Qualification for all major USSA sanctioned events and teams can be found at the “Advancement” section of the USSA website. Click here.
To view the World Cup selection criteria directly, click here.
Any staff from any US program that would like to attend please contact pvordenberg@ussa.org as all US staff will work together with the USST staff on all aspects of waxing.
Below is an excerpt from the USSA World Cup selection criteria, detailing the selection of the team for the World Cup races in Canada. Please be sure to refer to the original document (linked above) for for full information.
Individuals who meet the following criteria will be selected to the World Cup Cross Country Team for World Cup Period 2 (January 22-26, 2008):
– Attain a current World Cup Overall, Sprint World Cup, Distance World Cup or FIS
points list ranking (sprint or distance) within the top-30 on the most current
publication at the completion of World Cup Period 2 (tentatively scheduled for
December 17, 2007).
– The leaders of the Overall SuperTour classification (man and woman) on
January 7, 2008.
– USSA shall ensure that it will fill the distance quota set by FIS for the World Cup
competitions in Canada by selecting – in rank order from the SuperTour distance
overall classification on January 7, 2008 – as many additional athletes as may be
necessary to fill that quota.
– USSA shall ensure that it will fill the sprint quota set by FIS for the World Cup
competitions in Canada by selecting – in rank order from the SuperTour sprint
overall classification on January 7, 2008 – as many additional athletes as may be
necessary to fill that quota.
