Division Codes and Explanations

Each participant in WSTIMS must be associated with a particular Division Code, according to the participant's gender and age, and perhaps also a proficiency qualification.  This Division Code indicates a number of things about how that competitor's performance is to be scored, and what their maximum boat speeds are to be in the Slalom and Jumping disciplines.

The table below itemizes all of the Division Codes that are recognized by WSTIMS for competitions in the USA.  Other federations may have different structures of Age Divisions, which can be defined by a special federation-specific Divisional Control Table.  This is the USA Table:


Code  Age Range  Description    Explanation / Usage
====  =========  ===========    =================== 

 B1   up to 9    Boys 1         USA / AWSA
 B2   up to 13   Boys 2         USA / AWSA
 B3   up to 17   Boys 3         USA / AWSA
 M1   18 to 24   Men 1          USA / AWSA
 M2   25 to 34   Men 2          USA / AWSA
 M3   35 to 44   Men 3          USA / AWSA
 M4   45 to 52   Men 4          USA / AWSA
 M5   52 to 59   Men 5          USA / AWSA
 M6   60 to 64   Men 6          USA / AWSA
 M7   65 to 69   Men 7          USA / AWSA
 M8   70 to 74   Men 8          USA / AWSA
 M9   75 to 79   Men 9          USA / AWSA
 MA   80 to 84   Men 10         USA / AWSA
 MB   85 & up    Men 11         USA / AWSA
 G1   up to 9    Girls 1        USA / AWSA
 G2   up to 13   Girls 2        USA / AWSA
 G3   up to 17   Girls 3        USA / AWSA
 W1   18 to 24   Women 1        USA / AWSA
 W2   25 to 34   Women 2        USA / AWSA
 W3   35 to 44   Women 3        USA / AWSA
 W4   45 to 52   Women 4        USA / AWSA
 W5   52 to 59   Women 5        USA / AWSA
 W6   60 to 64   Women 6        USA / AWSA
 W7   65 to 69   Women 7        USA / AWSA
 W8   70 to 74   Women 8        USA / AWSA
 W9   75 to 79   Women 9        USA / AWSA
 WA   80 to 84   Women 10       USA / AWSA
 WB   85 & up    Women 11       USA / AWSA
 
 OM   any age    Open Men       Elite / Pro Skiers
 OW   any age    Open Women     Elite / Pro Skiers
 MM   35 & up    Masters Men    Elite Seniors

 NM   any age    Novice Men     Beginning Skiers
 NW   any age    Novice Women   Beginning Skiers

 CM   any age    Coll Men       NCWSA Collegiate
 CW   any age    Coll Women     NCWSA Collegiate

 IB   up to 17   Intl Boys      IWSF / Foreign
 IM   any age    Intl Men       IWSF / Foreign
 S1   35 to 44   Senior Men 1   IWSF / Foreign
 S2   45 to 54   Senior Men 2   IWSF / Foreign
 S3   55 & up    Senior Men 3   IWSF / Foreign
 IG   up to 17   Intl Girls     IWSF / Foreign
 IW   any age    Intl Women     IWSF / Foreign
 L1   35 to 44   Sr Women 1     IWSF / Foreign
 L2   45 to 54   Sr Women 2     IWSF / Foreign
 L3   55 & up    Sr Women 3     IWSF / Foreign
 
 **  The USA / AWSA Divisions noted above are specific
     to "Federation: USA" usages.  Other Federations
     such as CAN and MEX will have their own unique
     mapping of age divisions.