VARA J4 RACING

The J4 age level provides non-scored competition for racers aged 11-12 (born in 1995-1996).

• VARA is the governing body of J4 racing in Vermont.
• VARA will delegate to the three state Councils (North, Mid, and South), the authority to design and administer their respective races and schedules, leading up to the J4/5 State.
• VARA will schedule open races, super-G events, and the J4 State Championships.
• Issues involving J4 VARA sponsored events will be resolved by the J3/4 Committee of Six.
• Councils must not interfere with the USSA established age categories (exceptions must come before the J3 Committee of Six).
• Councils must also follow all USSA and VARA procedures for running a fair and legal race.
• A $20 maximum entry fee for slalom (SL) and giant slalom (GS) events and $25 for Super-G (SG) is recommended for council qualifier races.
• To compete in VARA races, there are two membership requirements that must be met:
  1) You must hold a current USSA Competitors License.
  2) In order to be considered in any VARA qualifying or selection process, you must be a current member of VARA. Qualifying points will not be retroactive for late renewals.
  3) Racers are required to bring USSA and VARA memberships cards to all races.
• Coaches must be VARA and USSA members to get on the hill.
• J4 Council races and State Championships must be USSA sanctioned events.

J3(4) COMMITTEE OF SIX

J4 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Tech Events -March 8-9: Bromley
SG - TBD

The selection of the J4 Future star roster, as well as the Whistler Cup Shootout, will be determined by place point scoring from the VARA J4 State Championships.

1. J4's and J5's are allowed to compete in State Championships as governed by their council.
2. Format: The states will be run over 2 days. There will be 2 traditional runs of GS, and SL and 1 SG .
3. SG - The J4 State SG will be run separate from the tech events and will have a field Size of 120. Each council will get 40 spots. Each Council will determine gender split and selection method for the SG.
4. Entry fees for J4 States will have a ceiling of $120 which includes the Banquet/Awards Event for participants.
5. Qualification: 150 racers will qualify for the J4 State Championships Tech Events from the council race series. The total quota (150) will be allocated to each council based on their percentage of the entire Vermont J4 field.
   
   

   Example J4 State Championships Quota Calculation
   Council	Total J4 Field (1)	% of J4 Field (2)	Calculated Quota (1) x (2) x 150	Rounded Quota (3)	Final Quota (4)
   NVC	114	0.3383	50.742	50	51
   MVC	116	0.3442	51.632	51	52
   SVC	107	0.3175	47.626	47	47
   Total	337		150	148	150

   
   
6. The total field (1) in each council will be based on the number of "starters" after the first three J4 council races. Note: racers may not be counted as "starters" until they are VARA members. The total field in each council is then used to calculate each council's share (2) of the entire Vermont field(j5's have to be in the top 45% of the field to count towards the field size for determining the quota)Calculated quotas will be rounded down (3), and additional spots will be allocated based on the decimal portion (highest to lowest) of the calculated quota to arrive at the final quotas (4).
7. Awards: The host site will present awards to the top 10 boys and girls in each event. There is no overall champion awarded at this level.
8. VARA CUP: The VARA Cup Trophy will be awarded to the top J3 and J4 club overall based on results from the VT State Championships. The total team score is calculated based on the individual run results from the J3 and J4 State Championships. Points will be awarded as follows: 1st=30, 2nd=29, 3rd=28,… 30th=1 point. Each run will be scored separately, using each J3 team's best 5 scores, and J4 team's best 5 scores.
9. Course setters: Course setters and jury members will be selected prior to the J4 States by the VARA Executive Director with assistance from the VARA AO Chair.
10. Entry Procedure: Councils MUST send racer rosters (in start order) to the VARA Office 1 week prior to the J4 States with attending coaches list. There will be no additions/substitutions to rosters after the evening before the 1st event 5pm.
11. Seeding: Seeding for the J4 States will be: First run by council lists as submitted by council, the top 15 will be scrambled; there will be a draw to determine council rotation. Second run will be by Eastern Modified Bibbo*.
12. Head Tax is due on J4 State Championships, the fee is $1 per racer per start to VARA.
13. Racing Up: J4's that have raced "up" during the regular season with the J3's , may still compete in the J4 States provided they have qualified for the J4 States through council races and have not qualified for the J3 Olympics.
14. Rotation for States: 2007/North, 2008/South, 2009/Mid, 2010/North, 2011/South, 2012/Mid ... If the proposed council cannot host, the event will be sited by the Executive Director of VARA.

