Selection for Divisional FIS

Maine is in the Eastern Division for Norther New England along with New Hampshire.  There are 25 quota spots open when racing in New Hampshire.

National Team Selection Method (NTSM)

Names of competitors in contention are organized by appropriate points or rankings, FIS or USSA, but not mixed, in each discipline of the meet or series for which a team is to be selected (or according to national/regional/divisional/state polices). Each discipline is ranked in a separate vertical column, lowest points or best ranking on top to higher points on bottom. Duplications of the same athlete in more than one column are listed.

Selection is accomplished by proceeding across each horizontal row, choosing the lowest points/ranking in the first row, second lowest points/ranking in that row, third and fourth, if appropriate, before moving down all columns to the next row. As racers are selected in one column they are crossed out in all columns; however, lower listed racers do not move up in their columns when duplicated names are crossed out (taken from Page 29 of the 2017 USSA alpine competition guide).

SELECTION PROCEDURES FOR U18 & U21 Championship/post season events

US Alpine Junior National Championships

Selection for men & women to the U18/21 Nationals will be thru the Eastern  Cup Races. There is no state quota.

Eastern Development Champs @ TBD

Qualifying races:  All regional development series races and Speed week races.

There is no state quota.

U18 & U21 Finals USSA @TBD

State quota of 13 spots will be determined by the gender distribution TBD as of February MARA membership list. All selections will be based on results from the best two finishes based on world cup points acquired within the MARA qualifying series. MARA will break ties by using the next best .

Gender allocation for the MARA quotas to the U16 Eastern Championships and Finals will be equal to the percentage of U16 boy and girl MARA members as of January 1, 2022 The quota allocations will be confirmed by the Seeded Committee and published on the MARA website prior to the first qualifier of the state race series.

Ronnie Berlack U16 Eastern Championship Grand Prix

2SL, GS, 2 SG: MARA quota of TBD This will be a seeded event. There will be no training run prior to the Super G race.

Eastern U16 Finals

2 SG, GS, SL: MARA quota TBD This will be a scored event. There will be a training run prior to the Super G race.

EASTERN U16 Elite Speed Camp

This is to be held TBD at Sugarloaf. Selections will be made by the USSA Eastern Office. Coaches may submit discretionary nominations to the USSA Eastern Competition Manager. .

U12 Francis Piche Memorial Gunstock, NH

MARA will select a team of 11 girls and 11 boys from the U12 Qualifier series to compete at the Francis Piche Memorial. Selection for the Francis Piche will be based on the best 4 RUN finishes of a possible 12 results (8 runs and 4 combined finishes). Ties will be broken by the next best run finish. In the event that 2 athletes are tied based on all of their runs, the first run of the qualifying season will be placed head to head. The athlete with the lower place will win the tie. In a shortened season, the number of State Qualifier Series results counted toward qualifying will equal thirty-three percent (33%) of the total results hosted at the end of the qualifying season, rounded to the nearest whole number.

U14 Eastern Champtopnships

MARA quota of TBD will be selected from the Maine State Qualifier Series. Gender allocation for the MARA quota to the U14 Eastern Championships will be equal to the percentage of U14 boy and girl MARA members as of February, 2022

U14 Eastern Finals

New this year, a finals event modeled after the U16 FInals will be held at West Mountain, NY on   MARA quota of TBD

U14 Francis Piche Memorial Gunstock, NH

MARA quota of 9 girls and 9 boys will be selected from the Maine State Qualifier Series following the selection of the U14 Eastern Championships quota.

U14 National Project

Eastern Region U14 selections to the U16 National Championships TBD are based on overall results at

Second year U14 athletes who win races and have another top 3 finish in SL, GS and  SG will be invited to represent the Eastern Region at the U16 Championships.  Selected athletes may choose not to attend the U16 National Project.  The Eastern Region will not fill any unused quota spots.

U14 Can-Am Races

Thirty  Eastern athletes per gender will be invited to represent the Eastern Region at the Can-Am Races. Selections to U14 Cam-Am will be the winners of individual events contested at the U14 Eastern Championships(SG, GS, SL) or what ever events are able to be contested, followed by rankings based on each athlete's  best 2 single run and/or overall results from the series. First place(s) will receive 1 point: second place 2 points,etc. Ties will be decoded by the next best place (third result/place). Athletes must choose U16 Nationals or U 14 Can-Am and must notify the Regional Director within 48 hours of completion of U14 Eastern Championships..

First year U14's are not eligible for selection to the U16 National Project, but are not purged from the race result rankings.

Rankings

Definition of Internal Tie-Breaker:

Ties broken internally are when you look at the BEST result of the scores that are being counted vs an "external" tie break where you go to the NEXT best result. Internal tie breaks are generally used when there are not very many results being contested.

For example in a best 2 out of 6 results (U14 Championships) with internal tie breaker:

Athlete 1 has a 2,4,3,4, 2 for a best 2 (2 and 2) equaling 4

Athlete 2 has a 1,3,6,4 for a best 2 (1 and 3) equaling 4

Athlete 2 would be ranked higher because of the 1st place

If using external tie breaker in the same scenario Athlete 1 would be ranked higher because the next best 3rd is better than the next best 4th of athlete 2.