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BethAnn Chamberlain and Zach Hall win Mass Start at Mt Itasca NorAm # 3 Mt. Itasca, Coleraine, MN. BethAnn Chamberlain and Zach Hall win Mass Start at NorAm 3. Download the NorAm 3 Mass Start Results in PDF format
Sara Studabaker and Mark Johnson win Pursuit at Mt Itasca NorAm # 3 Mt. Itasca, Coleraine, MN. Sara Studabaker and Mark Johnson win Pursuit at NorAm 3. Download the NorAm 3 Pursuit Results in PDF format
Veterans Take the Victory at Mt Itasca NorAm # 3 Sprint 2002 Olympian Dan Campbell and 2006 Olympian Carolyn Bramante took the victories Thursday at Mt Itasca in the Sprint competition. Campbell, originally from Hastings, MN, is currently the Assistant Ski Coach at Montana State University. After not competing in biathlon for several season, Campbell showed that he still remembers how to shoot, hitting 9 of 10 targets. He finished 15 seconds ahead of Kevin Patzoldt of Mt Itasca Biathlon, and 17 ahead of Mark Johnson, also with Mt Itasca Biathlon. In the women's 7.5km race, Bramante had perfect shooting, hitting 10 for 10. She was followed by Sara Studebaker of the US National B Team 26 seconds back shooting (2, 1). In third, Denise Teela with Army WCAP equaled Bramante's clean shooting, finishing third 28 seconds out of first. Raleigh Goessling of Duluth Esko Biathlon won the youth men's race by a large margin, followed by Conrad Roberts, Nisswa NW, and three seconds later, Ben Greenwald, Twin Cities Biathlon. Hillary McNamee of MWSC put together a perfect shooting race to win the Youth Women's race by 54 seconds over Addie Bryne of Mt Itasca, shooting (1, 2). In third was Andrea Mayo of MWSC shooting (3, 1). NorAm # 3 will continue with the Pursuit format race on Saturday and Mass Start format on Sunday. The top 3 ranked women and top 2 ranked men will qualify to compete at the Europa Cup races in Altenberg, Germany and Nove Mesto, Czech Republic in early January. Download the NorAm 3 Sprint Results in PDF format
Bramante and Hall Prevail in Snow Storm at Mt Itasca NorAm Blizzard conditions created challenging shooting conditions at Mt Itasca for NorAm # 2 on Sunday. The high winds and snow made shooting very difficult and the ski tracks slow. Nevertheless, the results were surprisingly tight. Carolyn Bramante and Zach Hall were able to keep their shooting together in spite of high winds, both shooting (2,0). Dartmouth alums took all the podium positions in the women's race with Bramante '06 in first, Susan Dunklee '08 in second, and Sara Studebaker '07 in third. Dunklee has been training with a Development Team coach James Upham for only 4 months, and she put together a great performance in what was her first biathlon race on snow. The men's winner, Zach Hall, is also a Dartmouth alum, class of 2007. The men's winner, Zach Hall, National B Team, took first by twenty seconds over Jesse Downs the National B Team/Army World Class Athlete program. In third was Sam Morse of the Army National Guard, 5 seconds behind Downs. The tight men's race should lead to some exciting races in the sprint, pursuit and mass start that are scheduled for later in the week at Mt Itasca. In the Youth Women's race, Addie Byrne of Mt Itasca was first shooting (2,1). She was followed by Grace Boutot (2,4) and Hillary McNamee (1,4) of Maine Winter Sports Center. The second sprint of NorAm # 2 race scheduled for Monday, Dec 15th has been cancelled due to extremely cold temperatures (-7F) and high winds (20-30mph). NorAm # 3 will proceed as scheduled on Dec 18, 20, 21. Download the NorAm 2 Results in PDF format
MN Biathlon 2008 - 2009 Competition Schedule December
NorAm Cup #3 and US Senior Trials - Mt. Itasca
Junior National Team Trials - Anchorage, Alaska
