RESULTS:
Women: http://www.nensa.net/sched&result/2005/women_3_23.htm
Men: http://www.nensa.net/sched&result/2005/men_3_23.htm
David Chamberlain (Bethel, ME) arrived at Portland Jetport yesterday afternoon after spending the last six weeks competing at World Championships in Germany, then World Cup events in Scandinavia. Twenty-four hours later he was putting on a show at the one kilometer track laid out by the City of Portland…
and groomed by Coastal Nordic Ski Club at Deering Oaks Park in Portland. Chamberlain finished second in qualifying, but left nothing to chance in both of his heats and cruised to victory over number one qualifier and US Biathlon Team member Tim Burke in the final.
Ida Sargent (Burke, VT) is also a veteran of European competition having traveled with the US Team to the J1 Scandinavian Cup in February. In March, she led the New England junior team as it defended its title in the Junior Olympics in Truckee, California. At Junior Olympics, Sargent was the fastest J1 qualifier for the sprints so she was certainly a favorite in this event. In the semi-final round, Sargent was surprised by UNH’s Sarah Walker who took the victory. Sargent got her revenge in the final where she out-skied Walker and the other challengers, Margaret Maher of Rutland, VT and Katrina Howe of Gilford, NH and Gunstock Nordic.