Great news for BC today at the 2010 Whistler Cup! A total of six of the ten athletes selected to represent Canada’s “Team 1” this year are from our province. Only athletes selected to ”Team 1” for a country can obtain points and help their nation win the Nations Cup, an honour that Canada is defending this year.
BC K1 Athletes representing Canada Team 1 include:
Sam Mulligan (West Vancouver, Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club)
Mikayla Martin (Garibaldi Highlands, Whistler Mountain Ski Club)
BC K2 Athletes representing Canada Team 1 include:
Martin Grasic (Invermere, Windermere Valley Ski Club)
Blake Ramsden (West Vancouver, Whistler Mountain Ski Club)
Emma King (Whistler, Whistler Mountain Ski Club)
Alix Wells (Prince George, Prince George Ski Club)
Nation Points in a Nutshell:
The Whistler Cup nation points are only awarded to the nations athletes which are in the “Team 1” team. The quota for “Team 1” is set at six athletes per nation for the K2 (13-14 year old) category and four athletes per nation for K1 (11-12 year old) category. For each race the top 15 athletes that are in a national “Team 1” achieve points for their nation as follows:
1st – 25 points
2nd – 20 points
3rd – 15 points
4rth – 12 points
5th – 11 points
6th – 10 points
7th – 9 points
8th – 8 points
9th – 7 points
10th – 6 points
11th – 5 points
12th – 4 points
13th – 3 points
14th – 2 points
15th – 1 point