U16 Event Selection

Selection Objectives
Alpine Ontario Alpin (AOA) creates athletic programming and pathways to ensure athletes are provided with the best possible environment to perform their best in high-performance opportunities. The U16 programs provide our top-performing athletes with a platform to test themselves against the best in North America and beyond.  These early-career, high-performance opportunities establish critical benchmarks for athletes to continue to improve upon, while inspiring and motivating them to strive for excellence in ski racing.

The objectives of the selection criteria are the following:

  1. Identify the strongest possible team for the event at this stage of their development
  2. Identify athletes at a young age that may need more work or more time to mature in order to be part of the team in future
  3. Capture those athletes most likely to podium
  4. Create a training group for pre-competition preparation
  5. Create a progression for athletes on the high-performance pathway
  6. Unify athletes to represent the province of Ontario
  7. Provide equal quota for males and females

 

Appeals

The AOA Athletic Committee will review all appeals which must be submitted in writing with appropriate and relevant substantiating data to the AOA Athletic Committee (via the AOA High Performance Manager; duncan@alpineontario.ca based on dates stated per event outlined in this document. Appeals will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis, with injury and illness as well as extenuating circumstances being reasonable grounds for a review. Extenuating circumstances do not include appeals based on athletic performances.

Tie Break Protocol:

Tie break for event selection will be dealt with on the following basis:

  1. The tie will be broken by best race point* acquired in relevant selection data.

*Race points cannot be applied to partial results (i.e. single run SL or GS)

Tie breaks for event seeding will be dealt with on the following basis:

  1. 1st tie break, next best-combined finish in the disputed discipline
  2. 2nd tie break, best run score in the disputed discipline
  3. 3rd tiebreak, second-best run score in the disputed discipline
  4. 4th tie break, name to be drawn from a hat at seeding meeting, the 1st name drawn is seeded ahead of the tied athlete in the disputed discipline.

**In the event that only one SG result is available, GS results will be utilized for tie break purposes

 

EVENTS – updated Jan 8, 2028

U16 OCUP Finals
Dates: March 7 – 11


Location: Mont Ste Marie/ Camp Fortune, NCD – Ottawa, ON

Events:  SG, SL x 2, GS x 2

Quota: This event will be open with a maximum field size of 160 athletes.  If more than 160 athletes qualify for the event, a divisional quota process will be executed: SOD – 110, NOD – 14, LSDA – 12, NCD – 24= 160. Even numbers for gender split.

OCUP Finals Title: This will be awarded to the athletes with the total event points (using WC 500-point system) from the 2 SL, 2 GS and SG.

U16 Eastern Regionals

Dates: March 20 – 24, 2024

Location: Osler Bluff/Georgian Peaks, Collingwood, ON

Events: SG, GS, SL, Team PSL

Quota: Team Ontario will be allotted a quota of 60 spots (30M/30F).
Selections: Selection is based on results from the U16 OCUP Finals using the following data:

  1. Event winners will be automatically selected (max 5M/5F).
  2. Remaining spots will be allocated based on point calculation per World Cup (WC) 500-point system results for the best 3 of 5 events total.

Seeding: Random Seeding as outline in Alpine Canada’s National Competition Rules
Appeals: Appeals and supporting data must be submitted to the AOA Athletic Committee by email to Duncan Gibson-MacLean, duncan@alpineontario.ca by the deadline of 5:00 p.m. on March 12th, 2024

Whistler Cup – Team Ontario

Dates: April 11 – 14, 2024

Location: Whistler, BC

Events: SG, GS, SL, Team PSL

Quota: AOA will send two (2) Team Ontario’s. Team Ontario 1 with a quota of 6 spots (3M/3F) and Team Ontario 2 with a quota of 6 spots (3M/3F)

Selections: Athletes with the highest U16 Whistler Cup qualifying points, who are not selected to Team Canada, will qualify for selection to Team ON1 and ON2. WC points for best 2 of 3 races (SL, GS, SG) at U16 Eastern Regionals, using ON athletes only.

*Team Canada at Whistler Cup will be selected by Alpine Canada.

Appeals: Appeals and supporting data must be submitted to the AOA Athletic Committee by email to Duncan Gibson-MacLean, duncan@alpineontario.ca by the deadline of 5:00 p.m. on March 15th, 2024