WESTERN J3 JUNIOR OLYMPICS SELECTION

A modified single selection board will be used to fill the PNSA quota to the Western J3 Olympics. Only place points are used on the board.  Racers earn place points at identified selection races, called “J3 Qualifiers”.  

Rules for Setting up the Board

1                    Place points will be assigned to the top 30 eligible PNSA finishers for each run at the selection races. World Cup points will be assigned.  (See appendix.)

2                    A racer's best 2 results in each discipline will be counted.

3                    Racers will be ranked in a single column by accumulated place points counted from all disciplines. 

4                    Considering a racer’s best-unused place points result in any discipline breaks ties in the Selection Board list.  If a tie still exists, the racer with the lowest single race points result from the qualifying races will be ranked first.

5                    Selection will begin with the highest ranked athlete and continue down the list until the quota has been filled.

Eligibility to be placed on the Board

1.         Racers must be licensed members in good standing of USSA and PNSA.

2.         Racers must be J3-age eligible.

3.         Racers who are in violation of the USSA Code of Conduct, USSA policy or PNSA policy will not be placed on the board. 

4.         Racers normally excluded from the event, and any racers not eligible for the PNSA quota, will not be placed on the board.

5.         Racers selected in the first round of the NDS National J3 project and the regional selections as candidates to Topolino will be automatics to the J3 Junior Olympics and will be considered to be the regional director’s quota.

Alternate List

The alternate list for the Western Region J3 Olympics will have no limitations.  All effort will be made to fill the PNSA quota with eligible PNSA racers. 

Team Announcement

The J3 Junior Olympic Team and the team alternates will be selected after the completion of the last PNSA J3 qualifying competition.  The team members will be announced as soon as the J3 working group members validate the selection.

J3 Junior Olympics Seeding

A ranking list for each discipline will come from the PNSA office, based upon the place points earned in each discipline used on the selection board.

Considering any unused place point results in that discipline will break ties in place points.  If a tie still exists, the racer with the lowest single race point result in that discipline from the qualifying races will be ranked first.