List Selection

Twenty-one (21) boys and twenty-one (21) girls will be named to the team off the MW points list at the conclusion of the Midwest Championships.

The berths will be divided between the three age classes by a ratio of the average percentage of race finishers in each of the JOQ's. This percentage, based on all result finishes, will be done separately for the boys and girls finishing fields.

Example:

Average of boys’ J2 finishers after eight races = 11.3 or 28% or 6 skiers
Average of boys’ J1 finishers after eight races = 14.5 or 35% or 7 skiers
Average of boys’ OJ finishers after eight races = 15.2 or 37% or 8 skiers

TEAM MINIMUMS and MAXIMUMS

The ratio of average finishers cannot shrink the J2s named to the team below six, nor can it expand it beyond nine. There will be a maximum of nine (9) J2 boys and nine (9) J2 girls named to the MW JO Team.

There will be a minimum of six (6) J1 boys and six (6) J1 girls named to the JO team.

Class maximums are 12 skiers. Automatic qualifiers do not count against this maximum.

In case of ties in the competition finishes, each skier will receive the same points. Ties in the JOQRL will be broken by using the athletes best result, if a tie continues the second best results will be considered and so on down to the seventh result. A DNS or DNF (no points) is considered a worse results than a finish. (ie if the seventh race results for skier A is 35th, and skier B missed the 7th race and therefore had no result, skier A would win the tie breaker. If that does not break the tie a coin flip will break it. The MW Junior Committee shall have power to alter or amend criteria due to weather, snow conditions, or schedule problems.

In the case of a skier making the MW team and declining the spot, MW Junior Executive Committee will name alternates based on points list ranking. Alternates named to the team due to declines do not need to be from the same age class as the decliner. This is up to the Executive Committees discretion.

Additional OJ qualifying races at Senior Nationals:
Older Juniors can count the races at Senior Nationals that are the World Junior Tryout races as JOQ races (two distance and one sprint). An OJ points list would be generated from the senior nationals results list. These races would not affect the ratio of avg finishers and thereby would not affect the team size.

The senior national races would count as additional qualifiers.