a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mrH2aLzeZss/Sy7q4fJ5YJI/AAAAAAAAAlg/eR8EM6dbhsg/s1600-h/Tracy_Pu.JPG"img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 129px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mrH2aLzeZss/Sy7q4fJ5YJI/AAAAAAAAAlg/eR8EM6dbhsg/s200/Tracy_Pu.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417525657929867410" //abr /Coleraine, Minnesota Walt Shepard and Tracy Colliander used strong shooting to take the Pursuit competition in day #4 of the Olympic Team Trials Section series. With the pressure heating up for the four slots going on to the final round of Olympic trials, both Shepard and Colliander showed the poise in the shooting range that has won them numerous National Championships. emPhoto:/em Tracy Collianderbr /br /Shepard beat Leif Nordgren by 5 seconds, hitting 19 of 20 shots and continues to lead the competition in shooting percentage, hitting 88% of his shots over the first four days of competition. Russell Currier was showed improvement posting a 6th place finish. Bill Bowler hit 15 of 20 to finish 9th.br /br /In the Women's race, MWSC alum, Tracy Colliander also hit 19 of 20 shots to run away with the race, winning by 1 minute 21.6 seconds. Caribou's BethAnn Chamberlain hit 14of 20 targets and posted one of the top ski splits to place 6th. Both Shepard and Colliander lead the overall standings after 4 races (with each competitor throwing out their worst result). emBelow:/em BethAnnbr /br /a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mrH2aLzeZss/Sy7q3UBHljI/AAAAAAAAAlI/onvBBhy2PSo/s1600-h/BethAnn_Pu.JPG"img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 152px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mrH2aLzeZss/Sy7q3UBHljI/AAAAAAAAAlI/onvBBhy2PSo/s200/BethAnn_Pu.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417525637760390706" //abr /br /In the Jr. Women's Race Grace Boutot hit 15 of 20 on her way to the win. Addie Byrne placed 2nd with 4 misses; Hilary McNamee placed 4th with 5 penalties. Andrea Mayo placed 3rd in the Youth Women's Race with 11 of 20 shooting.br /br /In the Youth Men's Race Eliot Neal struggled in the range hitting just 50% of his targets to place 9th. Sam Humphries followed Neal placing 10th with 8 penalties. emBelow:/em Hilary and Gracebr /br /a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mrH2aLzeZss/Sy7q4Br3HpI/AAAAAAAAAlY/YOuu8CmrtdI/s1600-h/Hilary_Pu.JPG"img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mrH2aLzeZss/Sy7q4Br3HpI/AAAAAAAAAlY/YOuu8CmrtdI/s200/Hilary_Pu.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417525650019262098" //abr /br /a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mrH2aLzeZss/Sy7q3n72aQI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/5ChJu24Z9AQ/s1600-h/Grace_Pu.JPG"img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 137px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mrH2aLzeZss/Sy7q3n72aQI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/5ChJu24Z9AQ/s200/Grace_Pu.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417525643107002626" //adiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6813061107698506856-9110620098946435181?l=mwscbiathlon.blogspot.com' alt='' //div