US Nationals and Citizens Race on Saturday

Louisa and Amy on the podium
Chester and Jackson
Tim tired after his race
Juan skiing
Henry skiing
Kellan battling it out with little brother Ethan
Sophia
Greta shooting
Sam shooting
Louisa shooting
Sam in the pursuit race with Sean close behind him
The cheering crew!
Sarah
Katrina, Olivia, and Carrie on the podium
Sophia on the podium
Henry and Mary Becker
Bjorn
Tom and Tara
Braden

Saturday morning were the pursuit races. The club split up into groups again, and fore-ran the courses. Sam Humphries competed in the Youth Men's division, and skied five 2K loops. He shot two times prone and two times standing. Sam finished 8th. In the afternoon there were the citizens races. We had one skier, Sophia Laukli, compete in the Moose division with air rifles, and finished second. She looked fantastic! We also had club members in the youth air rifle race, youth .22 race, and adults .22 race. Everyone had an awesome time and did very well. For girl's air rifles, Olivia Conrad won, followed by Carrie Adams and Katrina Laukli. Juan Mesones came third for the boys. For .22's Chester Jacobs won, followed by Tom Sullivan and Jackson Hall. For girls, Tara Humphries came third. Amy Laukli came second for women, and Louisa Moore came third. Everyone tried their best, and performed very well. For dinner, some stayed in the cabins and some went to the banquet at UMFK. At the banquet SMBC kids all got posters signed by biathlete idol Russell Currier. It was another great day, and everyone got lots of sun.

Fort Kent (Friday)

Braden, Henry, Tim, and Mitchell eating dinner
JB
Mitchell shooting
Alex shooting
Chester and Jackson
Carrie watching shooting
Tiki using the scope
Olivia and Alex
Ethan
Kellan shooting
Caitlyn and Sarah on the range
Sam shooting
Amy shooting
Mike Hanes
MWSC coach Gary Colliander and Ian Moore

Friday morning we headed up to the Tenth mountain center. We did lots of free-skiing and practice shooting. It was a beautiful day, and everyone had a blast. We went back to the cabins for lunch, and headed over to Madawaska for the afternoon to ski. Everyone came home with rosie cheeks and a smile on their face.

US Nationals in Fort Kent (Thursday)

Jackson and Chester on the podium
Olivia and Alex
Mike and JB
Mrs. Becker
Tom pretty hyped up at dinner
Mike at dinner
Chester going up a hill
Tim in the big snow hole he made
Jackson in the sprint
Sam climbing a big hill
the range
Sam and two buddies from Minnesota
Chester and Jackson before their race

We arrived in Fort Kent late Wednesday night, and awoke early Thursday morning to breakfast in the "man-cave". Once we got to the Tenth Mountain Center, the club split up into groups and fore-ran the different courses. Thursday was the sprint race. Sam Humphries raced in the Youth Men's division, and finished 6th. He skied three 2.5 K loops, and shot one time prone and one time standing. Jackson Hall and Chester Jacobs raced in the Senior Boys division. Jackson finished first, and Chester finished second. They were supposed to ski three 2K loops, but instead skied three 2.5 k loops, making the race 7.5 K instead of 6. Oops! They shot once prone and once standing as well. It was their first real biathlon. Congratulations Sam, Chester, and Jackson! Thursday evening we had a big group dinner in one of the cabins. Everyone was riled up and excited from a great day in the sun.

Shooting

chester
Tom
Tom
Jackson