The Ethan Allen Biathlon Club will be hosting the 2011 United States
Biathlon Association (USBA) Youth/Junior World Team Trials and the
USBA/Biathlon Canada North American Cup #2 at the Ethan Allen Firing
Range in Jericho, Vermont on December 27th to 30th, 2010. Results of
the Youth/Junior World Team Trials will determine the athletes that
will be selected to compete and represent the United States in the
Youth/Junior World Championships in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic,
January 27th through February 6th, 2011.
The Ethan Allen biathlon facilities were originally built to be a
state of the art facility and remain one of the top biathlon centers
in the United States. The facilities include a 30 point range, more
than 18 kilometers of established trails, snow making, waxing huts, 6
kilometers of paved and lighted roller skiing a large meeting building
as well as toilet facilities, showers, and a kitchen, and a separate
building at the finish line dedicated to timing operations. The range
is located approximately 30 minutes from Burlington, Vermont, a
beautiful city with a population of approximately 39,000 situated on
the shore of Lake Champlain and the edge of the Green Mountains. The
area is easily accessed by Burlington International Airport with
regular connections to major airline hubs and can be reached from most
of the Northeast by interstate highways.
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For more information see the EABC club website
http://www.eabiathlon.org/ or contact John Madigan, EABC Director
(802) 373-5777, or Karen Clark, Race Secretary (802) 899-5075 or email
eabiathlon@gmail.org.
Ben Theyerl
Ben Theyerl was born into a family now three-generations into nordic ski racing in the US. He grew up skiing for Chippewa Valley Nordic in his native Eau Claire, Wisconsin, before spending four years racing for Colby College in Maine. He currently mixes writing and skiing while based out of Crested Butte, CO, where he coaches the best group of high schoolers one could hope to find.
