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The Ski Orienteering Executive Steering Committee has selected the following people to represent the United States at the World Ski Orienteering Championships in Tanndalen, Sweden from March 20-28, 2011. The remainder of the team will be selected in January of 2011.
WOMEN
Alexandra Jospé, Newton, MA (Cambridge Sports Union)
Alison Crocker, Amherst, MA (Cambridge Sports Union)
MEN
Scott Pleban, Colonial Beach, Virginia (Quantico Orienteering Club)
Greg Walker, Truckee, California (Cambridge Sports Union)
The following juniors have also been selected to represent the United States at the Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships in Lillehamer, Norway from January 31-February 6, 2011. Additional members may be added prior to the event.
BOYS
Will Frielinghaus, Queensbury, New York (Empire Orienteering Club)
Andrew Childs, Williston, Vermont (Green Mountain Orienteering Club)
Kestrel Owens, Craftsbury, Vermont (Green Mountain Orienteering Club)
Alan Oprsal, Chair
Ski-O Executive Steering Committee
Posted June 10, 2010
US Ski-Orienteering Team
Selection Criteria for WOC 2011
The bylaws passed by the Team in 2008 explicitly stated the mission of the Executive Steering Committee (ESC)
is "to select and support a competent team whose members can perform respectably
at international standard competitions."
With this in mind the ESC will use the following criteria for selection of the
Ski WOC 2011 Team. The ESC will select up to two members for the men's team and two
members for the women's team. Additional members of the teams may be selected
at the end of January, 2011. Candidates should:
- Demonstrate by ski-o results they are capable of top level
national and international competitions. The closer a competition resembles
conditions found at the World Championships, the greater the ESC will consider
the results. The ESC will consider results from important races this season such
as:
- US Ski Orienteering Championships in Vermont, February 13 & 14
- Sierra Race Series in California, January 30-February 7
- Canadian Ski Orienteering Championships in Ontario, January 23 & 24
- World Cup races and other international competitions in 2010
- Results from last year's WOC and other national/international races from 2009
- Results from 2011 including the Ski O Tour in mid-January in Europe
OR
- Not be at the top level, but have a plan for improving to that level,
with training and results to support progress towards this claim,
OR
- Be new athletes with ski-o potential. This could be shown by excellent xc
skiing race results combined with limited but promising foot-o and ski-o
results, and a plan to rapidly develop to a top level in the sport.
Limited travel grants will be offered to qualified candidates.
- US Champs & Sierra Week — $200
- Canadian Champs and WCs — $100
- Ski-O Tour 2011 — TBD
Since these criteria do not meet the six-month notification deadline required by
the by-laws we will use the portfolio system again this year to select the team.
Additional team members may be added in 2011 based on results from the the Ski-O
Tour and other major national and international events.
Updated: The deadline for portfolios will be May 15th and the team will be announced on
June 1st. Portfolios should go to ESC Chair Alan Oprsal with a copy to Rick
Worner.
aoprsal <at> hotmail <dot> com
Wornerkohn <at> aol <dot> com
Good luck with the coming Ski-O season.
Ken Walker, Sr.
January 17, 2010
Deadline updated April 12, 2010
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