FAR WEST NORDIC SENIORS

Senior Team Goal: To Help Far West Meet Its Mission

The Far West Nordic Senior A team currently consists of 4 members for the 2009-2010 season: Ian Case, Chelsea Holmes, Kara LaPoint, and Phillip Violett.

'09-'10 Senior Team Athletes will be proudly representing Far West Nordic in the following events:

Senior Team athletes will be required to invest total training and preparation time on average of 1500 hours during the '09-'10 season. This breaks down to 125 hours/month or 32 hours/week.

In addition to their training time, Far West Seniors will contribute actively to the Far West community. Each team member will be required to donate 20 hours of time during the season to Far West. Far West will use this time for coaching and clinics and other Far West activities. The Senior Team is also maintaining a blog with useful training tips, trip reports, and other thoughts and info.

 

SENIOR TEAM SELECTION CRITERIA

USSA Points: Men 550 points or less; women 300 points or less
NCAA: Any athlete who has previously qualified as part of an NCAA traveling team
Fischer Cup: Top 15 men; top 10 women (best 4 of 6 races) last season
American Marathon Series: Top 20 man or woman in any ASM race last season
Petition: The committee will accept petitions from athletes who are not able to meet the above criteria, but who can demonstrate results of comparable level.

 

OUR MISSION

We believe competitive cross-country skiing offers great benefits to the community and to individuals of all ages and abilities. As a division of the United States Ski Association (USSA), our mission is to promote, develop, and expand XC (Nordic) racing within the USSA Far West Region (California, Nevada, and Arizona). We accomplish this by working with ski clubs, ski areas, and directly with our membership of individuals and families. We accomplish this mission by:

• Promoting and supporting XC ski clubs, ski venues, coaching, and race development within the Far West Region

• Attracting new individuals and groups to XC racing

• Developing junior, senior, and masters athletes to their full potential through education and world-class coaching

• Providing financial support to high school junior ski programs and through individual grants and scholarships

• Selecting junior, senior, and masters regional teams and support members competing at national and international levels

• Creating lifelong successful athletes at all levels of ability

 

BLOG
Far West Seniors interested in joining the Senior Blog please contact web@farwestnordic.org