Kenai’s Cooper helps US to 12th in World Cup biathlon relay

Kenai’s Cooper helps US to 12th in World Cup biathlon relay

Travis Cooper, a 2015 graduate of Kenai Central, helped the U.S. biathlon team to 12th place in a World Cup 4-by-7.5-kilometer relay Sunday in Hochfilzen, Austria.

The relay was won by Sweden with a time of 1 hour, 16 minutes and 10.6 seconds. The U.S. team of Leif Nordgren, Sean Doherty, Cooper and Jake Brown was 2:33.6 behind the winners. In his 10 shots on the range, Cooper had three misses.

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