Programs

• Barton Bantams was created to let young athletes know that they are being noticed and that they are important to the future of sprint paddling in the USA.
• Bantam athletes paddling at the Nationals are assigned points based on their results in Bantam singles and doubles in the final events 1000m and doubles long distance events.
• These athletes are then nationally ranked in the canoe and kayak disciplines.
• U14 athletes have the potential to be future Olympic champions like Greg Barton, ’88 Double Gold Medalist
• Barton Bantams have their names and club name posted on the USA Canoe Kayak website

• Each Bantam athlete has the opportunity to tally their fall paddling kilometers for a two month period beginning at a time in the fall that the club coach identifies in the Yearly Plan.
• Athletes that accumulate 200 km in the designated two month interval will receive a recognition award from USA Canoe Kayak.
• Fall 200km Club USA Canoe Kayak charts are issued at the Nationals to all clubs to post at their club training site in order to track athlete totals.

• Juvenile aged athletes paddling at the Nationals are assigned points based on their results in the juvenile 1000m singles and doubles final events and results in long distance event selected.
• The athlete is then ranked in canoe or kayak based on those performances. 
• The Singles Ranking Lists from the National Championships, August 20 - 23, 2009 is the sole determining competition.
• A number of these athletes are then invited to attend the 2009 Fall Discipline Camps.

• Junior aged athletes paddling at the Nationals are assigned points based on their results in the junior 500 and 1000m singles final events.
• The athlete is then ranked in canoe or kayak based on those performances in the final events. 
• The Singles Ranking lists from the National Championships, August 20-23, 2009 will be the sole determining competition.
• All of these athletes that are 2011 eligible will be asked to attend the 2008 Fall Discipline Camps.

• Each year a Junior Elite Team is selected to compete in a major international event.
• The 2009 Moscow Junior World Championships will serve as that event.
• Athletes that are nominated to the National Junior Elite Team in a given year have attained the highest ranking in the USA Canoe Kayak National Development Junior Program
• The first year a competitor can compete in a junior category is the year that his/her 15th birthday falls in and the last year he/she can compete as a junior is the year that his/her18th birthday falls.
• Athletes nominated will be selected based on selection criteria approved by the Sprint Selection Committee.
• 2011 eligible athletes are expected to attend the 2009 Fall Discipline Training Camps.
  

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