By Brittany Nelson, USAS Public Relations & Communications Supervisor
COLO SPRGS, CO (April 22, 2024) – Braden Peiser, of San Angelo, Texas, earned the Junior Olympic Champion title in each Males’s Air Rifle and Males’s 50m Smallbore Rifle at USA Capturing’s 2024 Males’s Rifle Nationwide Junior Olympic Championships (JOs) in Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 6-11.
“I really feel fairly good,” mentioned Peiser about his achievement. “It’s been an extended season. We simply wrapped up the NCAA season a few month in the past then had (Olympic) trials half three after which the CAT Video games. It’s been a push to get right here. I’m fairly pleased with the outcomes and am wanting ahead to a break after this.”
Peiser, who shoots for the College of Kentucky, certified for JOs in each occasions on the state degree earlier than receiving an invitation to the nationwide degree. Over 150 males from throughout 41 states competed in rifle JOs this 12 months. The 2024 competitors marked the seventh JOs Peiser has ever competed in. He started at simply 12 years previous in 2017.
“It actually has been helpful to have the experiences and to get to the purpose the place I are available and really feel acquainted with issues,” mentioned Peiser, the 2024 CAT Video games gold medalist in Males’s 50m Smallbore Workforce. “Each has been helpful.”
Peiser competed in Males’s 50m Smallbore Rifle first the place opponents shoot 20 photographs every within the positions of kneeling, susceptible, and standing, to equal a 60 shot match. Peiser shot two an identical match scores of 582 for an total whole of 1164 which landed him within the last.
Within the last Peiser had a robust exhibiting and out shot Griffin Lake, of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, who completed second. Ending in third place proper behind Lake was Chris Jennings, of Floyds Knobs, Indiana.
Males’s Air Rifle was shot after smallbore and consisted of 60 photographs whole all within the standing place from 10m away. Peiser shot two full qualification matches leading to scores of 627.2 and 629.1 for the very best total whole of the match with 1256.3. Within the last, Peiser topped the rostrum as soon as once more by besting Hayden Bell, of Bixby, Oklahoma, who completed second, and Jennings who completed third.
At simply 19 years previous Peiser already has six worldwide medals to incorporate a gold within the Junior Males’s 50m Smallbore Rifle Workforce occasion on the 2022 Worldwide Capturing Sports activities Federation World Championships. His success has carried over into his collegiate capturing profession. In his freshman 12 months at Kentucky, he earned a Nice American Rifle Convention gold medal in air rifle and earned a CRCA All-American honor for Second-Workforce Air Rifle.
The 2024 JOs additionally awarded medals in 18 and below (U18) and 15 and below (U15) age classes. See all awardees under:
Males’s 50m Smallbore Rifle
General medalists:
Braden Peiser- Gold
Griffin Lake- Silver
Chris Jennings- Bronze
U18:
Tyler Wee- Gold
Jacob Wisman- Silver
Samuel Adkins- Bronze
U15:
Logan Sanchez- Gold
Arkin Arranza- Silver
Brady Svinky- Bronze
Males’s Air Rifle
General medalists:
Braden Peiser- Gold
Hayden Bell- Silver
Chris Jennings- Bronze
U18:
Jacob Wisman- Gold
Tyler Wee- Silver
Samuel Adkins- Bronze
U15:
Logan Sanchez- Gold
Klein Stanley- Silver
Mausten Stelter- Bronze
A handful of paralympic rifle shooters additionally participated within the 2024 JOs. The next medals had been awarded:
R3 10m Air Rifle Susceptible Blended SH1
Landon Ruggera- Gold
R5 10m Air Rifle Susceptible Blended
Jadon Nafziger- Gold
Savannah Sturdivan- Silver
In case you or somebody is enthusiastic about Paralympic capturing, please contact Brenda Silva, USA Capturing’s Paralympic Coach, at Brenda.Silva@usashooting.org.
ELEY made an look on the competitors as properly and named the 2023 ELEY Excessive Faculty All American Workforce. The next males acquired the honour of creating the crew: Tyler Wee, air rifle and smallbore crew; Jack Ogoreuc, smallbore crew.
View all official JOs scores right here: https://usashooting.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024-FINAL-Jr-Oly-Outcomes.xlsx
View photographs right here: https://www.flickr.com/photographs/usashooting/albums/72177720315912464
Junior Olympics is the primary half of the choice procedures for the 2024 Worldwide Capturing Sports activities Federation Junior World Championships, going down this fall in Lima, Peru. The second half of choice would be the 2024 USA Capturing Nationwide Championships in June.
