Charlie Bencze races into 8th place at USSA Junior Olympics!

Charlie Bencze (Tupper Lake, NY) just kept getting faster as the week of racing unfolded at the USSA Junior Olympic in Truckee, California. He started off with a 16th place in the freestyle sprint on Monday, 13th in the mass start freestyle race on Wednesday, 8th place in the classic race on Friday and finished the week out with the 3rd fastest scramble leg in the J2 boys relay! Charlie earned All-America status with his 8th place finish. The Mid-Atlantic team had a fine week of racing.


Charlie (middle, bottom row) with the top 10 J2 boys in the country!

Link to Junior Olympic website with results and photos:
http://www.xcjuniorolympics2009.org/index.html