Biathletes: you're invited to our 2nd annual Halloween Mixed Relay! Sunday, October 30 Craftsbury Outdoor Center hosts the single mixed relay rollerski biathlon.

This is not a novice event. We will not be offering range instruction and will only be providing equipment to participants in our regular BKL/junior biathlon programs, other participants are expected to have all their own gear.

Teams of two can compete in one of these categories:

• Mixed gender

• Mixed distance

• Mixed distance & gender

Costumes are highly recommended. Staggered mass start on penalty loop, seeded based on costume quality. (Costume quality will be judged, during zero, on overall appearance, coordination between teammates, creativity, and our discretion).

Each teammate will complete a total of 4 shooting stages in sets of two (prone, standing), alternating with their partner. Specifically:

Athlete1 - P, S, tag
Athlete2 - P, S, tag
Athlete1 - P, S, tag
Athlete2 - P,S, Finish

Up to 3 spare rounds can be used in each shooting stage.

For those who don't want to carry rifles on the Dino loop, rifle pick-up will be entering the range. All racers will need to ski the field loop carrying their rifle, and can drop it back off after they tag their partner.

Race Day Schedule:

9:00am - Bib Pickup
9:30am - Zero
10:15am - Race start

Distance/Courses:

2k Lap

The first athlete on each team will ski the Dino loop (~1.5km), shoot 5+3 shots prone, then ski the "field loop" (just around the solar panels, ~ 500m) and shoot 5+3 shots standing*, then tag. No Round-a-bits.

The second athlete will then do the same, and tag back off to the first athlete, who will then tag back off the second. The second athlete will ski one final field loop to the finish after their final shooting stage.

Kids or those who are uncomfortable skiing the Dino loop will instead ski the field loop for both of their laps.

*U13/U15 kids will shoot from the prone position for all stages, either with a block or cuff depending on ability.

Registration:

Online only, no DOR. This event is free. Each teammate must register individually. You will be asked for a team name and teammate name when registering. If you don't have a partner to race with please just indicate that in the 'teammate' field of your registration and we will work to get everyone paired up.

Results:

Will be on our webscorer results page.

Hope to see you here on Sunday Oct. 30th!