FORT KENT – Hilary McNamee saved something for the end of the women’s 5-kilometer pursuit competition in the U.S. and North American summer biathlon championships Saturday morning. Fort Fairfield’s McNamee overtook fellow Maine Winter Sports Center team member Grace Boutot of Fort Kent in the… Read More
MWSC biathletes shine in sprints Fort Kent facility has played important role in skiers’ development
FORT KENT – Maine Winter Sports Center athletes cleaned up in Saturday’s sprint races. The U.S. titles in all three men’s sprint races were claimed by competitors with a connection to the MWSC, while the top two overall senior women have skied for the MWSC… Read More
FORT KENT – At least one Aroostook County resident is excited by the coming of a second biathlon World Cup to the 10th Mountain Ski Center in 2009. Like many of the Maine Winter Sports Center team members competing at this week’s North America and… Read More
FORT KENT – One of the first Maine Winter Sports Center employees is moving on. Max Saenger, who is the center’s vice president for economic development and has been with MWSC in a variety of posts since it was founded in 1999, will head to… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – Rockland resident John Macone spent Friday at the Nordic Heritage Center during the Biathlon World Junior Championships taking a look at something he helped start. Macone was one of the people who recommended that biathlon be included in the 1960 Olympic Games in Squaw Valley,… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – Hilary McNamee and Newt Rogers received a treat late this week. Rather than skiing in Thursday’s youth-level relays of the 2006 Biathlon Junior World Championship, the two Aroostook County natives stepped up to the junior ranks Friday. McNamee skied the anchor leg… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – Fans watching the action at the Nordic Heritage Ski Center may not know it, but they have a genuine star in their midst. Hailing from what is likely the most biathlon-mad country in the world, Magdalena Neuner of Germany has been anointed the sport’s next… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – Biathlon combines cross-country skiing with target shooting. So you’d think bullets would be an important thing to remember when preparing for a race, such as the junior women’s 10-kilometer pursuit event of the 2006 Biathlon Junior World Championships held Sunday at the Nordic Heritage Ski… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – Herschel Walker has been a star football player. He’s competed in the Olympics as a bobsledder. And he’s got a black belt in tae kwon do. But picking up a biathlon rifle was a whole new experience for the 1982 Heisman Trophy… Read More
FORT KENT – Andy Shepard couldn’t have been prouder. Seven of the nine berths for the U.S. Olympic biathlon team decided last week at the 10th Mountain Ski Center went to athletes with some kind of connection to the Maine Winter Sports Center, of which… Read More
FORT KENT – The tall, bearded, bespectacled volunteer working at the U.S. Olympic biathlon trials at the 10th Mountain Ski Center might not look familiar to the athletes competing for spots on the Olympic team, but Ben Paradis is no stranger to this area. The… Read More
FORT KENT – When the U.S. Biathlon Association announced almost a year ago it was moving to Portland, biathlon officials figured the move would occur around January 2006. They got the time span about right, but the location has changed. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
FORT KENT – Junior-level standout Russell Currier was pleased to get through Friday’s 10-kilometer men’s sprint at the U.S. Olympic biathlon trials. That’s because he didn’t exactly finish Thursday’s 20K men’s individual race on a high note. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
FORT KENT – By now, even novice spectators at the Ruhrgas IBU World Cup Biathlon have figured out at least one of the sport’s descriptive phrases. The public address announcer has spent a lot of time educating the large crowds – Friday’s was the biggest… Read More
FORT KENT – Visitors to the Ruhrgas IBU World Cup Biathlon have been welcomed to a world-class facility … with a bit of Maine charm added in for good measure. Totem poles and Native American tepees have been set along the main path into the… Read More
FORT KENT – Knowledgeable biathlon-watchers will tell you that becoming a world-class athlete in the ski-and-shoot sport takes time. Even accomplished skiers can take as long as 10 years to peak after taking up biathlon. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More