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Wellesley Alumna Makes US Biathlon World Championship Team

Clare Egan has also been a member of the Craftsbury Green Racing Project in Vermont since 2011.

Clare Egan, a 2010 graduate of Wellesley College, was named to the United States Biathlon’s World Championship Team in 2014. She is now with Team USA, participating in the IBU World Championships in Kontiolahti, Finland through March 15, according to the school’s website.

After making her biathlon World Cup debut in Antholz, Italy in January, Egan has placed in the top-20 at the US National Biathlon Championship twice and won two first place prizes at the 2014 North American Biathlon Championships.

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