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Schuyler Leff, left, and Caleb Clarke, both of Bethel, leave the start during the 3K Roberts Farm Preserve Biathlon in Norway on Sunday. Schuyler, 11, and Clarke, 12, are members of the Bethel Outing Club.
Rick Crawford of Yarmouth assists as Olivia Swift, 10, of Hebron takes aim with an air rifle during the 3K Roberts Farm Preserve Biathlon in Norway on Sunday. Twenty-six skiers competed during the Southern Maine Biathlon Club event that featured competitors skiing 1K loops and stopping to shoot five targets twice. Swift saw biathletes compete during the 2010 winter Olympics and said “that’s what I want to do,” her father Randy said. Sunday was Swift’s first time shooting any type of gun. Athletes from around the world will converge in Presque Isle for the Biathlon World Cup on Feb. 4-6 and then again in Fort Kent for another World Cup race Feb. 10-13. Jeff McEvoy of New Gloucester assists on the firing line at upper right.
Schuyler Leff, left, and Caleb Clarke, both of Bethel, leave the start during the 3K Roberts Farm Preserve Biathlon in Norway on Sunday. Schuyler, 11, and Clarke, 12, are members of the Bethel Outing Club.
Clips for the air rifles hold five pellets. Adult competitors will shoot a .22-caliber rifle during competitions. “The procedure is so much more precise,” Joel Hinshaw said about competitions involving .22’s. He explained that entering and exiting the shooting area is very safety driven when real guns are used.
Olivia Swift, 10, of Hebron shoots an air rifle from the prone position during the 3K Roberts Farm Preserve Biathlon in Norway on Sunday. Swift saw biathletes compete during the 2010 winter Olympics and said “that’s what I want to do,” her father Randy said. Sunday was Swift’s first time shooting any type of gun. Jeff McEvoy of New Gloucester assists on the firing line at right.
Keaton McEvoy, 12, of New Gloucester shoots a perfect round as Joel Hinshaw of Pownal assists on the firing line during the 3K Roberts Farm Preserve Biathlon in Norway on Sunday. McEvoy, a seventh-grader at Gray-New Gloucester Middle School, shot two perfect rounds of five targets each with an air rifle. Hinshaw is a member of the Southern Maine Biathlon Club, the organization that sponsored the event.
Youths leave the start during the 3K Roberts Farm Preserve Biathlon in Norway on Sunday.
Twenty-six skiers competed during the 3K Roberts Farm Preserve Biathlon in Norway on Sunday.
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