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Saturday, April 19, 2008        WHITETAIL PRESERVE

PA SUMMER BIATHLON

SUBMITTED BY: Douglas Hoover
RACE DIRECTOR: Frank Gaval
RESULTS BY: Insta-Results


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by Douglas Hoover

The 2008 summer biathlon season got underway on Saturday, April 19 with the first race of the season at the Whitetail Preserve in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. This is the same venue that will host the 2008 USBA Summer Biathlon National Championships and World Championship Team Trials on July 17-20.

39 athletes competed in four races in this weekend’s event. The sport class races saw Tom Smith of Scranton, PA and Helen Evans of Drums, PA winning their respective races. In the match class races, Joe Iwan of Garfield, NJ and Pat Zerfas of Kensington, MD won the men’s and women’s races. Complete results of the races are copied below.

Also copied below is the updated 2008 Summer Biathlon Schedule.

The entry invitation for the 2008 National Championship can be accessed at http://www.pabiathlon.org/.

SUMMER BIATHLON AT WHITETAIL PRESERVE
Black Creek Township, PA Saturday, April 19, 2008


MATCH WOMEN - 3k with 70m penalty loops - 50m targets
Place     Athlete       Hometown             P   S   Time    % Back
1  Zerfas, Pat          Kensington, MD       5   5   23:53   104.85%
2  Sick, Ann            Millville, PA        4   3   24:34   102.12%
3  Saucy, Hilary        Harleysville, PA     4   4   26:51    93.03%
4  Rogers, Christine    Somerville, NJ       2   3   27:15    91.43%
5  Naulty, Jeanice      Birdsboro, PA        4   4   27:29    90.50%

MATCH MEN - 4k with 70m penalty loops - 50m targets
Place     Athlete       Hometown             P   S   Time    % Back
 1  Iwan, Joseph        Garfield, NJ         1   2   21:07   103.89%
 2  Sick, Scott         Millville, PA        1   3   22:21    98.28%
 3  Peterson, Christian Butler, NJ           4   2   22:27    97.83%
 4  Skrabal, Zbysek     NJ                   4   1   23:00    95.32%
 5  Myers, Edward       Obelisk, PA          5   2   23:13    94.34%
 6  Walker, Eli         Jackson, NH          3   4   23:45    91.91%
 7  Sims, John          Venus, PA            4   1   24:17    89.48%
 8  Keegan, Andrew      Birdsboro, PA        3   2   24:34    88.19%
 9  Rogers, Robert      Hellertown, PA       4   2   25:43    82.96%
10  Saucy, Nathan       Harleysville, PA     4   3   26:11    80.83%
11  Gaval, Frank        Sugarloaf, PA        4   3   29:36    65.28%

SPORT WOMEN - 3k with 70m penalty loops - 25m targets
Place     Athlete       Hometown             P   S   Time    % Back
 1  Evans, Helen        Drums, PA            5   4   26:30   106.58%
 2  Criss, Adrienne     State College, PA    1   2   27:09   104.29%
 3  Moyer, Ronda        u/a                  5   5   31:27    89.13%
 4  Mayberry, Suzanne   Barnesville, PA      3   3   31:37    88.54%
 5  Pryzblick, Mollie   Zion Grove, PA       3   4   31:58    87.31%
 6  Baskin, Lee         Drums, PA            5   4   33:51    80.67%
 7  Linn, Gail          Zion Grove, PA       4   5   33:54    80.49%
 8  Burger, Barbara     Doylestown, PA       5   5   35:30    74.85%
 9  Bachman, Mary       u/a                  5   5   38:37    63.87%

