Tyrone native Doug Hoover captured his second win in as many starts this year at the New Jersey Summer Biathlon held on Sunday. With an 80% shooting performance and a solid run, Hoover finished 1:53 ahead of Altoona’s Chris Fischer, who finished second. Fischer ran strong and shot 50% to finish 2:06 ahead of third place finisher Christian Peterson of New Jersey.
Up next for Hoover is a two-race series in Saratoga, New York before taking a couple weeks off racing to prepare for the World Championship Trials next month.
SUMMER BIATHLON AT SHONGUM SPORTSMAN’S ASSOCIATION
New Jersey Sunday, June 15, 2008
MATCH MEN
Place Athlete State Class P S Time
1 Hoover, Douglas PA Senior 0 2 0:21:38
2 Fischer, Christopher PA Junior 2 3 0:23:31
3 Peterson, Christian NJ Master 1 2 0:25:37
4 Iwan, Joseph NJ Master 2 3 0:25:51
5 Skrabal, Zbysek NY Master 0 2 0:26:39
6 Sims, John PA Master 1 4 0:29:05
7 Wieghaus, Brian NJ Master 1 0 0:30:05
8 Elliot, David CT Master 4 5 0:35:04
9 Marsan, Mike NJ Master 4 4 0:35:51
10 Gaval, Frank PA Master 5 1 0:37:03
