The 2011 Alpine Masters National Championships, sponsored in part by Skier's Edge, were held Mar. 21-26 at Copper Mountain, CO in Rocky Mountain Division. The 2011 nationals include 4 events, with a Super-Combined (SC) race along with the 3-event SG/GS/SL races for the combined age class champions scoring. The 2011 national DH championships were held at nearby Ski Cooper, CO on the preceding weekend of Mar. 19-20.
If you missed checking out your race photos during the competition week, be sure to visit www.erikakrainz.com to check out the race photos taken by Erika Krainz all week at Copper as well as the national championship DH at Ski Cooper. (If you have any difficulty entering the Flash site, you can also head directly to Erika's Alpine Ski Racing galleries on the Schneehexe Photography site to view and purchase race photos)
You must have a current USSA Masters competition license to compete in regional and national championship events (no temporary weekend licenses). Competitor field size for the national championships is limited to 300 entries. Division quotas for nationals entries are established based on their percentage of registered masters licenses. Each division has a guaranteed minimum of 15 slots, with 20 reserved for Canadian competitors and an additional 50 slots allocated to the host division.
Detailed event schedule from the organizers is now available. Note that extended registration hours have been added on Monday to allow all competitors to register early and get out on the hill to inspect the race venues prior to the start of competition on Tuesday.
The preliminary event schedule is posted on the masters Events page on ussa.org:
Additional information:
Note: in order to manage the large field of competitors and provide good conditions for all at this championship event, competitors are split into several groups by age and gender. The groupings are A (men 21-44, classes 1-4), B (men 45-59, classes 5-7), C (all women), and D (men 60+, classes 8-14). The SG and the GS events are run on two courses to separate the younger A/B classes from the C/D groups of older men and all ladies, while in the SL each group competes on their own course.
Race Results | By Class | By National Group | By Gender | Overall |
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SC | A/B , C/D | A/B , C/D | C/D | A/B , C/D |
SG | A/B , C/D | A/B , C/D | C/D | A/B , C/D |
GS | A/B , C/D | A/B , C/D | C/D | A/B , C/D |
SL | A , B , C , D | A , B , C , D | ||
Class Combined Champions |
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A , B , C , D |
The age class combined champions are awarded according to total race points in all three disciplines contested at the national championships.
The Division's Cup is awarded to the division with the best ratio of points scored per competitor start for all races in the national championships. Division teams must consist of at least 10 competitors to be eligible. The 2011 Divisions Cup was captured by the Eastern division in a close battle with Far West.
Division | Position | # Competitors | ||
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Alaska | (n/e) | 7 | ||
Central | 6 | 18 | ||
Eastern | 1 | 22 | ||
Far West | 2 | 14 | ||
Intermountain | 3 | 37 | ||
Pacific Northwest | 5 | 10 | ||
Northern | (n/e) | 4 | ||
Rocky Mountain | 4 | 77 | ||
Canada | (n/e) | 4 | ||
Total | 193 competitors (152 men, 41 women) |
The Spyder National Masters Team is named at the conclusion of the National Championships, based on world cup points scoring (best finish record points total) from the 3 events of the triple-combined.
The standings reports in this section provide additional rankings to show standings by race points, total time, and world cup points by class and by group - these are just for fun to see different comparisons of competitor results.