Cross Country Alaska maintains ranking lists, each with a specific purpose:

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• Team Alaska Points List

• Besh Race Series Points List

• Besh Cup Trophy Points List

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Team Alaska Points List

• Skiers in 3 classes - U14, U16 and combined U18/U20 - are scored for each sex.

• Every year U16, U18, & U20 skiers have the opportunity to represent Team Alaska at Junior Nationals.

• In even years, U14, U16, & U18 skiers have the opportunity to represent Team Alaska at Arctic Winter Games. Exception is 2023 - Arctic Winter Games was postponed from 2020.

  • 2024 is set to resume normal schedule with AWG being held in the Mat-Su Valley, Alaska.

• In odd years, U14 skiers may have the opportunity to represent Team Alaska at the Intermountain Division Youth Festival.

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Only skiers with current Competitive US Ski & Snowboard licenses are eligible to score points on the Team Alaska Points List (with the exception of U14 in which the General license is acceptable). The list is based on the sum of a skier's best four (4) results from any of the first six (6) races in the Besh Cup Series. There is no minimum number of races required. Points are based on finish place order and the World Cup Points schedule.

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• List 1 – After Besh Cup #1 and #2

• List 2 – After Besh Cup #3 and #4

• Final Selection List – After Besh Cup #6

 

Keep in mind that the two races of any weekend of racing represents up to one-half of the total points that a skier can score. This means that the final weekend can have a major effect on the ranking order. It may be as important to "maintain your position" by racing as it is to try to improve your points. It would be unfortunate to miss out on the Junior Nationals team simply because you did not attend the final races.

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If for some reason one or more of the Besh Cup races are cancelled, instead of the best four (4) of six (6) races, the number of races counted for calculating Junior Nationals/AWG qualifying scores will become the best three (3) of five (5) races, or the best three (3) of four (4) races, or best two (2) of three (3) races, or best two (2) of two (2) races.

 

Besh Cup Points List

Besh Cup points are scored for all age classes of each sex. The Besh Cup medals are based on the total points accumulated in all 6 races. Points in the U18/U20 classes will be based on finish place with separate age classes. This list is NOT the same as Junior Nationals/AWG Qualifying points that pick the best 4 of 6 races.

 

The combined U18/U20 finish place scoring is used for Junior Nationals Qualifying and it is also used to select the recipient of the Besh Cup Trophy (the inscribed traveling Besh Cup Trophy award) that is presented to the top male and top female skier (combined U18/U20 class) based on all six (6) races.

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Points are allocated based on the World Cup Points Schedule

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How many Besh Cup races will be counted?
The CCAK Competition Committee uses the below table to determine how many races to count:

• Best 4 of 6

• Best 3 of 5

• Best 3 of 4

• Best 2 of 3

• Best 2 of 2