
A is in London, as part of , competing in the Summer Games.
Sarah Scherer, 21, formerly of Woburn, placed in the Saturday 10m Air Rifle competition, but did not medal.
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Scherer scored 397 in the quarterfinal round and 102 in the finals, for a score of 499. That earned her seventh place overall.
Siling Yi (China) won the gold with 502.9 points; Sylwia Bogacka (Poland) won silver with 502.2 points and Dan Yu (China) won bronze with 501.5 points.
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Only 4.4 points separated the first place winner from the last, according to official results from the London 2012 website.
Scherer lived in Woburn with her mother and brother before moving to Texas and attending the Texan Christian University in Fort Worth. Her brother, Stephen, competed in the 2008 Olympics before his death in 2010.
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