Thought I'd drop a note in at this point to underscore how Challenge rankings relate to slots for Nationals.
At at nationals there are for novice, juniors and seniors the following total number of slots....
Men 18
Women 18
Pairs 12
Ice Dance 15
But if there are already competitors with byes, then only the remaining slots are competed for at Challenge.
Mango gave an example at the top of the thread that in senior women, when we deduct the 3 top who have byes, there are 15 slots left for the Challenge competitors other than Gabby Daleman (who has a bye).
The senior men men will be more complex. Seems that many of them have byes, but as I can't seem to find a list for that, and the byes aren't listed at the bottom of the Challenge start orders, it's unclear. By my estimate as many as 8 senior men have byes for nationals ....
Here's the relevant SC page:
https://skatecanada.ca/national-team/qualifying-structure1/
At at nationals there are for novice, juniors and seniors the following total number of slots....
Men 18
Women 18
Pairs 12
Ice Dance 15
But if there are already competitors with byes, then only the remaining slots are competed for at Challenge.
Mango gave an example at the top of the thread that in senior women, when we deduct the 3 top who have byes, there are 15 slots left for the Challenge competitors other than Gabby Daleman (who has a bye).
The senior men men will be more complex. Seems that many of them have byes, but as I can't seem to find a list for that, and the byes aren't listed at the bottom of the Challenge start orders, it's unclear. By my estimate as many as 8 senior men have byes for nationals ....
Here's the relevant SC page:
https://skatecanada.ca/national-team/qualifying-structure1/