The RMN Elite
Teams for 2007-2008 were finalized at the RMN Coaches Meeting in Aspen on
Saturday, April 14th. Select Team Coach Traivs Jones came to the meeting with a proposal to
change the structure of the Teams as well as the criteria for ’making the cut’.
After much spirited discussion and a few tweaks to the proposal, the new
rules were unanomously approved and the teams were named. It should be noted that the rules were changed ‘mid-stream’
this year and the 2007-2008 teams have been named with the new rules. This is
a step that we would normally not consider, but in this case it was less of
an issue because the changes did not exclude anyone from the team who
would have been named under the previously published rules.
This year, we have added an additional category, the RMN
Elite Team, to the already established RMN Select and Development Teams.
Here are the New Rules... which can also be found for download in the 'info/forms' section
ELITE
· Top 4 male and 4
female RMN athletes from USSA Season End National Ranking List
OR
· USSA Junior World Ski
Championship Team
OR
· Up to 1 athlete
per gender at the discretion of the RMN Junior Competition Committee
· Current RMN Member
· Have represented
RMN at most recent JO’s that athlete participated in
· If participating
in JO’s during season on RMN Elite Team, athlete will represent RMN
· Have USSA RMN
Affiliation (USSA # starts with R) - effective
beginning with the 2008-2009 Elite Team
o If skiing outside RMN, the Athlete must contact USSA to
establish RMN affiliation.
· Junior or 1st
year senior during season on RMN Elite Team
SELECT
· Next 4 male and 4
female RMN athletes from the USSA Season
End National Ranking List
OR
· USSA J1 Scandinavian
Series Team
OR
· Junior Olympic
Prequalifier
OR
· Junior Olympic
Individual race Podium (top 3)
OR
· Number one in age
class (J2 or J1/OJ Combined) on the RMN Final JO Qualification Points List
OR
· Up to 1 athlete
per gender at the discretion of the RMN Junior Competition Committee
· Current RMN Member
· Current member of
RMN Club
· Have USSA RMN
Affiliation (USSA # starts with R)
· Junior during
season on the Select Team
· Will be skiing in
RMN JO Qualification Races during season on RMN Select Team
DEVO
· Top 3 J2 or J1/OJ
from RMN Final JO Qualification List (not including pre-qualifiers) not
already named to a team.
OR
· Top-10 in
individual race at Junior Olympics
OR
· Up to 1 athlete
per gender at the discretion of the RMN Junior Competition Committee
· Current RMN Member
· Current member of
RMN Club
· Have USSA RMN
Affiliation (USSA # starts with R)
· Junior during
season on the Select Team
· Will be skiing in
RMN JO Qualification Races during season on RMN Development Team