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Jan
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Team USA Youth Men Finish 9th in Relay
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By Linda Jager |
Jan 31, 2013,
12:00 AM ET
OBERTILLIACH, Austria (January 31, 2013) - Team USA
Youth (U19) continued a strong performance at the IBU Youth/Junior World
Championships in Obertilliach. Team USA's Youth Men (Jordan McElroy (Truckee,CA), Sean
Doherty (Center Conway, NH), and Jacob Ellingson (Minnetonka,MN))
finished ninth in today's 3x7.5-kilometer Relay with a time of 1:03:37.8
(0+6+2+7), 3:39.3 back from Team Norway (Nenseter, Roervik, Gurigard) winning
with a time of 59:58.5 (0+3+0+3). Team Germany (Janke, Horn, Homberg) took
second (1:00:06.8/0+6+0+1), and Team France (Begue, Personnaz,Claude) finished
third (1:01:45.7/1+5+0+5). Extended results from today's 3x7.5-kilometer relay
are available here.
Team USA's Youth Women (Anna Kubek (Duluth,
MN), Mikaela Paluszek (Farmington, NH) and Aleksandra
Zakrzewska (Burlington, VT)) posted 59:42.4/0+7+2+6 for a 13th place
finish in today's 3x6-kilometer Relay. Team Russia (Mironova, Slivko, Kaisheva)
won with a time of 55:06.6 (0+5+0+6), Team Ukraine (Zhuravok, Nychyporenko,
Merkushyna) took second (55:35.2/0+2+0+3), and Team Switzerland (Bissig,
Haecki, DiLallo) finished third (56:48.9/0+3+0+3). Complete results from the
3x6-kilometer Relay are available here.
The 2013 IBU Youth/Junior World Championships conclude
tomorrow with the Junior (U21) relay events. Team USA is not entered in
tomorrow's Junior relay events.
2013 IBU Youth/Junior World Championship Schedule
Please note: All times are CET (6 hours ahead of
Eastern Time)
01 Feb 10:00
Junior Women 3x6 km Relay
01 Feb 13:15
Junior Men 4x7.5 km Relay