Eastern Biathlon Festival Information

Athletes will compete for their home states, with the state that accumulates the most points being declared the Eastern Biathlon Champion. All athletes will be scored. The points system will be announced shortly.

Schedule – Saturday October 8, 2011

Bib Pickup:8:00 AM
Zero: 9:00 AM
Sprint Race Start: 10:00 AM
Paint Gun Race – after the finish of the sprint (approx 11:00 AM)
Picnic/ Awards – Noon
Shooting Competition – 1:30 PM

Schedule – Sunday October 9, 2011

Bib Pickup: 8:00 AM
Zero: 9:00 AM
3 X 3 km Relay Start: 10:00 AM
Awards – Noon(ish)

Registration Information

Online registration for the sprint and relay races is available through skireg.com

The paint gun biathlon race on Saturday is free and open to kids 12 and younger. Registration will take place at the range after the completion of the sprint race.

Registration for the shooting competition on Saturday will take place at the picnic. This event is free for anyone who registered for either the sprint or relay race. Anyone who wants to compete in just the shooting competition must either work the races as a volunteer or pay a $10 fee.

Sprint Race

All competitors will compete on the same 4.2 km course (used for the 2006 National Championships). Novices are welcome to compete, rifles will be provided. A mandatory safety clinic for all first time competitors will take place at 9:00 AM. Competitors will start in 30 second intervals.

Summer Biathlon Loop — Sprint Race Loop - All classes 4.2 km

All competitors will be assigned to a race class by age as of 12/31/2010. The classes are as follows:

Boy/ Girl (13 – 16 years old) – shoot only prone, shoot at large targets.
Youth (17-18 years old) – shoot at regulation targets from both positions (prone and standing).
Junior (19-20 years old) – shoot at regulation targets from both positions (prone and standing).
Senior (21-39 years old) – shoot at regulation targets from both positions (prone and standing).
Masters (40-49 years old) – shoot at regulation targets from both positions (prone and standing).
Grand Masters (50+) – shoot at regulation targets from both positions (prone and standing).
Novice (17+) – shoot at large targets from both positions (prone and standing).

Points will be awarded to competitors in each class and gender.

Shooting Competition

The accuracy match will be shot on metal biathlon targets for time. Each competitor will shoot five shots prone and five shots standing (using two targets). For each miss a ten second penalty will be added. The sixteen competitors with the fastest times in qualification will advance to the elimination round. In the elimination rounds, competitors will shoot in the same format, but will now be competing head to head. In the first round the top seed (fastest qualifying time) will be matched with #16, #2 with #15, etc. In the elimination rounds the competitors will be shooting head to head at the same time, the higher ranked competitor will get the choice of targets.

Relay Race

State teams will compete in a 3 x 3 km relay race. Each state may enter as many teams as it has members to fill. Any extra athletes will be combined to form mixed state teams (these teams will not be scored for determining the Eastern Biathlon Champion).