Nathanael Kuzio (Moretown, VT) is a jack-of-all-trades: runner, skier and biathlete. He represents Harwood High School running for Coach Kerrigan, MNC, as well as the Ethan Allen Biathlon Club working with Eric Tremble, Algis Shalna and John Madigon. The EABC recently hosted North American Biathlon Championships at the Range and Nathanael took home top-honors in his category on the final day of racing.
Link to results: http://www.eabiathlon.org/results/2014NorAmMass.pdf
It was the mass-start race and coming into the final stage of shooting Nathanael was in 4th place overall. He “cleaned” his final stage of shooting — a standing shooting stage which is typically more difficult than prone — and leapfrogged two Canadians who went to the penalty lap. With just about 0.5km to go, he skied past the one remaining Canadian to win by 8 seconds! With 16/20 shooting on the day it was both excellent skiing and shooting. The top WOrld Cup skiers typically average around 85% shooting accuracy, so that is really good!
A few pictures of Nathanael racing earlier this season:
