IMATRA, Finland — Brainerd High School senior Annelise Baird finished fourth among Team USA during the Junior Open European Championship 9-kilometer mass start 60 event Sunday, Jan. 25.

Baird shot

2,3,0, 4 in the last of seven races in the past 12 days. Baird struggled in the range Sunday in prone and the last standing, while shooting simultaneously with the other top 59 biathletes under 21 from central and northern Europe and the United States.

This morning’s race concludes the two-event series, the Junior IBU Cup in Latvia and the Junior Open European Championships in Finland. In the next venture for the US Team, the Youth and Junior World Championships in Arber, Germany,

Baird will compete

in the Youth category — those under age 19, starting with a 10-kilometer individual format March 1.

During Saturday’s 7.5-kilometer race of the Junior Open European Championship,

Baird was the top US finisher

among the five women and placed 40th overall after shooting 0,1 and finishing 2:35.4 behind the winner Manca Caserman of Slovenia, who finished in 22:44.8. Caserman also missed just one of the 10 shots. A total of 88 junior women finished the race.

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