TCM 2 Content

1. TCM 2 Content Thursday Meeting for Friday Competition

2. ASAA/First National Bank Alaska Nordic SkiChampionships Hosted by Lathrop High School Organized by Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks Birch Hill Recreation Area February 21-22-23, 2019

3. Team Captains’ Meeting #2Thursday, February 21 – Agenda – Mass Start Event • Roll Call of Schools • Introduction of ASAA/Host School Personnel and Competition Jury • Check Entries and Bib Assignments – any scratches? • Areas of Emphasis from Chief of Competition and Technical Delegate • Review Schedule • Event Information • Course and Stadium, Grooming/Tracksetting, Course Opening/Closing, Testing and Warmup • Weather Forecast • Bib Distribution • Adjournment

4. ASAA 2019 – Roll Call of Schools

5. Congratulations to Today’s Winners • Boys Individual • Zanden McMullen, South Anc. • Everett Cason, West Anchorage • Alexander Maurer, Service • Boys Team – 4 teams within 15 sec. • West Anchorage • South Anchorage • Service • West Valley • Girls • Kendall Kramer, West Valley • Aubrey Leclair, West Anchorage • Garvee Tobin, Service • Girls Team • West Anchorage • West Valley • Service

6. Areas of Emphasis for Friday, February 22, p.1 COACH ACCESS TO COURSE AND START/FINISH • Thank you all for excellent cooperation on the course. The Jury was very pleased with the coaches’ conduct. • Start-Finish bibs give coaches access to the post-finish area. Coaches can come into the finish area to assist a skier in distress, but should stay in the post-finish area unless called into the finish. You can cheer and take photos from the post-finish area. • Reminder that coaches with green bibs are not permitted to be on skis on the course during the competition. Pacing is also prohibited.

7. Areas of Emphasis for Friday, February 22, p.2 SKIER ACCESS TO START/EGRESS FROM FINISH • Skiers must access the start by passing behind the timing building and crossing the start mesa. • Skiers will have their bib numbers checked as they leave the start mesa for the start tracks on the E side of the stadium. • Skiers will be provided with clothing bags with each bib. They should carry the bags to the start, put their warmup clothes in the bag, and leave the bag in one of the large black sleds provided at the start • Skiers’ clothing will be transported from the start grid back to the post-finish area on the start mesa where they can retrieve it immediately after the finish. • Coaches or parents who want to hold their skiers’ clothing will not be admitted to the post-finish area. So let the athletes take care of their own clothing with bags. • Skiers must depart after finishing by passing behind/West of the timing building

8. Areas of Emphasis for Friday, February 22, p.3 SWOON PATROL • Please talk to your skiers about what they do after they cross the finish line. Tell them they are perfectly capable of skiing 10m-15m past the finish line before they fall down in a heap. Last year there were times during the girls race when it would have been impossible for the next skier to finish because the full width of the finish line was occupied by horizontal bodies. • Such behavior is unnecessary and is extremely inconsiderate of later finishers. • We will have personnel standing just past the finish line telling the skiers to continue skiing past them. This strategy has been successful at USSA SRNC in preventing a heap of bodies from collecting in such a way as to prevent competitors crossing the finish line.

9. Areas of Emphasis for Friday, February 22, p.4 YIELDING TRACK IN A MASS START EVENT/OBSTRUCTION • Skiers are not obligated to yield track in a mass-start event. • A skier who wants to pass should plan to go around the skier being overtaken • Responsibility for a clean pass lies with the overtaking skier • The overtaking skier’s tails must be clear of the overtaken skier’s tips before moving in front of the skier being overtaken

10. Areas of Emphasis for Friday, February 22, p.5 RELAY ENTRIES / RELAY PROCEDURES • Due at the beginning of the Friday Team Captains’ Meeting at WVHS • Submit entries to the Chief of Secretariat or Asst TD at the start of the meeting • Only skiers who have been entered in the first two competitions may be on relay teams – no new substitutes per ASAA Rules • Changes in relay team running order and/or personnel are permitted up to one hour prior to the start of the race (10AM for girls 4x3Km, Noon for boys 4x5Km) • Any changes to the running order or personnel must be presented to the Chief of Secretariat IN WRITING at Rikke’s Roadhouse/Competition Office not less than one hour prior to the start • Order of bibs is Red-Green-Yellow-Blue. Only skiers with the correct color of bib will be admitted to the start area and to the relay exchange areas

11. Schedule for Friday, February 22 0700 Birch Hill Recreation Area Waxing areas open 0800 Birch Hill Recreation Area Mass start courses open for testing and warmup 0845 Birch Hill Ski Stadium Start and finish areas closed to competitors and coaches 1055 Birch Hill Ski Stadium Presentation of Colors 1055 Birch Hill Recreation Area Girls' 7.5Km course closes 1100 Birch Hill Ski Stadium Girls' 7.5Km Mass Start 1125 Birch Hill Ski Stadium Girls' 7.5Km Mass Start-first finisher 1150 Birch Hill Ski Stadium Girls' 7.5Km Mass Start-last finisher 1150 Birch Hill Recreation Area Boys' 10Km Course opens for testing/warmup 1250 Birch Hill Ski Stadium Girls' 7.5Km Mass Start Flower Ceremony 1255 Birch Hill Recreation Area Boys' 10Km course closes 1300 Birch Hill Ski Stadium Boys' 10Km Mass Start 1330 Birch Hill Ski Stadium Boys' 10Km Mass Start-first finisher 1350 Birch Hill Ski Stadium Boys' 10Km Mass Start-last finisher 1400 Birch Hill Ski Stadium Boys' 10Km Mass Start Flower Ceremony 1405 Birch Hill Recreation Area Relay courses open for training/testing 1600 West Valley HS Library Team Captains Meeting #3 – Relay Entries Due 1700 West Valley HS PAC Awards ceremony for Thursday and Friday races 1845 West Valley HS Commons Spaghetti Feed hosted by Lathrop HS Ski Team Boosters 2000 Birch Hill Recreation Area Courses close for training 2200 Birch Hill Recreation Area Birch Hill gate closes

12. Bib Pickup • Bibs will be delivered to teams at approximately 9:45AM

19. Weather Forecast for Friday, February 22 • Wednesday Night Low Temperature – • Airport -14F / -25C • Birch Hill -10F / -23C • Thursday High Temperature (temp. and time/trends) – • Airport +6F / -15C • Birch Hill +10F / -12C • Inversion Conditions – Minor Inversion • Wind – 5mph from the east, slowly turning calm • Clear or Cloud Cover – Mostly sunny • Precipitation Forecast – <10% • Sunrise / Sunset – 8:30AM – 5:41PM – 9 hours and 11 minutes

20. Grooming Plan for Friday, February 22, p.1 GENERAL GROOMING PLAN • Planned Grooming Schedule • Same as for today • Planned Equipment Usage • Same as for today • Plan B if additional Grooming is necessary • We will adapt as necessary!!!! • Tracksetting info on another slide!

21. Grooming Plan for Friday, February 22, p.2 WARMUP AREAS • West Ramp and Comp Loop will be open for warming up during the competition • West Ramp and Comp loop are accessible from SE corner of South Parking Lot, behind the Old Equipment building • East Loop of Warmup Loop will be open for warming up during the competition • Competition course is open for warmup and testing between races • Tracksetting info on next slide!

22. Grooming Plan for Friday, February 22, p.3 TRACKSETTING • 7 start tracks (approximately 14 start rows) • No tracks on remainder of course • Lap Lane (7m wide) on west side of permanent fence dividing finish zone and infield

23. Questions?Comments?Good luck to all skiers and coaches!Adjourn!