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BLUE RIDGE SKI COUNCIL
2002 Western Carnival Race Results
Tuesday, February 5, 2002
Prepared for BRSC spring meeting, May 19, 2002
RACING COORDINATOR
14555 Candy Hill Road
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772-8054
(301) 888-2836 (home)
(202) 358-5440 (day)
Note: The results tabulated below are the official results for the race. However, for reasons unknown, the Lake Louise race staff apparently re-submitted our results to Nastar.com [click on the link to view the results] about two weeks after the race using a slower (larger) handicap for one of their pacesetters. This decreased the par time for the Red course, and increased all the Red-course handicaps for our racers. Hence the results now posted at Nastar.com do not agree with the results tabulated below.
The competition was conducted in accordance with the Council's Race Rules, Version 2.3, which were approved at the BRSC fall meeting in September and distributed to trip leaders in December 2001. Skiers from all eleven of the clubs participating on the trip competed in the race.
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PARTICIPATION AWARD |
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Scoring for the Participation Award was based solely on the percentage of a club's skiers who raced. A skier need not have successfully completed even a single run to count, although a best effort was expected. The percent participation was determined by dividing the number of skiers who raced by the number of skiers who were on the trip representing each club. Each club's “number of skiers on the trip” was adjusted downward as necessary so clubs weren't unfairly penalized if they had non-skiers, very young skiers (pre-teens), injured skiers who were physically unable to race, or “visiting” skiers (i.e., members of a different club) who chose not to race. An adjustment was also made for first-time skiers. The top three clubs were presented with honorary plaques recognizing their achievement. |
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TEAM COMPETITION |
| Scoring for the Team Competition award was based on ad hoc teams from each club consisting of the two ladies and three men earning the best medal points. (Medal points were calculated by subtracting from each racer's best-run Nastar handicap, the handicap needed by that racer, in their age and gender category, to earn a Nastar gold medal. The better a racer's performance, the lower were their medal points earned.) Each team's medal points were added together, and results compared amongst all participating clubs. All eleven clubs participating in the race had sufficient finishers to compete for the award (at least three male and two female finishers). The top three clubs were presented with honorary plaques recognizing their achievement, and their team members were recognized with medals. The first-place club has also had its accomplishment recognized on the BRSC Western Carnival traveling trophy, which will be presented to the prevailing club at today’s meeting. |
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INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION |
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Awards were presented to the fastest racers overall, to the fastest three in each BRSC age category, and to the fastest snowboarders. As with the team competition, results were based on the handicapped medal points determined by how close each racer came to winning a Nastar gold medal. Handicap "discounts", as published by Nastar, were allowed for participants competing on snowboards and for physically challenged skiers. The two fastest skiers, the fastest snowboarders, and the top three racers in each BRSC age group were recognized with medals. The two fastest skiers and the two fastest snowboarders were also recognized with honorary plaques. |
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Special Award |
| A special award was presented to Karen Lovelace of SCWDC for her perseverance in the racecourse. |
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Notes: With the exception of the fastest skier awards, the competition was handicapped for age based on how close a racer came to winning a Nastar gold medal in their age/gender category (or how “deep” a gold they won). |
Respectfully submitted,
Dave Olsen
Pentagon Ski Club
2002 Western Carnival Race Coordinator
The Blue Ridge Ski Council promotes recreational skiing thru its member clubs.
Member Clubs are located in the Washington DC, Virginia and Maryland
areas. The Clubs include:
The Ski Club of Washington DC (SCWDC)
The Baltimore Ski Club
The Harford Ski Club
The Fagowees
St. Mary's Ski Club
The Columbia Ski Club
The HQ USAF Winter Ski Club
The Pentagon Ski Club
Fredericksburg Ski Club
Arlington Hall Ski Club (en memoriam)
The Southern Maryland Ski Club
The Richmond Ski Club
Crabtowne Skiers
Salisbury Ski Club of Delmarva
Capital Golden Skiers
Mogul Ski Club
The Snow Searchers Ski Club
Potomac Valley Skiers
Cumberland Valley Ski Club
PATC Cross Country Skiing
BRSC is Maryland Ski Clubs, Washington Ski Clubs, Virginia Ski Clubs, Ski Trips and Ski Travel.
