Organizers of the World Cup tour event in Presque Isle and Fort Kent are seeking status as an Olympic Training Center.
Glenn Jordan
Glenn Jordan joined the Portland Press Herald in 1994 to cover the fledgling Portland Sea Dogs. A native of Vermont, he studied philosophy in college and worked at two newspapers in New Hampshire and one in Connecticut before moving to Maine. He spent his first two years of marriage living in the keepers quarters of the Portland Head Light and has three grown children. In addition to baseball, he has covered nearly every sport played in Maine, from biathlon and curling to running and sailing. Currently he works part-time and can be found near cross country trails in fall, swimming pools and ski slopes in winter and tennis courts in spring. All other times, he’s probably on a pickleball court. He is a two-time USA Pickleball national medalist (silver and gold) and played for both the Austin Ignite and Indianapolis Drivers in 2023, helping Indy win the inaugural National Pickleball League championship over Austin in a league for senior pros aged 50 and over.
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Girls’ Swimming: MDI’s depth trumps Greely
The Trojans win two of three relays and deny the Rangers’ bid for a state title.
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Swim titles in Class B may go East
The Belfast boys and Mt. Desert Island girls on paper are expected to end Greely’s state reigns.
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Swimming Notebook: A record tumbles to Greely’s stars
A murmur of excitement and anticipation swept through the balcony Saturday night at the Northern division of the Southwestern swimming and diving championships at Davan Pool in Westbrook. Spectators caught sight of the four girls from Greely High grabbing their goggles and striding to the starting blocks for the meet-ending 400-yard freestyle relay. Hey, look […]
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World Cup Biathlon:One fantastic finish
Two weeks of World Cup biathlon in Aroostook County ended in fairy-tale fashion at the 10th Mountain Ski Center. Local favorite Lowell Bailey barely qualifies for the final event, then fights his way to a dramatic ninth-place finish.
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World Cup Notebook: Bailey connection ‘inspiring’
FORT KENT – They didn’t pull in quite the crowds they had hoped for in Presque Isle and Fort Kent, but organizers of the back-to-back World Cup biathlon events deemed them a rousing success. The biggest highlight, of course, was Lowell Bailey’s ninth-place finish in Sunday’s 15-kilometer mass start, the best result ever for the […]
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A day to remember, or … It’s a 50/50 result at the World Cup biathlon
One American qualifies for today’s mass start while another lets an opportunity slip away.
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Brave crowd entitled to a treat
FORT KENT – The biggest crowds of the week at the 10th Mountain Ski Center were treated to temperatures that climbed into the teens and a photo finish in the World Cup biathlon men’s 12.5-kilometer pursuit. Emil Hegle Svendsen of Norway started first Saturday morning among a field of 55. Martin Fourcade of France started […]
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County helps her feel right at home
Sara Studebaker remains right on target at the World Cup biathlon events in Aroostook County.
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It’s a small-town settingfor big-time competition
The flag wasn’t large or ornate. Three horizontal bands of white, blue and red on a piece of poster board and affixed to a dowel.
On the back were some facts about Russia and the name and image of a Russian biathlete, Ivan Tcherezov.
The boy who made the flag and picked out Tcherezov was a fourth-grader from Madawaska Elementary School. He wore a green cowbell around his neck and cheered for all he was worth Thursday on the opening day of the World Cup biathlon competition at the 10th Mountain Ski Center.