By Brittany Nelson, USAS Public Relations & Communications Supervisor
COLO SPRGS, CO (July 11, 2024) – Over fifteen nationwide champions have been named on the 2024 USA Taking pictures Rifle and Pistol Nationwide Championships June 24-30 at Fort Moore, Georgia.
Practically 300 athletes from throughout the nation got here to compete in rifle, pistol, and paralympic occasions on the competitors held on the U.S. Military Marksmanship ranges. The week-long occasion noticed rivals of all talent ranges. Paris 2024 Olympic group members and seasoned rivals shared the road with athletes who have been making their nationals debut.
The next athletes earned their 2024 nationwide champion titles:
-Sagen Maddalena: Girls’s Air Rifle and Girls’s 50m Smallbore Rifle
-Jared Eddy: Males’s Air Rifle and Males’s 50m Smallbore Rifle
-Marcus Klemp: Males’s Air Pistol
-Ada Korkhin: Girls’s Air Pistol
–Emil Milev: Males’s Fast Fireplace Pistol
-Katelyn Abeln: Girls’s Sport Pistol
-YanXiao Gong: P1 Males’s 10m Air Pistol, P3 Combined 25m Pistol, and P4 Combined 50m Pistol
-John Wayne Joss: R6 50m Combined Susceptible Rifle: SH1
-Kevin Nguyen: R3 Combined 10m Air Rifle Susceptible: SH1
-Madison Champion: R4 Combined 10m Air Rifle Standing: SH2
-Jazmin Almlie-Ryan: R5 Combined 10m Air Rifle Susceptible: SH2
-Debra Freed: P2 Girls’s 10m Air Pistol
-Levi Clark: 50m Susceptible Rifle
-Bernard Melus: Heart Fireplace Pistol
-Joseph Koh: Free Pistol
-Pranav Kamath: Normal Pistol
The next junior champions (athletes 21 years of age or youthful) have been additionally topped:
-Mackenzie Kring: Junior Girls’s Air Rifle
-Braden Peiser: Junior Males’s Air Rifle
-Katie Zaun: Junior Girls’s 50m Smallbore Rifle
-Tyler Wee: Junior Males’s 50m Smallbore Rifle
-Marcus Klemp: Junior Males’s Air Pistol
-Suman Sanghera: Junior Girls’s Air Pistol
-Blaine Simpson: Junior Males’s Fast Fireplace Pistol
-Riya Salian: Junior Girls’s Sport Pistol
-Gabriela Zych: Junior 50m Susceptible Rifle
-Mark Shen: Junior Normal Pistol
-Johnathan Dorsten: Junior Sport Pistol
Awards got out to underneath 18 and underneath 15 age classes as effectively. See a full record of official outcomes right here. View pictures of the competitors right here. Athletes obtained an array of varied prizes because of a handful of our companions and sponsors together with Axil Manufacturers and Gun and Trophy Insurance coverage. USA Taking pictures would additionally wish to thank the NRA Basis for his or her continued help as our sole platinum sponsor.
On the finish of the competitors, a handful of athletes took half in a enjoyable group air match occasion. The Nova Sharp Shooters group, Suman Sanghera and William Regala, took first place in Air Pistol. The AMU Workforce Black, Ali Weisz and Brandon Muske, earned first in Air Rifle.
This competitors was the second and remaining match that decided the 2024 Junior World Championship group. The next athletes will likely be competing in Lima, Peru, this fall:
-Rifle: Braden Peiser, Jacob Wisman, Tyler Wee, Jack Ogoreuc, Hayden Bell, Griffin Lake, Katie Zaun, Emme Walrath, Mackenzie Kring, Elizabeth Probst, Rachael Charles, Carley Seabrooke, and Elijah Spencer.
-Pistol: Nathan Lim, Marcus Klemp, Mark Shen, Suman Sanghera, Sneha Gupta, Eva Allen, Riya Salian, Saanvi Singh, Blaine Simpson, William Regala, Johnathan Dorsten, and Reese Metzler.
The 2024 Junior World Championship can even see shotgun occasions. The shotgun group certified earlier this yr in March. The next athletes will likely be competing in Lima, Peru, this fall:
-Shotgun: Alishia Layne, Madeline Corbin, Gracie Hensley, Karsyn Ross, Benjamin Keller, Jordan Sapp, Josh Corbin, Aidin Burns, Ryann Phillips, Carey Garrison, Ava Downs, Abigale Wigh, Emilio Carvalho, Matthew Kutz, William Browning, Zachary Rippeto.
The 2024 USA Taking pictures Shotgun Nationwide Championships will happen Sept. 9-22 in Hillsdale, Michigan. Up subsequent for the group is the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 July 26-Aug. 11. View the total roster right here. The Paralympic Video games take locations quickly after, Aug. 28- Sept. 8. View the U.S. Paralympic roster up to now right here.
About USA Taking pictures
USA Taking pictures, a 501(c)(3) non-profit company was chartered by america Olympic and Paralympic Committee because the Nationwide Governing Physique for the Olympic & Paralympic Taking pictures Sports activities in April 1995. The group develops and implements applications to advertise development within the sport and serves as a sanctioning physique for native and nationwide competitions. Headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Coaching Heart, USA Taking pictures has a full-time workers devoted to our sport.