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Discussions about allocations for the championships dominated the NCAA Men's and Women's Skiing Committee's annual meeting June 4-7 in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
The committee agreed philosophically that regional access is necessary to ensure that an adequate number of competitors are included from the East, Central and West regions, but that performance of the individual skiers, regardless of region, should receive more emphasis.
Under the committee's recommendation to the Division I Championships/
Competition Cabinet, 50 percent of the field would be allocated among the three regions, while the other half of the slots would be earned. After examining the top 30 individual finishes in each race in the championships over the last two years to determine strength of the field, the committee recommended that for Nordic competition, allocated berths be divided among the regions for each gender, with eight each going to the East and West regions, and four going to the Central. For Alpine, the allocations would be nine each for the East and the West regions.
Regarding other championship issues, the committee voted that:
The concluding event shall alternate between Alpine and Nordic every two years. In 2003 and 2004, the concluding event would be Alpine; in 2005 and 2006, it would be Nordic. If an exception is granted based on host site, the rotation would remain intact if a bid has been awarded for future championships. The committee may adjust the two-year rotation to avoid concluding with the same discipline for three consecutive years.
The championship shall not contest two different Alpine events on the same day. The committee also agreed that the giant slalom be run to completion by gender, and that the concluding Alpine event always be the slalom.
Petitions for injury or illness shall be the responsibility of the respective regional committees. Each region's procedures/requirements shall be included in its qualification procedures, which must be approved annually by the skiing committee.
Recommended that Dartmouth host the 2003 championships.
Rules changes
With regard to rules, among the changes the committee made were:
The technical delegate may now consider a protest of an infraction of rules by a racer in a Nordic event, when filed by at least three separate institutions in any combination of racers and/or official Nordic coaches. In the past, "no protest against the failure of an official to disqualify a contestant" was considered.
The way that the bib numbers are allocated for the highest (top) seed will change so that the student-athletes in the highest seed will select their starting position. In the past, the highest seed was drawn randomly.
The approved distance range for cross country races was increased from 5 to 30 kilometers to 1 to 30 kilometers for both men and women.
The jury will be permitted to use testimony and other information to make decisions.
An Alpine racer who is disqualified and continues on the course may be declared ineligible for his/her next collegiate race start by the competition jury regardless of discipline. This restriction shall carry over to the next collegiate season.
For cross country, two cameras should be located at the finish line to adjudicate close finishes. One camera should be in line with the same vertical plane as the finish line to help determine which skier is in what lane.
For technique violations in Nordic, a disqualification may occur with only one violation from one spot on the course. The old rule required two disqualifications from separate controllers in separate locations.
The pacing rule in Nordic was tightened significantly. The distance that a coach or teammate can run on foot beside the track giving information or encouragement will be limited to a maximum of 30 meters.
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