News>Warrior Games 2013: AF earns silver, bronze archery medals
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Retired Tech. Sgt. Corey Carter lines up a shot with a compound bow during the Warrior Games archery competition May 15, 2013, at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. Carter, previously an Air National Guard Airman assigned to Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Ohio, placed fourth in the compound open. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sarah Chambers)
Master Sgt. Simon Wess nocks an arrow during the Warrior Games archery competition May 15, 2013, at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. Wess, who is assigned to the 7th Civil Engineer Squadron at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, suffered a lung injury while deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, in 2005. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sarah Chambers)
Retired Maj. Gwen Sheppard nocks an arrow during the archery competition May 15, 2013, at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. Sheppard, a 1981 Academy graduate, was injured during a deployment to Iraq in 2003. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sarah Chambers)
5/16/2013 - U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AFNS) -- Retired Tech. Sgt. Corey Carter narrowly lost to the Army's Jessie White in the Warrior Games archery competition at Clune Arena here May 15.
White scored 27 to defeat Carter, ending the bronze compound match, 107-106.
"I had the lead, and I should have kept it," said Carter, who also competed in the 2012 Warrior Games. "I started to shake more than I wanted to."
The Air Force earned a silver medal in the team compound open, falling to the Marine team by one point, 158-157, and earned bronze in the team recurve event.
Despite missing the bronze medal, Carter said he's enjoyed this year's Games.
"It's a great time. I'm having fun, meeting new guys (and) our British counterparts," he said.
As of May 15, the Air Force is fourth in the medal count, collectively logging two gold medals, seven silver medals and six bronze medals during this year's Games.
(Information compiled from Joint Hometown News Service and staff reports.)
