Several area athletes earned medals at last weekend’s Empire State Winter Games in Lake Placid. They are as follows:
Biathlon
Darwin Roosa (Altamont) Grand Masters division sprint race (gold) and relay race (silver)
Eric Seyse (Scotia) Open men’s division sprint race (gold)
Sean Halligan (Gansevoort) ` Open men’s division relay race (bronze)
Christian Borger Jr. (Niskayuna) ` Scholastic men’s division sprint race (gold) and relay race (gold)
Brian Halligan (Gansevoort) ` Scholastic men’s division sprint race (silver)
Cross country skiing
Chris Yrsevich (Saratoga Springs) ` Masters I men’s division freestyle race (silver) and pursuit (gold)
Don Rodbell (Scotia) ` Masters IV men’s division freestyle race (silver) and pursuit (silver)
Gina Huneck (Rexford) ` Masters IV women’s division freestyle race (gold) and pursuit (gold)
Tim Huneck (Rexford) ` Masters V men’s division freestyle race (silver) and pursuit (bronze)
Bernadette O’Brien (Round Lake) ` Masters VI women’s division freestyle race (silver) and pursuit (silver)
Andrew Kulmatiski (Scotia) ` Masters VII men’s division freestyle race (gold) and pursuit (gold)
Eric Hamilton (Clifton Park) ` Masters VII men’s division freestyle race (bronze) and pursuit (bronze)
Eric Seyse (Scotia) ` Open men’s division freestyle race (bronze), open men’s division classical race (silver) and open men’s division pursuit (silver)
Avery Francois (Scotia) ` Scholastic men’s division freestyle race (silver), scholastic men’s division classical race (gold) and scholastic men’s division pursuit (gold)
Katie Zeppetelli (Scotia) ` Scholastic women’s division freestyle race (gold)
Ashley Forshey (Scotia) ` Scholastic women’s division freestyle race (silver)
Austin Huneck (Rexford) ` Scholastic men’s division classical race (bronze) and pursuit (bronze)
Figure skating
Olivia Serafini (Niskayuna) ` gold medal, intermediate ladies division
Achilles Edge (Albany) ` silver medal, intermediate synchronized team skate
Trisha Roohan (Delmar) ` second place, juvenile A division
Helen Serafini (Niskayuna) ` bronze medal, novice ladies division
Tara TenEyck (Glenmont) ` bronze medal, open junior division
Saratoga Stars (Saratoga Springs) ` silver medal, open juvenile synchronized team skate
Women’s hockey
Adirondack team featuring Kaitlin Branon (Clifton Park) and Kristen Cady-Sawyer (Delmar) ` silver medal
Skier cross
Joshua Nixon (Saratoga Springs) ` silver medal, scholastic men’s division
Peter Palumbo (Gansevoort) ` bronze medal, scholastic men’s division
Ski orienteering
Ellie George (West Charlton) ` gold medal, masters women’s division
Snowshoe racing
Kim Scott (Malta) ` Masters II women’s division 100-meter dash (silver), masters II women’s division 400-meter race (silver) and masters II women’s division 1,500-meter race (silver)
Sean Curtis (Greenfield Center) ` scholastic men’s division 100-meter dash (bronze), scholastic men’s division 400-meter race (bronze) and scholastic men’s division 1,500-meter race (bronze)
Jennifer Kelley (Greenfield Center) ` scholastic women’s division 100-meter dash (bronze), scholastic women’s division 200-meter dash (bronze), scholastic women’s division 400-meter race (bronze) and scholastic women’s 1,500-meter race (gold)
Michael DellaRocco (Altamont) ` Masters III men’s division 200-meter dash (bronze)
Justin Bishop (Colonie) ` open men’s division 400-meter race (silver) and open men’s division 1,500-meter race (silver)
Douglas Gerhardt (Saratoga Springs) ` Masters II men’s 5,000-meter race (bronze)
Speed skating
Stephen Meyer (Slingerlands) ` scholastic men’s 500-meter race (gold), scholastic men’s 777-meter race (bronze) and scholastic men’s 1,000-meter race (gold)“