That means the Austria-based teenager, who is channelling her energy into the Junior World Championship in Jasna, Slovakia, next month, is rescheduling her long-term goal to securing a berth to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang,South Korea.
The ex-Woodford House student has been the top Kiwi female performer in super G and giant slalom for the past three years. Toomey lists the alpine criteria as (with answers to Hudson):
5.2a: Ranked in the world top 80 as at January 12, 2014 (based on 7th FIS pts list) - No
5.2b i): Achieved a top-25 result at the 2013 World Championship - No
5.2b ii): Achieved a top-30 result in a world cup - No
5.2b iii): Recorded two or more top-20 results in a FIS Continental Cup (Europa Cup, Nor-Am or ANC) race with a minimum penalty of 6pts. - No.
He says when the Olympic nomination criteria were set in 2012 they stated an athlete must be ranked in the world top 80 and have satisfied at least one of clauses 5.2b (i-iii).
Last October the criteria was amended to state "or rather than and after clause 5.2a".
The 2010 criteria were more lenient than the 2014 ones.
In the former Games, Ski Racing NZ supported athletes in the build-up to Vancouver but most of their campaigns were self-funded, Toomey says in reference to the Kiwi super G pair Ben Griffin and Tim Cafe.
More athletes compete in alpine because it is a major sport in countries such as the US, Canada, Austria, Norway, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France and Sweden where the ski seasons are long and the terrain conducive to training and racing.
"The freeski and snowboard disciplines are not as regulated as the alpine disciplines."
That is, anyone can enter and train in a halfpipe or on a slopestyle course without being a registered athlete, while in most countries you need to be a registered alpine athlete to gain access to the piste prepared for race training.
That, significantly, has an impact on the number of people who are "registered athletes" in the freeski and snowboard disciplines.
As with most international sport systems, High Performance Sports New Zealand (HPSNZ) focuses its high performance funding on codes (for example, athletics, rowing, sailing, biking) and disciplines where Kiwi athletes have a competitive advantage or the likelihood of success on the world stage is high (for example, track cycling versus road cycling, shot put versus 100m sprint).
Consequently Snow Sports NZ receives funds from HPSNZ to target athletes who have the ability to win medals and finish within the top 16 at major events such as the Olympics and world championships.
"None of New Zealand's alpine athletes currently meet this criteria and therefore they cannot be supported from the funds."
However, Snow Sports NZ does provide some support to athletes in the NZ Ski Team, such as a grant to attend the World Ski Championship, NZ Ski Team competition wear, race training lane at Coronet Peak, but the amount is limited to most athletes who are self funded.
"It is unlikely the NZOC will soften its selection criteria and HPSNZ's 2020 strategy is focused on investing in sports and disciplines where the likelihood of winning and delivering top 16 [credible] outcomes at major events is high.
"Snow Sports NZ supports the more stringent nomination criteria and believes they will require changes within the New Zealand training environment which ultimately leads to more athletes satisfying the Olympic nomination criteria," Toomey says.
