Good Morning!
Here is the Invitation to the Midwest Regional Biathlon Races to be held at Mt Itasca on the 30th and 31st of Jan.
Please note the ‘same wax policy’ with the wax to be provided by the Organizers. It will be available on Friday pm or Saturday am early. Then on Saturday PM the coaches will wax one pair of skis for each athlete for the Sunday race.
Please let me know if you plan to attend so we can better organize the race as needed by numbers.
Thanks
Bill Meyer, Coach
https://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=231258
https://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=231341
Hi Everyone, here are the race results for the races at Blackhawk this weekend. “Good Job!” to all who participated!
The distances are not correct—but all in each class raced the same course for that class. Conditions yesterday were tough at 35F with a lot of sloppy new snow. Today was much improved with 28F and just a touch of snow coming down.. Great grooming and really good race organization!!
Below please find the Invitation to the first Midwest Regional Race to be held at the Blackhawk Ski Area near Madison WI on the 16th and 17th of Jan, 2021. Signup information is below and please note: You must sign up online!
I really hope we can get a good turnout from MN. The results from these races will be sent in to USBA for consideration along with other results from Dec and Jan as to selection for the US Team to the Youth and Junior World Championships.
Hope you can make it!!
Bill Meyer, Coach
On Saturday and Sunday, January 16th & 17th, Blackhawk Ski Club will host the second set of WI Biathlon races of the 2020/2021 season! These will be USBA Midwest Regional Open Biathlon races for USBA safety certified athletes.
Note that you must register for these races online prior to Noon on Friday, January 15th. Due to COVID-19 restrictions and other practical issues, there will be no same-day registration. All Open race participants are required to supply their own rifle and ammunition unless you make prior arrangements with one of the race organizers.
No fees will be collected online during the registration process so we have no concerns if you register for the race but are unable to attend the race for whatever reason. Please register online immediately if you have even the slightest thought of racing!
Note four important points:
Important: For the OPEN races, athletes 15 and over (calculated on 31 Dec 2020) must select the 10K “Distance” (7.5K for females entering the Saturday Sprint race) of the race when registering online with Webscorer and athletes 14 and under must select the 2.5K (Saturday) and/or 4K (Sunday) “Distance”.
Register for the Saturday Open races at the Webscorer link below.
Blackhawk 2.5K, 7.5K, 10K Interval Start Biathlon | Event registration | Webscorer
Register for the Sunday Open races at the Webscorer link below.
Blackhawk 4K, 10K Interval Start Biathlon | Event registration | Webscorer
For Open racers, the USBA membership number entry is optional in Webscorer, please enter your membership number if you are a Competitor level USBA member. If you are not a USBA member, arrange your USBA Member-for-a-Day purchase in advance of race day. Annual USBA memberships expire in October every year so be sure to renew your membership for this season, if necessary.
Biathlon liability insurance is provided by the USBA for race participants so USBA membership is mandatory on race day.
The links to USBA membership options are on the Webscorer registration page.
When you complete your online Webscorer registration, it is important to email the registration to yourself as proof that you are registered properly in case of last minute IT issues with the Webscorer web site.
Important: After registering on Webscorer, scroll down the Webscorer page to verify that your registration was accepted by Webscorer (and to access the “email to self” option).
Bib exchange and race fee payment will take place at the Biathlon Range Shelter according to the times posted in Webscorer. Here are the materials that are required for the bib exchange on race day:
Volunteers are needed to facilitate the running and scoring of the race.
I look forward to seeing you at Blackhawk!
Best regards,
Mike Larsen
WI Biathlon
Proposed weekend schedule from Mark Torresani
After receiving comments the below race format and schedule is proposed. I will work with Mike Larsen to get the sign up for races live on Webscorer. All races will be in a time trial fashion due to Covd restrictions with approximately 30 seconds between racers at the start.
Saturday January 16th
10:00 AM Set up and Registration [payment!] See note above!! Must sign up online!
11:00 Sight in U15, U19, U22
12:00: Sprint U19 and U22, 7.5K Women, 10K Men, PS
1:00, Sprint U15, 2.5K, 75M penalty lap PP (first prone shooting on standing target)
1:30 Masters, Seniors: site in/zero
2:15: Masters, Seniors, 10K PS
4:00 4K 4 person “fun” relay, PPSS (two skiers shoot prone, two skiers shoot standing, with 3 extra rounds for misses for all racers) 30 second penalty for missed targets. Battle for Paul Bunyan’s Rifle?
Sunday January 17th
8:00 AM Set up and Registration
9:00 Sight in U15, U19 ,U22
10:00 U19 & U22, 10 K PPSS
11:00 U15, 4K PPPP, 75M penalty (two prone on standing targets and two prone on prone targets)
12:00, Seniors, Masters Site in/zero
12:45 Seniors, Masters 10K PPSS
2:00 Awards
Good Evening Everyone!
