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Chatriex Goodson is assisted by Noel Sepulveda before taking aim in the shooting competition of the 2011 Warrior Games May 17, 2011, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. More than 200 wounded warriors from all the military services are competing in Paralympic-style athletic events May 16 through 21. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Desiree N. Palacios)
Marc Esposito takes aim in the shooting competition of the 2011 Warrior Games May 17, 2011, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. More than 200 wounded warriors from all the military services are competing in paralympic-style athletic events May 16 through 21. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Desiree N. Palacios)
Christopher D'Angelo takes aim in the shooting competition of the 2011 Warrior Games May 17, 2011, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. More than 200 wounded warriors from all the military services are competing in paralympic-style athletic events May 16 through 21. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Desiree N. Palacios)
Marc Esposito and Christopher E. D'Angelo take aim in the shooting competition of the 2011 Warrior Games May 17, 2011, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. More than 200 wounded warriors from all the military services are competing in Paralympic-style athletic events May 16 through 21. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Desiree N. Palacios)
Chatriex Goodson prepares to take aim in the shooting competition of the 2011 Warrior Games May 17, 2011, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. More than 200 wounded warriors from all the military services are competing in Paralympic-style athletic events May 16 through 21. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Desiree N. Palacios)
Chatriex Goodson prepares to take aim in the shooting competition of the 2011 Warrior Games May 17, 2011, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. More than 200 wounded warriors from all the military services are competing in Paralympic-style athletic events May 16 through 21. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Desiree N. Palacios)
Retired Airman First Class Chatriex Goodson is assisted by Retired
Senior Master Sgt. Noel Sepulveda before taking aim in the shooting
competition of the inaugural Warrior Games at the U.S. Olympic
Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 17, 2011. Some 200
wounded warriors and disabled veterans from all the military services
are competing in paralympic-style athletic events May 16-21. (U.S. Air
Force photo/Staff Sgt. Desiree N. Palacios)
by Staff Sgt. Mareshah Haynes
Defense Media Activity
5/19/2011 - COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AFNS) -- A member on the Air Force shooting team took second place during the shooting finals at the 2011 Warrior Games May 19 here.
Chatriex Goodson secured the silver medal for the Air Force team in air rifle standing SH1 category, meaning shooters are able to support a gun without a stand. Goodson qualified with a score of 355 and fired 420.1 in the finals.
This was Goodson's first year at the Warrior Games. She also fired in the air rifle prone SH1 category.
Stacy Pearsall and Israel Del Toro represented the Air Force in the air rifle standing SH2 (shooter requires a stand to support a gun) category and the air rifle prone SH2 categories.
Matthew Bilancia, Gwendolyn Sheppard and Noel Sepulveda competed in the air rifle prone category.
Wes Simon and Gwendolyn Sheppard competed in the air rifle standing and Christopher D'Angelo and Frank Reilly competed in the air pistol open category.
