Qualifying

Cross Country Skiing Qualification Rules

In order to compete in the Empire State Games Cross Country skiing events a competitor must

1. Be a current member of NYSSRA Nordic - join now
2. Minimuim age 12
3. New York State Resident or a full time student in a New York State School
4. Compete in a minimum of two ESG Qualifiers of which one must be Classical and one must be Freestyle - see schedule
5. Qualify in the top of your respective competition class as stated below

Competition Classes (Age as of Dec 31^st 2009)

• Scholastic (Ages 12 - 17)- Top 60 male and top 60 female on the point’s list will qualify to compete in the Empire State Winter Games xc races. Scholastic competitors will receive an ESG uniform.
• Open (Age 18 and older)- Top 40 male and top 40 female Open skiers on the point’s list with the exception of Masters age skiers (30+) unless said Masters have declared their eligibility in the Open class to the cross country chairman (Larry Wilkinson 315-797-9341 / nordic@roadrunner.com) by February 1^st. Open class competitors will receive an ESG uniform
• Master (age 30+) - All masters who meet the minimum requirements will automatically qualify to compete in their respective age class.  Masters wishing to compete in the Open Class must declare their intention to the cross country chairman no later than February 1st.  Masters who chose to compete in the Open Class will not be eligible for Masters age Class medals.  Masters do not receive ESG uniforms but these may be purchased at times designated by the ESG organizers in the letter to competitors.

NOTE: Masters who declare their eligibility in the open class must also compete in the open class in all Nordic sports for which they qualify

Qualification Points List

ESG Qualifier cross-country races will be scored using the NYSSRA Series scoring system and point allocation detailed below. All competitors in each ESG qualifier will score points based on the World Cup scoring system. In addition, participation points will be awarded each current NYSSRA member.  Each of the following classes will be scored separately; scholastic men(comprised of: j3,j2,j1), scholastic women(comprised of: j3,j2,j1), open men (Age 18+), open women (Age 18+). Each member’s rank will be determined by the total accumulated number of points that they received for all qualifiers held during the season.  Non members will not be ranked on the ESG points list. Feb 1^st is the deadline to join NYSSRA to be considered eligible for the ESG points list.

Point Calculations

• Participation: NYSSRA-Nordic members will receive 10 points for each sanctioned race completed. (Non-members are not issued participation points
• Age class placing: Each racer is awarded points based on placing within their respective age class.  Bill Koch competitors will only receive participation points (10pts) not age class points for races associated with NYSSRA series races.
• Overall Placing: Racers will be awarded points for finishing in the top 10 of a given event

NYSSRA Nordic Age Group Scoring

NYSSRA Nordic Overall Scoring

Empire State Games - Division of NY State Parks and Recreation

official web site of the Empire State Winter Games

The Empire State Games and NYSSRA Nordic are two separate organizations.  ESG is a year round organization that organizes and runs amateur sporting competitions.  These are open to NY residence only, with some exceptions for some sports.  NYSSRA Nordic is a nordic sports organization that promotes the nordicsports of cross country skiing, biathlon, and Ski-orienteering.  NYSSRA Nordic designs qualifying rules and runs qualifing events for athletes to qualify and compete in the ESWG.  ESG gives NYSSRA Nordic specific guidelines to fiollow in designing these qualifying rules.