Below is an email from Sara Studebaker at USBA regarding the list of candidates for the US Youth and Junior World Championships.
I believe it is self explanatory , but if you have any questions please get in touch with me. If you are not on the list and wish to be, also get in touch with me.
Bill Meyer, Coach
MNBiathlon
Dear Coaches,
As you know, Youth and Junior World Championship Trials have been cancelled and a discretionary selection process has been set forth and approved (more info here, if you missed it). The initial list of athletes for consideration to the Youth/Junior World Championships Team has been posted. If you have athletes that should be on this list and are not, please email Tim Burke (tburke@usbiathlon.org). Additions and changes to the list must be received by Jan. 23 at 11pm ET.
Please note that ALL ATHLETES ON THE LIST, including those added now, must fill out the form agreeing to the USBA Covid Travel policies. The form can be found at the link below. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Tim, Danika or me.
https://www.teamusa.org/US-Biathlon/News/2021/January/11/YJWCH2021-consideration-list
Thank you,
Sara
—
Sara Studebaker-Hall
U.S. Biathlon
Director of Operations
208-340-5489
| Time trials 10 Jan 21 at Elk River – Natural snow- +25F B skls 9.1 km course | ||||||||
| NAME | Club | P | P | S | S | TOTAL | FINISH TIME | Class |
| Men | 9.1km | |||||||
| Drew Sampson | TC | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 35:35.0 | YM |
| Matthew Broderson | TC | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 36:38.0 | <17 |
| Eric Anderson | Bluff | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 45:05.0 | <15 |
| Carson Peterson | TC | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 45:31.0 | <15M |
| Noah Besemann | TC | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 46:13.0 | <17 |
| Women | 9.1 km | |||||||
| Kaisa Bosek | Wolf | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 37:35.0 | YW |
| Audrey Lahammer | Bluff | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 40:29.0 | <17 |
| Evelyn Hudrlik | TC | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 40:44.0 | <17 |
| Saylor Landrum | TC | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 41:04.0 | <17 |
| Lauren Huber | Wolf | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 49:27.0 | <17 |
| Selah Binsfeld | TC | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 53:51.0 | <15 |
Due to the last Covid rules which curtail competitions per se until the 14th of Jan, MN Cup #2 as rescheduled is now cancelled. Our planning has gotten short range by necessity, and for that I apologize—but we do have a couple of events that should be ok and should happen!!
This coming Sunday—Elk River- we will have a time trial course set up where you can come, zero yourself and time yourself. It will use the normal winter course Pursuit format so PPSS and a 5 lap total of 9.1km of skiing plus penalty loops.
To accommodate both zeroing and time trialing we will need to do this by 10 maximum wave appointments with me. 9:30 or 11:00. Please sign up shortly. If we run out of slots [10 x 2], I will open up another time slot in the early afternoon We will need to zero quickly so be there on time and ready to go. I anticipate no more than 15 min to zero. Once we switch to metal, all zeroing will be done for that wave. Watch your email, as I might move you or your group to anther time slot.
The 23rd/24th weekend is not yet determined—we may do more time trials at Elk River
and the 30th/31st will be Regional races at Mt Itasca, with an announcement/invitation coming out shortly.
I am anticipating at least two events in Feb, another Regional event in March along with Nationals in West Yellowstone.
I did note this past weekend that quite a few of our Biathletes participated in the JNQ races in Houghton MI with some really spectacular results!! Training pays!!
Enjoy the Journey!
Bill Meyer, Coach
This week is the 1st week of the 10th month of the training/competition year. I know some of you are starting late in the year—but please recognize we are starting to reduce our volume and increase the intensity now that we are approaching the main competition part of the year. Our main training volume is done in the spring/ summer/ fall.
That said, and with Covid and the MN Rules still on us, here is the planned schedule coming up in January:
10th—a MN Cup event [you guys are all welcome!] Mt Itasca
16th/17th- Regional races at Blackhawk in Madison WI—
30/31st- Regional races at Mt Itasca
As the season progresses we will get out a schedule for Feb and March! We often have a final race in late March and Nationals in West Yellowstone are scheduled for 24th-28th of March.
So the plan for the week is to get out on skis—drive if need be—but get in snow time!!
a] easy distance b] technique c] specific strength d] some long TH intervals and e] some short 1 k’s at just above your per km race pace. Ski every day if you can. We are starting to get enough snow here to ski on. The goals for our 500 hr hypothetical Jr are 290 min BE; 21 min DE; 32 min TH; 64 min RP and 21 min strength= 429 min total.
If you can get up to Mt Itasca—go for it. The manmade 1.5km is really nice and they are getting just about enough snow so you can ski the whole trail system. Race skis on the 1.5, B skis with care on the rest.
So enjoy the Journey! Get on snow, and watch the daylight get longer! Today is the shortest day of the year and the beginning of Winter!
Happy Holidays!
Bill Meyer, Coach
MNBiathlon