Photos from Thursday’s Race
https://photo.wrocket.org/2021/july_elk_river_biathlon/
Thanks again for coming to our race! See you again in August.
-Brian Wray
Photos from Thursday’s Race
https://photo.wrocket.org/2021/july_elk_river_biathlon/
Thanks again for coming to our race! See you again in August.
-Brian Wray
Sponsored by Minnesota Biathlon and Twin Cities Biathlon
Thursday, July 22nd, 2021
RESULTS: Jesper Rud shot prone twice per Norwegian rules—otherwise results stand as done by Brian Wray! Thanks to Brian for those, and to Lynda and the Bouley family for our evening meal!! Very nice finish to a good evening!!
Elk River Rollerski Biathlon | |||||||||
8.6km – Interval Start | |||||||||
Overall / Class | Name | Category | Start | Finish | Overall | Back | P | S | Total |
1 / 1 | Alex Vanias | SM | 2:30 | 30:34 | 28:04 | 00:00 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
2 / 1 | Bill Bowler | MM | 2:00 | 30:44 | 28:44 | 00:40 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
3 / 1 | Cheresa Bouley | JW | 3:00 | 32:53 | 29:53 | 01:49 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
4 / 1 | Ben Fena | U17M | 1:00 | 31:42 | 30:42 | 02:38 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
5 / 2 | Gregg Pattison | MM | 3:30 | 36:14 | 32:44 | 04:40 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
6 / 1 | Devin Klatt | YM | 4:00 | 42:20 | 38:20 | 10:16 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
7 / 2 | Owen Fischer | U17M | 1:30 | 47:19 | 45:49 | 17:45 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
6.6km – Interval Start | |||||||||
Overall / Class | Name | Category | Start | Finish | Overall | Back | P | S | Total |
1 / 1 | Kaisa Bosek | YW | 7:00 | 32:40 | 25:40 | 00:00 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2 / 1 | Jesper Rud | U15M | 8:00 | 33:45 | 25:45 | 00:05 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
3 / 1 | Alexandria Rud | U17W | 7:30 | 33:32 | 26:02 | 00:22 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
4 / 2 | Saylor Landrum | U17W | 5:00 | 31:04 | 26:04 | 00:24 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
5 / 3 | Sanny Gangi | U17W | 8:30 | 35:36 | 27:06 | 01:26 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
6 / 4 | Evelyn Hudrlik | U17W | 6:00 | 33:51 | 27:51 | 02:11 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
7 / 2 | Jack Cashman | U15M | 6:30 | 34:32 | 28:02 | 02:22 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
8 / 5 | Ella Karkela | U17W | 5:30 | 34:53 | 29:23 | 03:43 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
9 / 6 | Lauren Huber | U17W | 9:00 | 39:59 | 30:59 | 05:19 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Online signup: https://forms.gle/nLMvz4avuKrx4FNw6
Sprint Format
30 second start interval
3 skiing loops, 2 shooting stages, P/S
Junior/Senior Men – 10.6km
U17 Men, Junior/Senior Women, Masters – 8.6km
All Others – 6.6km
Registration @ 4:30 PM
Please have your paperwork filled out beforehand or sign up online.
Zero @ 5:00 PM
Race Start @ 5:45 PM
$10 / racer
Cash or check made out to Minnesota Biathlon.
Racing?
Contact Bill Meyer at wmeyer@nisswa.net, or sign-up online (save some paper!) at https://forms.gle/nLMvz4avuKrx4FNw6
Interested in volunteering, or have other questions?
Contact Brian at brian@minnesotabiathlon.com or 651-366-2952
The photos — also from Brian Wray — from Sunday’s race can be found here: https://photo.wrocket.org/2021/june_elk_river_biathlon/
Results, thanks to Brian Wray
The photos — also from Brian Wray — from Sunday’s race can be found here: https://photo.wrocket.org/2021/june_elk_river_biathlon/
Elk River Rollerski Biathlon | ||||||||||
9.3km – Interval Start | ||||||||||
Overall / Class | Name | Category | Club | Finish | Back | P | P | S | S | Total |
1 / 1 | Jake Ellingson | SM | National Guard | 31:48 | 00:00 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
2 / 1 | Matej Cervenka | YM | Mount Itasca | 32:05 | 00:17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
3 / 1 | Cheresa Bouley | JW | Twin Cities | 35:13 | 03:25 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
4 / 2 | Alex Vanias | SM | Wisconsin Biathlon | 35:35 | 03:47 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
5 / 2 | Matthew Broderson | YM | Twin Cities | 35:38 | 03:50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
6 / 1 | Hunter Zupko | JM | National Guard | 38:03 | 06:15 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
7 / 1 | Derek Lindberg | MM | National Guard | 39:17 | 07:29 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
8 / 2 | Kaisa Bosek | JW | Wolfpack | 39:50 | 08:02 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
9 / 1 | Eric Anderson | U17M | Bluff Nordic | 40:29 | 08:41 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
10 / 1 | Saylor Landrum | YW | Twin Cities | 43:12 | 11:24 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
11 / 2 | Evelyn Hudrlik | YW | Twin Cities | 43:26 | 11:38 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
12 / 1 | Ella Karkela | U17W | Mount Itasca | 45:43 | 13:55 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
13 / 3 | Ryan Houseman | YM | Twin Cities | 47:07 | 15:19 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
14 / 3 | Lauren Huber | YW | Wolfpack | 48:15 | 16:27 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
15 / 4 | Maeve Lindsay | YW | Twin Cities | 53:03 | 21:15 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
16 / 1 | Emily Broderson | MW | Twin Cities | 55:01 | 23:13 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
17 / 2 | Keith Kranz | MM | Twin Cities | 55:45 | 23:57 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
18 / 4 | Owen Fischer | YM | Duluth | 56:40 | 24:52 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
Coming up on the 27th of June will be a daylong program at the Woodland Trails and Range at Elk River. In the morning, we will have a practice working on shooting skills and roller ski technique, and in the pm—the first Rollerski Biathlon Race of the season!! See the above Invitation for the race!