January MN National Guard Central Regional Championships - Camp Ripley
February
March
NorAm Cup # 10 and
North American Championships and
Download the competition schedule as a pdf
Elk River Deer Hunting Season Deer season on November 8th and runs through the 16th. The City has not closed the trails again this year. Use caution, or wait until the season is over. If out, think about wearing blaze orange or at least red. There is still hunting allowed adjacent to the park. 0011-0006-2008 12th Annual Fall Festival Results Minnesota Biathlon and Twin Cities Biathlon hosted the 12th Annual Fall Festival roller ski biathlon races this weekend. Saturday’s race was the Individual format (PSPS) – the long race in biathlon. Men skied 15 km while Women skied 12 km. Athletes were penalized 45 seconds for each missed shot. Conditions were ideal with temperatures in the 50s with calm / light winds. The range and roller ski trails were in great shape thanks, in large part, to the outstanding efforts of the City of Elk River and the Woodland Hills Trail Slaves. Leif Nordgren (Mt. Itasca/Junior National Team) was the Junior Men’s and Overall Men’s winner with the best shooting of the day (3 misses). (Three other skiers had only 4 misses – Brandon Ostroot, Brian Wray, and John Neal.) Addie Byrne (Mt. Itasca / Junior National Team) was the Youth Women’s winner with 7 misses. Sunday’s race was the Mass Start format (PPSS). The Men and Senior Women skied 12 km while Women skied 10 km. Athletes skied one penalty loop for each missed shot. Conditions were challenging with temperatures falling into the 30s with strong gusty cross winds and snow! Leif Nordgren (Mt. Itasca/Junior National Team) repeated his dominance by winning the Junior Men’s and Overall Men’s title. Leif also repeated with the best shooting of the day (2 misses) by edging Lou Chouinard by one shot on the final standing stage. The hard fought battles of Saturday in the Youth and Master’s Men’s categories continued on Sunday as well. Raleigh Goessling (Esko/Junior National Team) repeated as the Youth Men’s Winner. Carolyn Bramante (Twin Cities and former Olympic and National Team member) was the Senior Women’s division winner with 5 misses. Addie Byrne (Mt. Itasca/Junior National Team) repeated as the Youth Women’s winner with 5 misses. One very encouraging statistic - over two days of racing, 40% of the athletes met or exceeded 75% shooting accuracy. Results Results pdf
Elk River Roller Ski Biathlon Race Results Minnesota Biathlon and Twin Cities Biathlon sponsored a 10K Mass Start (PPSS) roller ski race at the Elk River Biathlon Range last Sunday. Temperatures were in the 50s with light mist and calm winds. The range and roller ski trails were in great shape. The racing was intense with some great shooting by Kevin Patzold (Mt. Itasca / Senior National Team) and Addie Byrne (Mt. Itasca / Junior National team) laying down the challenge in the shooting range. Kevin won the Mens division and Addie won the Youth Womens division. Both had 3 misses. Leif Nordgren (Mt. Itasca / Junior National Team) was the Junior Mens winner in a hard fought battle with Wynn Roberts (Mt. Itasca / Junior National Team). Carolyn Bramante (Twin Cities and former Olympic and National Team member) was the Womens division winner. Raleigh Goessling (Duluth/Esko / USBA Jr. National Team) was the Youth Mens division winner. Ion Senchea (St. Cloud) was the Masters Mens winner.
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Fall MN Biathlon Races Rescheduled The Fall Festival at Camp Ripley, originally scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, October 18 - 19, has been rescheduled to Saturday and Sunday, October 25 - 26. Details on each race will be sent out later.
