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AWSA Senior Pan Am Team & Skier Notification 35+

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AMERICAN WATER SKI ASSOCIATION

2025 SENIOR PAN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM

AND

INDEPENDENT SKIER NOTIFICATION

(For 35 year old skiers and above only)

QUALIFICATIONS AND PROCEDURES

  1. The Team for the 2025 Pan American Championships (October 1-5, 2025, Pickos Ski School, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida) will be selected by the AWSA International Activities Committee based on scores taken from the AWSA Data Base from the period May 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025, with a minimum of one score from ski year 2025. We will announce the team approximately July 8, 2025.

                                                                                                            

2.   Qualifications to be considered for the Team:

a. US citizen or otherwise qualified to ski as a member of the U.S. Team (see IWWF Rules of Eligibility for World and Confederation Titled Events).

b.  Member of USA Water Ski and Wake Sports.

c.  Notification of Interest to be selected as a member of the US Team (athletes must indicate the event(s) they are in interested in competing in), or to be entered to ski as an independent U.S. athlete (denote what events) must notify International Activities Committee Members Stan Switzer ds.switzer@verizon.net and Jill Smith, bsmith32946@yahoo.com by filling out the form https://forms.gle/8gg3XVupwTKwhtu6A no later than June 15, 2025 of their desire to compete to be considered in the team’s selection process.  Entry Payment of $330.00 plus any applicable familiarization fee must also be paid to Jill Smith by June 15, 2025 for your intent to be complete.  Primary consideration will be given to those individuals that have submitted timely notifications of interest, but the IAC reserves the right to consider other individuals.  All independent U.S. Athletes must be entered through this process.

d. All athletes must comply with USA-WSWS SafeSport training requirements prior to the event.

  1. The IAC is tasked with the responsibility of selecting athletes to participate in the Water Ski Teams that will represent the United States in International Competitions.  The committee’s primary goal in this process is to select teams that will have the greatest opportunity to win each of the international competitions.  In this selection process there are numerous considerations that the committee will utilize in the effort to select the best combination of athletes for each tournament, with the ultimate goal to win the target event.  These elements include, but are not limited to:        
    1. Numerical division of Male/Female athletes to make up the team.

      The 35+ subcommittee for 35+ international competition shall make recommendations to the IAC for the members of the 35+, 45+, 55+, and 65+ teams, based on the criteria set forth in this qualifications and procedures document.  Excellence in competition is the sole determining factor for making any U.S. Teams.  The policy of the IAC is always to send the best possible team.

  1. The Pan Am Championships will have 8 Veteran Teams comprised of 6 skiers in each of the following age divisions.
    1. Division 1 ages 35+

      The skier’s age division is determined by his age/her age as of December 31, 2024.

             

  1. Gender Distribution will be 3/3 or 4/2.

  1. Even though skiers of the same gender may be competing in different AWSA age divisions/groups, they will be considered as having skied in the same division of each of the three 35+ age divisions for selection scoring purposes.  The scoring adjustments and process are explained below. 

  1. IWWF Event Scores (as adjusted for different AWSA speed and ramp heights in slalom and jump) will be used to select the teams.  

  1. Selection Process:
    1. Event Scores must be from two Class L or R tournaments, at two separate sites, with at least one score to be used in the calculation from ski year 2025. The scores do not have to come from the same tournament or the same round. "Total Score" is defined as the sum of each skier’s slalom, trick, and jump scores, as adjusted under IWWF Over 35 Competition Rule 5.03.  

Team selection “event scores” will be based on the IWWF 1,000 point system where 1,000 is the greater of (i) the average of the top two Ranking Values on the most recently posted IWWF Pan American Rankings List (dynamic list), or (ii) the highest score among U.S. scores posted for this selection process (excluding those who have aged out ).  

  1. Disclaimer:  In the event of unforeseen circumstances which, in the unanimous opinion of the IAC, render these procedures clearly ineffective, the Committee may, with the approval of the President of AWSA, amend these procedures as necessary to accomplish the goals of the AWSA International Competition Program.  

  1. The teams selected shall be designated as the U.S. Senior Pan American Championship Teams until the next selection.

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