January 29, 2011 (Nove Mesto, Czech Republic) – Scott Gow, 20-years-old, led a group of young North Americans with a 16th-place finish in the Junior men 10km Sprint on Saturday won by Germany’s Tom Barth in 24:24.7, who went 1-2 as Johannes Kuhn scored the silver. France’s Ludwig Ehrhart took the final podium spot in third.

Gow, of Calgary, missed just two shots in his second trip to the range to post a time of 24 minutes, 54.8 seconds. He made the jump to Canada’s national senior development squad this year and was recently selected to carry the Alberta flag into the opening ceremonies of the 2011 Canada Winter Games, which will be held in Halifax next month.

Raileigh Goessling lead the Americans in 37th with

in 59th and Benjamin in 71st. Canada’s Vincent Blais was 56th, David Gregoire was 65th, and Aaron Neumann, of Prince George, B.C., was 81st.

In the Youth men’s 7.5km sprint Macx Davies of Canmore, Alta., also found his way into the top-20 missing just one shot to finish 19h with a time of 21:43.0. Russia’s Maxim Tsvetkov took the win over Norway’s Vetle Sjastad Christiansen in second followed by Alexandr Loginov (RUS) in third.

For Canada Christian Gow, of Calgary, was 40th while Stuart Harden, of Canmore, Alta., was 44th and Quebec’s Albert Bouchard finished 66th. Sean Doherty lead the US in 50th with Casey Smith in 54th, Samuel Dougherty in 68th and Raymond Wonders in 77th.

Youth Men’s Sprint results HERE.
Junior Men’s Sprint results HERE.