CARIBOU – The Maine Winter Sports Center announced that Russell Currier of Stockholm has been named to the 2008 United States Biathlon World Championship Team last week.
Currier was named to the team based on his results at World Junior Championships in Ruhpolding, Germany.
This brings the number of current Maine Winter Sports Center athletes and alumni to eight of the 10 member team.
“All of us involved in the Maine Winter Sports Center, from our trustees to our coaches and staff, are incredibly proud of Russell today,” said Andy Shepard, president of MWSC. “Russell is the first Aroostook County athlete to make it all the way through our programs to a Senior World Championships, but he won’t be the last.”
The World Championships will be held in Ostersund, Sweden, from Feb. 8 to 17. A live video stream is available at the U.S. Biathlon website (www.usbiathlon.org).
Max Cobb, executive director of the U.S. Biathlon Association also congratulated Currier.
“It’s wonderful to see junior athletes on our World Championship Team. Personally, it is very satisfying to see Russell achieve this milestone since I remember the day he began biathlon. The Maine Winter Sports Center program can be very proud of all Russell has accomplished,” said Cobb.
Other MWSC athletes competing are Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, N.Y.), Lowell Bailey (Saranac, N.Y.), Jeremy Teela (Medway, Utah), Lanny Barnes (Durango, Colo.), Tracy Barnes (Durango, Colo.), Laura Spector (Lenox, Mass.) and Haley Johnson (Lake Placid, N.Y.).
RUSSELL CURRIER