MTB Biathlon Race - Results
MTB Biathlon Race - Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008, Mt. Itasca, Coleraine Women; Mass Start; Bike 8km (5x1.6k), PPSS 0008-0018-2008 Elk River Roller Ski Biathlon Race Results A small but enthusiastic group raced a 10K Mass Start (PPSS) roller ski race sponsored by Minnesota Biathlon and Twin Cities Biathlon at the Elk River Biathlon Range. Temperatures were in the 70s with light rain and calm winds. The range and roller ski trails were in great shape. Over half of the Experienced racers were current or former members of the USBA Olympic, National, or Junior National teams. Wynn Roberts (Mt. Itasca / USBA Jr. National Team) was the overall and Mens Junior winner in a time of 33:35 with 7 penalties. Carloyn Bramante (Twin Cities and former USBA Olympic and National Team) was the Womens Senior winner, third overall in a time of 37:23, and took overall shooting honors with only 3 penalties. Raleigh Goessling (Duluth/Esko / USBA Jr. National Team) was the Mens Youth winner in a time of 36.29 with 7 penalties. Jenna Ruzich (Northwest) was the Womens Youth winner in a time of 50:34 with 7 penalties. Joe Wieber (St. Cloud) was the Novice Mens Youth winner.
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MN Biathlon Shooting Camp and Summer Biathlon Race Results Hi everyone- 60 shot test on Tues indoors, but light not the greatest. Summer Biathlon Race June 21, 2008, Mt. Itasca Download / View pdf results
NorAm Champs Results
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Minnesota Cup #6 Results results pdf Elk River Race Recap - Feb 17th Twin Cities Biathlon hosted an informal 10K (PPSS) biathlon race at the Elk River Biathlon Range with mild temperatures, variable gusty winds, and great course conditions. There were 9 competitors – 6 from Northwest Biathlon (3 from the Duluth area, 3 from Brainerd / Nisswa) and 3 from Twin Cities Biathlon. The race format, a reverse pursuit / handicap, was determined by Northwest Biathlon coach Bill Meyer. Handicap times The wind played a factor as shooting accuracy was lower that expected. Raleigh Goessling, fresh from the World Junior Biathlon Championships and finishing 10th in the Minnesota High School State meet, destroyed the field with fast skiing and the best shooting of the day. Finish times – Includes the Handicap Thanks to Brian Wray and Mike Gruye for volunteering to help put on this race. A special thanks to Bill Meyer for race coordination, timing, and shooting corrections after the first shooting stage. 0002-0022-2008 World Masters Biathlon $2995 for competitors, $2700 for non-competing travellers.
Information Pdf Clean Sweep for McNamee and Toussaint at Youth/Junior Trials;
Ten Additional Athletes Nominated to World Championships Team With today's victories, the two athletes from the Maine Winter Sports Center completed a three-for-three sweep of the Trials' competitions. McNamee continued to dominate the Youth Women's category, with another significant margin of victory (1:27) over second place Addie Byrne (Bovey, MN). In the Sprint and Pursuit Format competitions, McNamee won by 58.1 seconds and 2:04.7, respectively. However, In the Relay Format Mass Start (sprint using extra rounds as in a relay) today, Byrne left the shooting range with no penalties while McNamee had one. 'Both the Youth and Junior women shot better than the Junior Men today, with all of the top women either clean or with one penalty. It was windy (gusts up to 20 mph) and they handled it better,' stated Junior National Coach Vladimir Cervenka. Two MWSC athletes, each with one penalty finished behind McNamee and Byrne. Third went to Grace Boutot (Fort Kent, ME), 1:54 back while Kaitlyn Bernard (Fort Kent, ME) finished fourth, 2:34 back. Toussaint won her third competition by a much smaller margin than McNamee. In the two previous competitions, Brynden Manbeck (Grand Rapids, MN), still feeling the effects of a hamstring injury, was well behind Toussaint. Today, the two ended up in a heated battle as both shot clean, with Toussaint winning by just three seconds, 21:28 to 21:31. Cervenka added, 'When you put these two women with (pre-qualified) Laura Spector (Lenox, MA), we will have a very good Junior Women's team.' As Cervenka noted, the Junior Men struggled a bit on the shooting range. Wynn Roberts (Battle Lake, MN) came back from his seven-penalty