The program for the morning practice is as follows:
9:00 Meet at the range
9:00-10:30 shooting accuracy, rifle handling, and range procedure
10:30-12:00 – ski technique on roller skis
12:00 to 1:30 lunch on your own and race registration at 12:30
1:30 zero for the race
2:15 race start
Who: The practice is open to all who have experience with biathlon and have a rifle of their own or leased. It will be limited in the first opening round to a max of 10 participants. If more are interested, then we may open it up to as many as 10 more and split the training.
Contact: If you are interested in either the practice or the race, please contact me asap.
Cost: There will be no cost for the practice—Race entry is $10.
Another step in the Journey!
Bill Meyer, Coach
Please note this camp is now full.
Please consider this to be the invitation to the two daycamps at Elk River, the 8th and 9th of May. Cost will be $10 per day.
We have invited 5 newcomers to the camp—and hope to have their rifle fitting done starting at 8:00.
The camp for experienced athletes will start at 9:00 on both days. and run until approximately 4:30.
You can sign up for both days—preferred- or one day. We have only 15 open slots each day. The preferences will be to allot those to Youth and Junior athletes first and only those with their own or leased rifles. A very limited amount of ammo will be available in 500 rd cans for $42.50 per can—limited to one per athlete. {and expected to last into mid summer minimum!!} Only Youth and Juniors will be eligible for ammo purchase. If anyone finds a retail source for target ammo—[not high velocity or hollowpoint] please let me know. CCI has been problematic in our rifles.
You should bring your training clothes, ski boots, roller skis—preferably skate roller skis-, poles with road tips, running shoes, short poles for hill bounding, water, lunch and etc. If you feel unsure on roller skis you might want knee and elbow pads also. Helmets are mandatory when skiing!! Gloves are recommended!!
Be sure to check the weather and bring appropriate clothing. Shorts and tees are not appropriate for 40 deg rainy days!! If you bring gloves, be sure they are like ski gloves that you would wear in competition so you can feel the trigger. And beware you can’t shoot in bulky jackets or even warmup jackets with loose sleeves. Ditto with sweatshirts—they don’t work. Vests are good, or snug sleeves.. Race tops are the best.
The goals of the camp are:
The plan:
This will be repeated Sat pm and Sun morning. Sun pm to be announced
So please sign up asap if you are interested! We are lining up coaches and range help as we plan out the weekend.
Three more notes:
A] there will also be a camp at Mt Itasca for those interested the following weekend. I will forward that invitation when it comes in. That is optional. No food or camping/housing will be provided.
B] Many of you have received log forms for the coming training year. These do not fill themselves out!! Get in the habit of making a daily entry!! And for those who have not shared, you can share it with me and your coach by saving the log to google sheets and sharing it. If to me, please use wmeyer1041@gmail.com.. Otherwise I need to get your permission.
C] Last but not least by any means: Covid vaccinations are available for those 16 yrs and up. Please get it done!! MN is currently at about 40% with their first shot—but in the 20’s % done and probably fewer who have waited out the 14 days after the second shot or the Johnson shot. It has been indicated that the state needs 70% completely done to achieve herd immunity. If we don’t get there shortly, I fear the mutations will override the vaccines and we will be right back to last year again!!
So masks and distancing will be required at the camps unless you are shooting or on skis. That applies to all parents and coaches also. We need to drop the mask a little to scope [or they fog up] but otherwise lets all be compliant!!
The Journey begins again!!
Bill Meyer, Coach
April-Dec 2021
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Note: Dates and events subject to change based on weather, availability and condition of venues and Covid restrictions. Full winter race schedule for MN and WI will be added at a later date.