Sarah Butler to compete in national snowshoe championships

2014 Feb 4

Sarah Butler, of Rochester, is heading for the 2014 U.S. Snowshoe Association national championships after an impressive finish in a qualifying race in January.

Butler, a Paul Smith's College student majoring in environmental science, locked up the spot at the national event after qualifying at the Cock-A-Doodle-Shoe race, held in Saranac, N.Y., on Jan. 18.

Despite the extremely cold conditions the past few weeks, Butler has been training and racing in the United States and Canada to prepare for some major races over the next six weeks, including the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival snowshoe races at Dewey Mountain on Wednesday, Feb. 5, the International Snowshoe Championships in Granby, Quebec, on Saturday, Feb. 8, and the Empire State Winter Games snowshoe races at the Paul Smith's College VIC on Sunday, Feb. 9.

Butler will compete at the 2014 U.S. Snowshoe Association national championships Friday, Feb. 28-Sunday, March 2 in Woodford, Vt.