J4 Whistler Cup Shoot Out

March 15: Okemo Mtn

The Thursday before the J4 Future Star Camp will be a time trial for selection of athletes to go to the Whistler Cup, an international children's competition in Whistler BC Canada.

USSA Quotas are as follows
VARA ~ 8 NYSSRA ~ 7 NHARA ~ 8 MARA ~ 5	Tri-State ~ 4 PARA ~ 4 NJSRA ~ 2 SARA ~ 2

VARA will select 4 girls and 4 boys (J4's) as follows:

Selection Gold medalists in tech events at the J4 State Championships will be selected to go to the Whistler Cup Shootout, and the remainder of the spots will be filled by taking the best 2 of 6 place points. (One less than half of the total place points. If there are an uneven number of place points, take one less than half, then round up.) Any ties will be broken by taking the competitor's single best place point, then their second best, etc.

J4 Future Star Championships

March 16-18: Okemo Mtn

Vermont's quota is 24. The Vermont Future Star Team will be determined as follows:
Automatics: Each of the three councils will have 5 automatic selections (gender split will be determined by council) to be given to the VARA office one week prior to the J4 State Championships. The 9 remaining spots, gender split, will be awarded based on results at the J4 State Championships.

Selection: The 9 Future Star selections will be determined by taking the best 2 3 place points at the J4 State Championships including the SG. (One less than half of the total place points. If there are an uneven number of place points, take one less than half, then round up.) Any ties will be broken by the competitor's single best place point, then their second best, etc. The 9 Future Star selections will be awarded to the lowest scored non-automatic competitors.

J4 Elite Fundamentals Camp

November 30-December 3 Sunday River ME State List Due: Nov 7 Quota:10

USSA will host a J4 Elite Fundamentals Camp for the Eastern region. VT will select second year J4's from the J4 States Scoring.

J4 State SG Camp

VARA will coordinate a J4 SG camp that will include approx 90-120 (TBD)J4's. Selection will be from council lists submitted to VARA.

EASTERN MODIFIED BIBO: EMB (for 2nd run at J4 States)

The second run order is basically BIBBO with protected subseeds… see below - Host sites for J4 states Must meet with VARA Executive Director to discuss the EMB procedure.

EMB is the second run start order in which everyone who finishes in the top 15 first run will start in the top 15 second run, in reverse order and everyone who started 1-15 in the first run that did not finish in the top 15 will start in a sub seed after the top 15 in FINISH ORDER then dnfs will go in BIB ORDER.

The next 15 finishers will start the 2nd run in order of finish and everyone who started the first run with numbers 16-30 who is not on the start list yet will be included in the next sub seed in FINISH ORDER then dnfs will go in BIB ORDER.

The next 15 finisher will start the 2nd run in order of finish and everyone who started the first run with numbers 31-45 who is not on the start list yet will be included in the next sub seed in FINISH ORDER then dnfs will go in BIB ORDER.

The next 15 finishers will start the 2nd run in order of finish and everyone who started the first run with numbers 46-60 who is not on the start list yet will be included in the next sub seed in FINISH ORDER then dnfs will go in BIB ORDER.

The next 15 finishers will start the 2nd run in order of finish and everyone who started the first run with numbers 61-75 who is not on the start list yet will be included in the next sub seed in FINISH ORDER then dnfs will go in BIB ORDER.

The next 15 finishers will start the 2nd run in order of finish and everyone who started the first run with numbers 76-90 who is not on the start list yet will be included in the next sub seed in FINISH ORDER then dnfs will go in BIB ORDER.

8/2005, 8/2006, 11/28/2007
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