day yesterday to claim his second win of the weekend over Mark Johnson (Grand Rapids, MN). Roberts had one penalty to Johnson's two, to win by 57 seconds, 21:46 to 22:43. Russell Currier (Stockholm, ME) matched Johnson's two penalties, but finished 34 seconds behind the Minnesotan in third place. Newt Rogers (Fort Kent, ME) with three penalties finished 2:11 behind Roberts. The Youth Men's category saw another new face on top of the podium. Raleigh Goessling (Duluth, MN) shot clean as did yesterday's Pursuit Format champion Ethan Dreissigacker (Burlington, VT), but claimed a 22:38 to 23:06 victory. Third went to Michael Gibson of the Ethan Allen Biathlon Club, with two penalties, 2:18 back, while Preston Butler, with one penalty was fourth, 2:40 back. Leif Nordgren (Marine-on-St. Croix, MN) the winner of the Friday's Sprint competition and a pre-qualifier for the World Junior Championships was happy just to race. After having the flu earlier in the week, Nordgren realized just minutes before his start time that his firing pin was broken. Coach Cervenka scrambled to get a rifle for Nordgren (borrowed from Addie Byrne), loaded the magazines, and sent him on his way. Unfortunately, by the time Nordgren started, two precious minutes had elapsed, which left him buried in eighth place at the finish. 'I told him he did not have to race when we found out the firing pin was broken,' Cervenka said, 'but he wanted to do it. It was a good learning experience.' In addition to the three pre-qualified athletes (Nordgren, Roberts, and Spector), ten athletes received nominations to compete for the US Biathlon Team at the Youth and Junior Biathlon World championships in Ruhpolding, Germany January 26-February 2. Nominated to the team are: Ethan Dreissigacker, Raleigh Goessling, and Preston Butler in the Youth Men's category; Hilary McNamee, Addie Byrne, and Grace Boutot in the Youth Women's category; Mark Johnson and Russell Currier in the Junior Men's category, and Meagan Toussaint and Brynden Manbeck in the Junior Women's Category. results spreadsheet McNamee and Toussaint Two-for-Two at Youth/Junior Trials The two women form the Maine Winter Sports Center won the Youth and Junior categories. They were the only repeat winners today, as both Leif Nordgren (Marine-on'St. Croix, MN) in the Youth Men and Wynn Roberts (Battle Lake, MN) in the Junior Men were edged out of first place by small margins. With their victories today, McNamee and Toussaint, along with Mark Johnson (Grand Rapids, MN) in the Junior Men's category have now locked up positions on the Junior World Championships squad. Roberts, Nordgren, and Laura Spector (Lenox, MA) pre-qualified for the Championships. Meagan Toussaint had the best performance of the day in the Junior Women's 10K, with only two penalties, one in each of the two final standing stages. Her winning time of 38:52 put her 4:21 ahead of second place finisher, Brynden Manbeck (Grand Rapids, MN). Manbeck who is recovering from a hamstring injury had ten penalties. Third place went to Ellen Anderson (Grand Rapids, MN) with six penalties, 7:20 back. Toussaint's teammate, Hilary McNamee was equally convincing in her win over Addie Byrne (Bovey, MN) in the Youth Women 7.5K, scoring a 31:40 to 33:45 victory. McNamee had five penalties to Byrne's six. Third went to Grace Boutot (Fort Kent, ME) also with six penalties, 3:48 back, while Jessica Caron (Fort Kent, ME), with four penalties was a mere 10 seconds behind Boutot. With familiar winners in the women's categories, different athletes from yesterday stood on top of the awards podium today in the two men's categories. Mark Johnson who earned his fifth consecutive trip to the World Championships bested Wynn Roberts 39:04 to 39:14 today. Solid shooting fueled Johnson's victory, as he had only four penalties to Roberts' seven. Coach Vladimir Cervenka commented, 'Yesterday was Mark's first biathlon competition of the year. He is in college fulltime back east now. But he raced very smart today and was cautious on the shooting range.' Three extra penalties pushed Roberts into second place, despite having a faster ski time than Johnson. Third today went to Newt Rogers (Fort Kent, ME), with eight penalties, 2:06 back, while Travis Mann-Gow (Burlington, VT), with five penalties was an additional 20 seconds behind Rogers. After a disastrous day in the sprint competition