SPORT MEN - 4k with 70m penalty loops - 25m targets
Place     Athlete       Hometown             P   S   Time     % Back
 1  Smith, Tom          Scranton, PA         4   3   22:21   104.65%
 2  Underwood, Tom      Catawissa, PA        0   5   23:52    98.17%
 3  Steich, Jason       u/a                  3   1   24:06    97.18%
 4  Sturn, Mitchell     Upper Black Eddy, PA 2   2   24:09    96.97%
 5  Moore, Earle        Bloomsburg, PA       4   3   25:15    92.27%
 6  Burger, Art         Doylestown, PA       3   3   25:28    91.35%
 7  Gorgol, John        New Hope, PA         5   3   25:29    91.28%
 8  Zulkoski, Kyle      Wilkes Barre, PA     5   5   26:27    87.15%
 9  Linn, Steve         Zion Grove, PA       0   2   26:34    86.66%
10  Wolfe, Henry        Wilkes Barre, PA     1   4   28:08    79.97%
11  Marshall, William   State College, PA    0   4   30:09    71.37%
12  DeWald, Gahlord     Burlington, VT       4   4   30:40    69.16%
13  Hyssong, Mike       Conyngham, PA        5   3   33:51    55.58%
14  Hyssong, Jim        Conyngham, PA        2   4   39:13    32.69%


2008 SUMMER BIATHLON SCHEDULE

4/19, Whitetail Preserve, Black Creek Township, Luzerne County, PA
Frank Gaval
570-788-4219
barb123@ptd.net

5/11, Vernon, NJ
Chris Rogers
908-722-9327
chrispr3@verizon.net
www.njbiathlon.org

6/7, Holderness, NH
Fred Allen
603-968-9944
mail@pemi.org
http://pemi.org/biathlon.html

6/14, Harvard, MA
Fred Beihold
508-655-5902
muskellunge2@yahoo.com

6/14, Tukwila, WA
Jay Bender
jay@jaybender.com
www.wabiathlon.org

6/15, Vernon, NJ
Chris Rogers
908-722-9327
chrispr3@verizon.net
www.njbiathlon.org

6/26, Tukwila, WA
Jay Bender
jay@jaybender.com
www.wabiathlon.org

7/5, Harvard, MA
Fred Beihold
508-655-5902
muskellunge2@yahoo.com

7/12, West Yellowstone, MT
Sara Hoovler
599-4465
randlesara@yahoo.com

7/13, Bozeman, MT
Clarissa Werre
406-924-2284
cwerre@belgrade.k12.mt.us

7/17 to 7/20, USBA National Championships & IBU World Championship Trials
Whitetail Preserve, Black Creek Township, Luzerne County, PA
Douglas Hoover
814-832-2857
hooverd@juniata.edu
www.pabiathlon.org

7/19, Holderness, NH
Fred Allen
603-968-9944
mail@pemi.org
http://pemi.org/biathlon.html

7/26, Tukwila, WA
Jay Bender
jay@jaybender.com
www.wabiathlon.org

8/2, Harvard, MA
Fred Beihold
508-655-5902
muskellunge2@yahoo.com

8/9, Oil City, PA
John Sims
814-354-2802
pjam@venustel.com

8/16, Tukwila, WA
Jay Bender
jay@jaybender.com
www.wabiathlon.org

8/16, Holderness, NH
Fred Allen
603-968-9944
mail@pemi.org
http://pemi.org/biathlon.html

8/17, Vernon, NJ
Chris Rogers
908-722-9327
chrispr3@verizon.net
www.njbiathlon.org

9/4 to 9/7, North American Summer Biathlon Championships
Chris Lindsay
613-748-5608 x4
clindsay@biathloncanada.ca
www.biathloncanada.ca

9/13, Yakima, WA
Jay Bender
jay@jaybender.com
www.wabiathlon.org

9/20 to 9/21, Tri-State Championships at Vernon, NJ
Chris Rogers
908-722-9327
chrispr3@verizon.net
www.njbiathlon.org

9/22 to 9/28, IBU Summer Biathlon World Championships
Haute-Maurienne Vanoise, France
http://www.biathlon-hautemaurienne.com/


Douglas E. Hoover
Juniata College
Track & Field and Cross Country
1700 Moore Street
Huntingdon   PA   16652
Phone:  814-832-2857
Fax:  814-641-3508
E-Mail:  hooverd@juniata.edu