2009 American Summer Biathlon Championships
The US American Summer Biathlon Championships were held from July 10th to 12th, 2009 in the Mt. Van Hoevenberg Biathlon Range in Lake Placid . The organizers were the New York Biathlon Clubs and the Olympic Regional Development Authority . The competitions were also qualifications for the 2009 Summer Biathlon World Championships in Oberhof . Competitions were held in the cross-country sprint, the pursuit and the mass start for women and men. The championships on roller skis were held in separate championships .
For the World Cup qualification, the results were converted into percentages. With this key, Sam Morse , Douglas Hoover , Danny Fink and Jason Hettenbaugh qualified for the World Cup, Keith Woodward was a substitute and Anthony Rizzo competed in the Junior World Championship. Stephanie Blackstone , who was also the most successful participant with all three possible titles, and Ann Sick had qualified for the women . Ann Sick referred her daughter Katie to third and thus no longer qualifying place.
Men
Mass start 6 km
| space | Surname | error | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Morse | 2-2-3-3 | 27:29 |
| 2 | Keith Woodward | 2-0-1-2 | 28:06 |
| 3 | Anthony Rizzo | 4-1-2-3 | 28:20 |
| 4th | Danny Fink | 2-1-2-1 | 28:35 |
| 5 | Douglas Hoover | 2-0-2-1 | 28:51 |
| 6th | Jason Hettenbaugh | 3-1-3-3 | 30:42 |
| 7th | Marc Sheppard | 2-4-2-2 | 31:14 |
| 8th | Sean Kato | 2-3-3-4 | 31:31 |
| 9 | Sean Doherty | 1-1-5-0 | 31:46 |
| 10 | Tyler Ludington | 2-5-3-5 | 31:55 |
Date: July 10th, 2009
There were 31 US biathletes and five guest starters from Canada. The Canadian Alexandre Drummond came third with three shooting errors in a time of 28:09 minutes.
Sprint 4 km
| space | Surname | error | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Morse | 1-5 | 17:54 |
| 2 | Danny Fink | 1-2 | 18:48 |
| 3 | Douglas Hoover | 1-2 | 19:04 |
| 4th | Anthony Rizzo | 2-4 | 19:05 |
| 5 | Jason Hettenbaugh | 2-3 | 19:11 |
| 6th | Marc Sheppard | 1-2 | 19:22 |
| 7th | Tyler Ludington | 1-5 | 19:49 |
| 8th | Sean Doherty | 0-4 | 19:54 |
| 9 | Sean Kato | 1-4 | 20:14 |
| 10 | Keith Woodward | 3-3 | 20:17 |
| 10 | Duncan Douglas | 4-5 | 21:02 |
Date: July 11th, 2009
At the start were 38 US biathletes, three guest starters from Canada and one starter from the Czech Republic. One starter did not reach the finish.
Pursuit 6 km
| space | Surname | error | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duncan Douglas | 0-1-2-2 | 26:43 |
| 2 | Douglas Hoover | 0-0-2-0 | 27:18 |
| 3 | Anthony Rizzo | 1-2-2-4 | 28:08 |
| 4th | Jason Hettenbaugh | 1-2-3-1 | 28:15 |
| 5 | Sam Morse | 2-3-2-3 | 28:23 |
| 6th | Tyler Ludington | 2-1-2-3 | 29:11 |
| 7th | Keith Woodward | 1-2-4-1 | 29:13 |
| 8th | Marc Sheppard | 1-0-3-2 | 29:19 |
| 9 | Danny Fink | 2-4-3-2 | 30:14 |
| 10 | Sean Kato | 2-1-4-0 | 30:28 |
Date: July 12, 2009
At the start were 35 US biathletes as well as two Canadian and one Czech guest starters. Daniel Doherty and James Mattingly were disqualified according to IBU rule 5.5.1, Arie Niemi was given a two-minute time penalty according to IBU rule 5.5.a. Three qualified athletes did not start. The winner Duncan Douglas improved from eleventh place to the very front.
Women
Mass start 5 km
| space | Surname | error | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephanie Blackstone | 5-2-3-2 | 31:00 |
| 2 | Katie Sick | 2-2-3-5 | 34:03 |
| 3 | Patricia Zerfas | 4-0-4-2 | 34:04 |
| 4th | Ann Sick | 2-2-3-2 | 34:14 |
| 5 | Stephanie Holmes | 1-5-3-3 | 41:30 |
| 6th | Hannah Sick | 5-2-4-2 | 41:50 |
| 7th | Stephanie Saucy | 3-1-4-2 | 42:04 |
| 8th | Patricia Driscoll | 2-2-4-4 | 42:52 |
| 9 | Ellen Tidd | 4-5-3-5 | 43:52 |
| 10 | Cindy Daly | 1-1-3-3 | 53:52 |
Date: July 10th, 2009
There were ten US biathletes and three guest starters from Canada.
Sprint 3 km
| space | Surname | error | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephanie Blackstone | 3-3 | 18:00 |
| 2 | Ann Sick | 1-2 | 19:28 |
| 3 | Katie Sick | 2-4 | 20:14 |
| 4th | Hilary Saucy | 1-3 | 20:47 |
| 5 | Patricia Zerfas | 2-5 | 20:54 |
| 6th | Hannah Sick | 3-3 | 23:14 |
| 7th | Patricia Driscoll | 3-3 | 23:53 |
| 8th | Ellen Tidd | 5-3 | 24:39 |
| 9 | Stephanie Holmes | 4-4 | 24:41 |
| 10 | Stephanie Saucy | 3-4 | 24:48 |
| 11 | Cindy Daly | 2-5 | 32:15 |
Date: July 11, 2009
There were eleven US biathletes and three Canadian guest runners.
Pursuit 5 km
| space | Surname | error | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephanie Blackstone | 0-5-3-4 | 31:02 |
| 2 | Ann Sick | 0-0-3-1 | 31:41 |
| 3 | Katie Sick | 3-3-3-5 | 34:56 |
| 4th | Ilke Vangenechten | 4-1-1-2 | 36:30 |
| 5 | Patricia Zerfas | 4-2-4-4 | 36:39 |
| 6th | Hilary Saucy | 3-3-3-2 | 37:22 |
| 7th | Stephany Saucy | 2-0-2-3 | 39:02 |
| 8th | Patricia Driscoll | 1-3-3-4 | 41:04 |
| 9 | Stephany Holmes | 1-5-4-3 | 41:29 |
| 10 | Hannah Sick | 3-4-3-4 | 41:48 |
| 11 | Ellen Tidd | 3-5-4-3 | 43:42 |
| 12 | Cindy Daly | 4-2-5-2 | 55:19 |
Date: July 12, 2009
At the start were 12 US biathletes and two guest starters from Canada.
Web links
- Result lists (PDF file; 128 kB)