LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – Garry Brackett (Oneonta, N.Y.) delivered a standout performance, winning the Empire State Winter Games gold medal during Thursday’s, Feb. 6, Masters division (60-69) Individual Relay biathlon relay race held at Mt. Van Hoevenberg.
The 65-year-old completed the three-lap race, with two shooting stages, in a time of 23 minutes, 56.5 seconds. At each shoot stage, racers shot at five targets, at a distance of 50-meters (164-feet). Brackett missed just one shot, coming in the first round.
Brian Doolley (Waterbury, Vt.), 62, won the event’s silver medal. Missing just one shot in his first stage, Dooley finished in a time of 27:15.2.
The race’s bronze medal was awarded to Richard Sloman (Oneonta, N.Y.). Sloman, 67, skied the course in 31:58.6 with just two missed shots, both coming in his second attempt.
Eli Walker (Jacks, N.H.), 55, claimed the first-place finish in the men’s masters (50-59) race. He clocked a race time of 24:38.2, missing only two second round shots. The silver medal went to Lis Edwards, (Lake Placid, N.Y.),58, who finished in 26:53.9. Edwards missed one shot in the first round and two in the second.
Craig Wiggers (Ithaca, N.Y.) emerged as the bronze medalist. The 55-year-old stopped the clock in 45:48.5 and missed four shots total, two in each round.
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