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USA Announces 2009 Team USA for Daaquam World Championships
Oxford, ME – Mushing
USA (MUSA), the national governing body of Sleddog sports
in the USA, is proud to announce its selection of entries
into the 2009 IFSS (International Federation of Sleddog
Sports) World Championships in Daaquam, Quebec Canada, January
17-25.
In the Sprint classes
the USA will be represented by the following:
- Sprint
Unlimited: Keith Bryar, Ed Clifford, Randy DeKuiper,
Arleigh Reynolds, and Ben Thomas,.
- Sprint
8-Dog:
Dawn Brown, Keith Bryar, Randy DeKuiper, Rob Downey, Jerry
Mulvey, Jennifer
Payne-Sterling, John Perry, and Bruce Swan.
- Sprint
6-Dog:
Brittany Colbath, Christine DeKuiper, Katie Harris, Josh
Mecure, Jennifer
Payne-Sterling, John Perry, Jennifer Probert, Michael
Previs, and Beverly Stevens.
- Sprint
4-Dog:
Heather Brannen, Brittany Colbath, Jessica Doherty, Stephanie
Dwyer, Katie Harris, Jennifer Probert, Sadie Theriault,
and Kim Wells.
In the Nordic classes,
the USA will be represented by:
- Nordic Men
1-Dog Skijor: Scott Aimone, Ed Clifford, Fritz Howard,
Tim McMahon, Jason Sperry, and Josh Tesch.
- Nordic Men
2-Dog Skijor: Scott Aimone, Ed Clifford, Fred Derksen,
Fritz Howard, Greg Jurek, Tim McMahon, and Josh Tesch,
- Nordic Men
Pulka 1-Dog: Scott Aimone and Jason Sperry.
- Nordic Men
Combined (Skijor & Pulka): Scott Aimone and Tim McMahon.
- Nordic Women
Skijor 1-Dog: Kirsten Ballard, Stephanie Dwyer, Betsy
McGettigan, Erin Sperry, Sara Vanderwood, and Rebecca
Voris.
- Nordic Women
Skijor 2-Dog: Heather Brannen, Kriya Dunlap, Pam Hahler,
Betsy McGettigan Sara Vanderwood, and Kim Wells.
- Nordic Women
Pulka 1-Dog: Rebecca Voris.
- Nordic Women
Combined (Pulka & Skijor): Sara Vanderwood and Rebecca
Voris.
In the Junior classes,
the following mushers will compete:
- Sprint 4-Dog:
Rachael Colbath, Alex Downey, Dakota Schlosser, Josh Schlosser,
and Alex Thomas.
- Sprint 2-3
Dog: Moses Mulvery, Aisling Shepard, and Lily Stewart.
- Nordic Women
Skijor 1-Dog: Sadie Theriault.
- Nordic Men
Skijor 1-Dog: Dillon Gast and Jake Robinson.
The events will take place
on the site of the business enterprise Villégiature
et Pourvoirie Daaquam along the Daaquam River located in
the village St-Just-de-Bretenières, in the tourist
region of Chaudière-Appalaches, which is about a
two-hour drive southeast from Quebec City. Trails used for
the competitions pass through the Appalachian Regional Park.
This is an area of enchanted landscape, with large spaces
of traditional North American tundra relief, including iced
lakes and rivers and snowy trees in the Boreal forest.
Over 200 teams from
five continents are expected to be competing, and Mushing
USA wishes its elite representatives “good mushing”
on this prestigious occasion. Max Vidal, heading up the
Daaquam Organizing Committee, is excited about the momentous
event and is planning a full schedule of activities, commencing
with the Opening Ceremonies on Friday afternoon, January
16. More information can be found on the Daaquam website
at www.daaquam2009.com/english/menu.html.
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