US Biathlon Summer Rollerski ©

This past winter, Vermont’s own Susan Dunklee (Barton, Vt.) brought home the first women’s biathlon World Championship medal in U.S. history with a silver medal win. The Dartmouth grad is the only woman pre-qualified for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. Fellow teammate and UVM graduate Lowell Bailey (Lake Placid, N.Y.) brought home gold medal at Worlds, and is the only pre-qualified male. Both Dunklee and Bailey will be racing this weekend.

Two competitions will be held on Saturday and Sunday. The public is encouraged to attend and spectate along the paved rollerski trails and at the 30-point shooting range each day. US Biathlon Association especially recommends coming to Sunday’s “Mass Start” race, where athletes start all at once for exciting head-to-head competition.

Start times for the races are as follows:

Saturday, August 12
Sprint race start at 9:00 am EST
consisting of two shooting stages, and 30-second interval start.

Sunday, August 13
Mass Start race start at 9:00 am EST
containing four shooting stages.

The entire U.S. women and men’s biathlon teams will be competing in both races, as well as high-level development and junior athletes. Rising Vermont biathletes to watch for include national cross-country skiing champion Jennie Bender (Johnson, Vt.) and Chloe Levins (Rutland, Vt.), a two-time member of the U.S. World Junior Team and current student at Middlebury College.

For directions to the races at Camp Ethan Allen and more information about the race, view the race invitation. Races are being hosted by the Ethan Allen Biathlon Club.

For more information about U.S. Biathlon Association, visit http://www.teamusa.org/us-biathlon.