Second top biathlete, 加勒特Beckrich, commits to Paul Smith’s College

Paul Smith’s College 和 the United States Biathlon Association have announced a second athlete to enroll at the college. 加勒特Beckrich, a 19-year-old from Gr和 Rapids, Minn., is a member of USBA’s Junior National Team. He started participating in biathlon in 2017 和 already has competed in three Youth/Junior World Championships.

“I was thrilled when my coach Tim (Burke) told me about the opportunity to go to Paul Smith’s College through US Biathlon,贝克里奇说。. “This is something that hasn’t existed before in the U.S. All the senior biathletes that I know either didn’t go to college or they were NCAA cross country skiers. Last year I was offered scholarships by colleges to ski for them, 然而, it would have meant putting the rifle down for a few years. I didn’t want to do that so I postponed my decision 和 gave myself another year to think. Lucky for me this opportunity came up 和 I can’t be more excited.”

The youngster came to US Biathlon from the Mt. 明尼苏达州科尔莱恩的伊塔斯卡冬季两项俱乐部.四年前，他在美国开始了冬季两项运动. Beckrich intends to study biology at Paul Smith’s College.

“I’m excited to see what next year will look like. I hope to train as much as I can at Paul Smith’s College 和 in Lake Placid, 和 go overseas to race without it interfering with school. It’s exciting that I’m able to test how it all works.”

蒂姆·伯克是四届奥运会选手, 原出自保罗·史密斯, 和 the Director of Athlete Development for US Biathlon. Burke believes Paul Smith’s College is a perfect fit for Beckrich.

“As one of our first student/athletes at Paul Smith’s College, 加勒特会成为其他人的好榜样, showing that it’s possible to pursue sport at the highest level, 在接受大学教育的同时,伯克继续说。. “Garrett has always been known for his hard work. I look forward to seeing this pay off both on the field of play 和 in the classroom.”

Last month, Lina Farra, born in Saranac Lake, N.Y., 住在希别城, 犹他州, was USBA’s first commitment to 宝盈bbin官方登录 which created this sport 和 education initiative 和 targeted the Nordic sports in 2017. Attaching a new Nordic trails center to its campus was integral to bringing the concept to an international level. Paul Smith’s will be the only school in the country with a soon-to-be sanctioned FIS trail system in its midst.

“We are so excited that Garrett will be joining the Paul Smith’s College community,马特·多尔蒂说, 学校的首席北欧教练. “We know that Garrett 和 the other athletes joining this education 和 sports initiative are going to find so much support at Paul Smith’s from the professors, 同学们, 和工作人员. Garrett is going to be a tremendous pioneer in leading the charge in melding a powerful education while pursuing world-class sized dreams in sport. The community at Paul Smith’s is excited to share in this journey 和 do everything we can to support Garrett, Lina 和 all the other athletes spearheading this new initiative.”

在12月, a similar relationship was created with USA Nordic, whereby Paul Smith’s became the national governing body’s Official East Coast Training Center. It is expected that in the near future the college will see a few USA Nordic athletes commit.

有两个原因, the future stars of US Biathlon 和 USA Nordic will attend the college at the perfect time. The first is a massive investment by New York State in upgrading Lake Placid’s 1980 Olympic venues, 尤其是北欧滑雪和跳台滑雪. The other is the approaching 2023 World University Games to be staged in 和 around Lake Placid. Preparations are already underway for those games. It is possible that some of this initial class enrolling at Paul Smith’s could participate in the World Universiade 和 represent the United States.

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加勒特Beckrich images courtesy USBA/Jeffrey Leopold