Parkite Emily Campbell qualifies in Alaska for Biathlon in Kazakhstan

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Emily Campbell , in pink, competing biathlon in Alaska. Photograph: Chris Campbell (Fb)

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Emily Campbell, a Park Metropolis Excessive Faculty Junior, is headed to the Junior and Youth World Championships for biathlon in Kazakhstan after qualifying for the competitors in Alaska on Saturday.

She raced for Group SOHO (Soldier Hole) and he or she additionally trains with the Park Metropolis Ski and Snowboard Nordic Group.

Chris and Jenny Campbell, travelled to Anchorage from Park Metropolis to observe their daughter, and Jenny mentioned on Fb, “She had some nice races in Alaska on the US Biathlon trials. She had some powerful competitors.”

Jr. and Youth Biathlon in the prone shooting position in Anchorage, Alaska at the qualifier competiton for Jr. and Youth World Championships to be held in Kazakhstan. — Susceptible place. Photograph courtesy of Joseph Finch Pictures // US Biathlon.

Campbell’s rivals in Alaska had been from, amongst different locations, Maine, Minnesota, Vermont, and Montana. Her age dictates that she compete to qualify within the Youth Ladies Class. In biathlon, coaches discretion can bump an athlete up on any given day, nevertheless.

The dates of Junior and Youth Worlds are March 4 -12 within the metropolis of Schuchinsk, Kazakhstan.

Utah loved a uncommon alternative final 12 months internet hosting the Junior and Youth Biathlon World Championships. The 2002 Olympic venue of Soldier Hole in Halfway was the place Campbell’s older brother, Wes, PCHS class of 2021, competed.

In the course of the Winter Olympic Video games, all American biathletes compete for the Nationwide Governing Physique (NGB) of US Ski and Snowboard, headquartered in Park Metropolis. U.S. Biathlon, although, is predicated in New Gloucester, Maine.