yesterday, Ethan Dreissigacker who competes for the Ethan Allen Biathlon Club in Jericho, VT, won the Youth Men's 10K today. Dreissigacker yesterday cross-fired and missed some penalty loops resulting in six minutes of time added to his finish, pushing him down to 14th place. He made up for that today with only three penalties to gain an 18-second margin of victory over Leif Nordgren. Nordgren, battling flu symptoms all week, had seven penalties. Third and fourth places went to Preston Butler and Raleigh Goessling (Duluth, MN), each with nine penalties, 2:25, and 2:34 back, respectively. Although there were some changes at the top of the results list today, Coach Cervenka was again pleased with the performances in general. 'Today was a little bit harder than yesterday for some athletes. The wind was shifting on the shooting range and some athletes had problems adjusting. Still, Meagan, Ethan, Hilary, and Mark all had good performances in these conditions.' Competitions conclude with the Relay Format Sprint and Team announcement tomorrow. results spreadsheet Roberts Buries Field at Youth/Junior Trials Roberts, a pre-qualifier for the 2008 Youth and Junior Biathlon World Championships, next month today reconfirmed his status as the top US junior biathlete. He and second place finisher Mark Johnson (Grand Rapids, MN) each had a single prone penalty, but Roberts’ 29:29 time left Johnson 1:04 behind. National Junior Coach Vladimir Cervenka summed up Roberts’ performance, “No one can touch Wynn right now. He is skiing much faster than all of the other boys.” Third went to Russell Currier (Stockholm, ME) of the Maine Winter Sports Center, 1:22 back with four penalties. MWSC Coach Gary Colliander commented, “Russell is coming back from some sickness earlier in the month and is just getting back some of his ski speed.” Fourth in the junior division went to another MWSC athlete, Newt Rogers (Fort Kent, ME) 2:30 back with five penalties. MWSC
athlete Meagan Toussaint (Madawaska, ME) topped local favorite Brynden
Manbeck (Grand Rapids, MN) of Mount Itasca Biathlon in a close battle for
the Junior Women’s Sprint title. Both had three penalties, with Toussaint winning
in 27:11, 24 seconds ahead of Manbeck. The Youth Women’s 6K was one of the closest competitions of the day, with the top three all recording three penalties and just 44 seconds separating second from fourth places. MWSC’s Hilary McNamee (Fort Fairfield, ME) won the division in 23:03 over Addie Byrne (Bovey, MN), 58 seconds back. Grace Boutot (Fort Kent, ME) finished just 31 seconds behind Byrne while fourth went to Sarah Tegeler (Alaska), with four penalties, another 13 seconds back. Coach Cervenka was pleased with the first day of competition. “The conditions today were fair for everyone, with no wind and about 15 degrees Fahrenheit. The courses here are tough, but everyone did a good job. I thought the shooting overall was very good, so that is encouraging.” results spreadsheet USBA Memberships
Due Mt Itasca to Host 2008 North American
Biathlon Championships The Mt.Itasca Winter Sports complex features a 3.3 km man made snow loop and 30 point biathlon range, as well as additional xc ski trails, an alpine ski hill, and a ski jumping facility. Mt Itasca has become a regular stop on the USSA XC Super Tour and North American Biathlon Cup circuit thanks to its challenging terrain, a fantastic stadium, and snowmaking capability. Many of the U.S. Junior National team athletes train year round at Mt. Itasca under Coach Vladimir Cervneka. Coleraine and nearby Grand Rapids, are located 3.5 hours north west of the Twin Cities and 75 minutes west of Duluth. The race invitation and registration forms will be posted
here soon! USBA Masters Nationals Twin Cities Biathlon Membership
2007-2008 Membership Form We need to buy at least one target, a number of new ropes, and a bunch of other stuff (like used rifles) so the money is truly needed. If you didn't pay last year and can afford to add something to your $150 check this year, it would be greatly appreciated. On another note, we have started a junior training program
at Elk River from 8 – 10 AM on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.
I am doing my own shooting workout from 10 – 11 AM on Tuesday mornings
after coaching. If you want to join me, give me a call or an e-mail. |
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