2010 Winter Cup Challenge
| Competition Date: |
February 4 – 6, 2010 |
| Arrival Date: |
February 3, 2010 |
| Entry Deadline: |
January 4, 2010 |
| Site Information: |
dustyritter.com |
| Meet Host: |
Dusty Ritter, Meet Director
Dusty Ritter Gymnastics, LLC
dusty99bj@aol.com
702/768-1459
(between 10:00 am & 3:00 pm Pacific Time) |
| Event Location: |
LV Sports Center
121 E. Sunset
Las Vegas, Nevada, 89119
Map |
| Ticket Prices: |
Daily pass: TBD
All Event Pass: TBD
Winter Cup Finals: TBD |
| Participants: |
Approximately 108 athletes in one age division – age 14 & up are invited to compete in an FIG scored event.
Winter Cup Challenge participation is based on:
- Open to all senior elite athletes who are not age eligible juniors (post high school).
- All athletes who participated at the 2009 Visa Championships
- Members of the Senior National or Junior Elite National Team.
- Approved injury or unusual circumstance petitions – these petitions should be submitted directly to the Men’s Program
Committee through the Men’s Program Director.
- If more than 108 entries are received the Men’s Program Committee (MPC) reserves the right to limit entries based on all
around and individual event results from the 2009 National Qualifier and 2009 NCAA Championships.
- Only U.S. citizens may participate in the Winter Cup Challenge unless invited by the Men’s Program
Committee
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| Entry Procedures: |
- Only athletes from the pool listed above will be eligible to enter the 2010 Winter Cup Challenge
- Athletes will be entered when their completed entry form is received at USA Gymnastics. Completed entries must
include the non-refundable entry fee and may be submitted by email, fax or mail.
- All entries must be done through on-line registration which will begin December 1, 2009. Watch this page for entry
information.
- Entry deadline is January 4, 2010. Entries received after January 4 require a 50.00 late fee and late entries are
not guaranteed to be accepted.
- Athletes unable to compete in any of the listed qualifying events due to injury, illness or special circumstance may
submit a petition to compete to the MPC. Petitioning athletes must show that they would be competitive with the field through
past competitive results. Petitions must be received by USA Gymnastics by January 4, 2010.
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| Session Details: |
The competition will consist of four sessions held over two days. Day one will feature three sessions with approximately one
third of all registered athletes in each session. Athletes who competed at the 2009 Visa Championships and Junior Elite
National Team members will be drawn into the second or third sessions of competition on Thursday February 4. Day two will
feature one session of approximately 42 athletes. Programs will be placed into no more than two sessions on Thursday in
preliminary competition. Random draw of competitors is by program in order to keep all competitors from one program together.
Session I – Preliminary Competition
- Random draw of all competitors who did not participate in the Senior Division at the Visa Championships or are members
of the Junior Elite National Team.
- Athletes from the same program drawn into this session will be placed into the same competition group unless the number of
athletes exceeds the average rotation size.
Session II – Preliminary Competition
- Random draw of all competitors who participated in the Senior Division at the Visa Championships or are members of the
Junior Elite National Team.
- Random draw from all other competitors if needed to balance session participant numbers
- Athletes from the same program drawn into this session will be placed into the same competition group unless the number of
athletes exceeds the average rotation size.
Session III – Preliminary Competition
- Random draw of all competitors who participated in the Senior Division at the Visa Championships or are members of the
Junior Elite National Team.
- Random draw from all other competitors if needed to balance session participant numbers
- Athletes from the same program drawn into this session will be placed into the same competition group unless the number of
athletes exceeds the average rotation size.
Session IV – Finals Competition
- Top 42 athletes qualifying according to an MPC approved points system (see below). Ties for the
final placement into the Session IV Final will be broken by the points system from Day 1.
- Top 3 individuals from each event from combined results of Day 1 competition.
- Random draw of all competitors for starting event
- Athletes from the same program drawn into this session will be placed into the same competition group unless the number of
athletes exceeds the average rotation size.
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| Basic Schedule (Subject to change): |
Wed., Feb. 3
- Registration
- Open training for Winter Cup athletes only - LV Sports Center - 2:00 pm-8:00 pm
- Coaches' Technical Meeting - LV Sports Center - 7:00 pm
Thurs., Feb. 4
- Winter Cup Preliminary Competition
- Session I – 8:00 am – 10:00 am Open Warm Up
10:00 am – 12:30 am Competition
- Session II - 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Open Warm Up
3:00 pm – 5:30 pm Competition
- Session III - 5:45 pm - 7:45 pm Open Warm Up
7:45 pm - 10:00 pm Competition
Fri., Feb. 5
- Training for Winter Cup Participants
10:45 am to 12:30 pm for all Session IV participants only
Sat., Feb. 6
- Winter Cup Finals
- Session IV - 5:25 pm - 7:00 pm Open Warm Up
7:15 pm – 9:30 pm Competition
Final All-Around ranking based on combined all-around scores from Day 1 and Day 2.
Individual Event ranking based on combined scores from Day 1 and Day 2.
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| Senior National Team Selection: |
The 2010 Winter Cup Challenge will be used to select the Senior National Team through the 2010 Visa
Championships. Selection criteria are still being developed by the Men’s Program Committee and will be published on the USA
Gymnastics web site as soon as possible but no later than December 1, 2009. |
| Entry Fee: |
$100/athlete NON Refundable – The entry fee will be waived for all current Senior National Team Members
& top three Junior Elite National Team members age 14-15 and Junior Elite National Team members age 16 – 18 from the all
around results of the 2009 Visa Championships. |
| Deadline: |
Entry is through on-line registration. Registrations, with entry fees for ALL Winter Cup Challenge
participants, are due no later than Monday January 4, 2010.
All entries must be done through on-line registration which will begin December 1, 2009. Watch this page for entry
information. |
Qualification 20 Point System for Finals Competition Determination
Men’s Program Committee Approved Points System for Qualification from the Winter Cup Preliminary Sessions I, II or III on
Thursday to the Winter Cup Finals Session on Saturday.
Details
- Points will be awarded to the top 20 rank order athletes on each event in descending order (Example, 1st place earns 20
points, 20th place earns 1 point)
- No points will be given for All Around placement
- Athletes who tie for individual events will be awarded duplicate points with the next point total being skipped. (example:
tie for first – both athletes awarded 20 points, the next highest ranking athlete receives third place points and is awarded
18 points)
- The points awarded for the six events will be totaled for a final point total for each athlete.
- In the case of a tie for the last position, ties will be broken by:
- The athletes highest single event points total, if still tied then,
- The athletes two highest events points total and so on until all six event totals are considered, if still tied then,
- All tied athletes advance.
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