Elk River Summer Race #2: Results

9.3km

OverallCategory PlaceCategoryRacerStartFinishOverall TimeBackPPSSTotal
11YMSergei Viskovatykh1:0533:38132:33+0:00422311
21U17MCaleb Gilbertson1:0036:11235:11+2:38324211
31SMHenry Fischer1:1037:2336:13+3:40323311
42U17MMason Ellingson1:1539:1838:03+5:3022127
52SMTravis Walbon1:2045:2444:04+11:3122419
63U17MAdam Peterson1:2547:4646:21+13:48333514

1 Includes a 2x20s time bonus for excessive penalties skied due to malfunctioning target in first shooting.

2 Includes a 2-minute penalty for cross-firing.

8.2km

OverallCategory PlaceCategoryRacerStartFinishOverall TimeBackPPSSTotal
11U15MCarson Gilbertson1:3534:0332:28+0:00422412
21JWSaylor Landrum1:5039:3637:46+5:1812238
31YWIrina Viskovatykh1:5539:5237:57+5:2922329
42U15MElliot Miner2:0040:3138:31+6:03343414
51MMBlake Wagoner1:3045:0243:32+11:0414027
61MWAlissa Johnson2:1045:4843:38+11:10343515
72MWRebecca Gilbertson2:2549:2046:55+14:27124310
83U15MPatrick Lammersen2:1549:1046:55+14:27544215
93MWDanielle Miner2:2050:2348:03+15:35423312

5km

OverallCategory PlaceCategoryRacerStartFinishOverall TimeBackPPSSTotal
11U15WAddie Ellingson5:5046:1240:22+0:0034018

Elk River Summer Race #2: July 12th

  • Woodland Trails Park, Elk River
  • Saturday, July 12, 2025
  • REGISTER HERE
  • Simulated Pursuit format rapid interval start roller ski biathlon race.
  • Men-9.3 km, Women-8.2 km
    Alternate distances/shooting available for younger (U15)/beginners.
  • 9:15 – Check-in at the biathlon range.
    10:00 – Zero.
    11:00 – Race start
    12:00 – Awards.
    Range open for training until around 2 pm
  • Race fee $10. Payable by cash or check on the day of the event.
  • US Biathlon Basic Rifle Safety Course REQUIRED
  • It takes many volunteers to put on our events. Please sign up to volunteer here.
    Questions? Concerns? Contact administration@minnesotabiathlon.com


Elk River Summer Race #1: June 29th

Biathlon Senior Nationals at Crosscut Nordic Center in Bozeman/Montana

Duluth coach John Gould has this report from Senior Nationals:

Minnesota Biathlon Athletes: Adelaide Bielke, Kellen Groth, Pat Lammersen, Eliza O’Cooper and Jonathan Rova participated in the Biathlon Senior Nationals at the Crosscut Nordic Center in Bozeman/Montana.

Coaches were John Gould of Duluth Biathlon and Holly Hanson of Bluff Country Biathlon. Julia Bielke, Kristin O’Cooper and Pat Lammersen Sr. served as range assistants.

The athletes participated in two days of training on Tuesday (March 25) and Wednesday (March 26) and three days of racing from Thursday, March 27 through Saturday, March 29. The race formats comprised a sprint race on the first day, a mass start race on the second day and a super sprint race on the third day. U15 athletes skied respectively 4.5, 7.5 and 4.5 km distances. U17 athletes skied respectively 6.0, 10 and 5 km distances. IBU Para Standing athletes skied a 7.5 sprint distance and were integrated into appropriate IBU age category distances for the mass start and super sprint competitions. Masters skied a 7.5 km sprint distance.

MN biathletes had to acclimatize themselves to the altitude in the mountains and deal with wet and sloppy snow. They all did very well to have completed two full days of training and 3 full days of racing.

Kellen Groth raced in the U17 division. Pat Lammersen and Eliza O’Cooper in the U15 division and Adelaide Bielke in the Standing Women Para Biathlon division. Our Master Biathlete Jonathan Rova participated only in the sprint race on the first day of competition.

Kellen won the male U17 mass start competition in a time of 34:16 and 0-1-2-4 shooting bouts. Pat Lammersen had his best day in the super sprint format finishing in a time of 34:41 with shooting bouts of 5-3-2-0. Eliza completed her Super Sprint in a time of 31:48 with shooting bouts of 0-1-0-1. Adelaide Bielke was integrated into the Youth Women Division in the Mass Start Race and finished the 10 km distance in a time of 34:00 with shooting bouts of 1-0-0-0.

Everyone enjoyed making new friendships and skiing along side of our national team athletes. As St. Scholastica students, Kelsey Dickinson and Paul Schommer both started their biathlon journey at Snowflake in Duluth. Kelsey won the Senior Women’s Mass start and Paul was second in the Senior Men’s Mass Start. Minnesotans Emma Stertz, Sam Stertz, Anna French, Jake Brown and Amanda Kautzer were all in the Senior IBU field and had solid performances.

Minnesota Cup #8 – Results

Thanks to all who came to Elk River and made the best of a low-snow winter!


Overall
Category PlaceCategoryRacerOverall TimeBackPPSSTotal
11JMJoel Bouley26:45+0:0011316
21YMJack Cashman27:20+0:3521115
31SWCheresa Bouley27:56+1:1112126
41JWSaylor Landrum32:35+5:5010113
51U17MOwen Swanson32:46+6:01413513
61YWMallory Romanesko36:03+9:1822127
71MWAlissa Johnson37:01+10:16244313
81MMBlake Johnson38:22+11:37323210
91U17WSelah Binsfeld39:10+12:25534517
101SMWEmily Broderson43:11+16:26535215