The ACA is holding an election for Team USA Athletes’ Commission (Team USA AC) Representatives and Athlete Representatives on the ACA Board of Directors.
The election for the Team USA Athlete Commission will be for (2) positions, (1) Primary Athlete Representative and (1) Alternate Athlete Representative. These positions serve as the liaison between the athletes, ACA, USOPC, and Team USA AC. The Primary Athlete Representative will also serve on the ACA Board. The Team USA AC Athlete Representatives must be a 10-year athlete in Slalom, Sprint or Paracanoe.
The ACA Board of Director Athlete Representative seats will be filled with 1 Sprint, 1 Slalom, 1 Paracanoe, and 1 Non-Olympic discipline athlete. To be considered for the Board of Directors positions, athletes must meet the definition of a NGB 10 Year Athlete or 10 Year+ Athlete. However, 3 out of the 4 athlete representative positions must be filled by 10 Year Athletes.
“NGB 10-year Athlete” means an athlete who has been selected to compete in a Delegation Event or other International Qualifying Competition within the previous 10 years. For the ACA, a “Qualifying Competition” includes the Olympics, Paralympics, Pan American Games, Para Pan American Games, Senior World Championship, or World Cup event.
NGB 10-year+ Athlete means an athlete who has been selected to compete in a Qualifying Competition but not within the previous 10 years.
To learn more about serving in an Athlete Representative role please visit the following links:
ACA Board of Directors
Team USA AC Athlete Representative
If you are interested in nominating yourself for any, or both of the above positions, please click here to fill out the nomination form.
Nominations will close on November 7 with elections to follow November 8-November 17. Election winners will be notified on November 18 and announced at the ACA annual meeting.
Should you have any questions, please contact MacKenzie Holbrook at mholbrook@americancanoe.org or Kenny Kasperbauer (current Team USA AC Athlete Rep) at kkasper01@gmail.com.