Podiums Topped, Data Shattered: USA Capturing Sees Unimaginable Success at 2025 Junior Pan Am Video games
By Brittany Nelson, USAS Public Relations & Communications Supervisor
COLO SPRGS, CO (Aug 19, 2025) – With unmatched dedication and pleasure, USA Capturing’s junior athletes made their mark in Asunción, Paraguay, on the 2025 Junior Pan American Video games from Aug. 9-12. Their record-breaking performances and medal-winning runs didn’t simply deliver glory residence, they signaled that Group USA’s future is brighter than ever because the journey to Los Angeles 28 begins.
Group USA’s juniors dominated the competitors, incomes extra taking pictures sport medals than another nation with a exceptional complete of 15, practically 4 occasions the haul of the second-place crew, which completed with simply 4. Alongside the way in which, they broke six data and secured 4 by title quota slots for the 2027 Pan American Video games. Past the numbers, the crew demonstrated the main target, consistency, and composure that outline champions, qualities that may serve them nicely as they proceed their worldwide careers.
Junior rifle, pistol, and shotgun athletes produced an excellent efficiency on the video games, going head-to-head with opponents from throughout North, Central, and South America and proving the energy behind the purple, white, and blue.
Much more spectacular than the medal haul is the truth that each U.S. athlete in competitors was 21 years outdated or youthful. The depth of the junior crew was on full show, with athletes rising to the problem and delivering underneath strain.
4 athletes claimed championship titles: Suman Sanghera, Braden Peiser, Ava Downs, and Isabella Baldwin, every including a prestigious accomplishment to their rising taking pictures careers.
Earlier than claiming gold, Peiser’s week in Paraguay started with an unforgettable honor: serving as one of many Group USA flag bearers within the opening ceremony. With the American flag in hand, he led athletes from each U.S. sport into the stadium, setting the tone for a contest full of pleasure and world-class performances.
Sanghera and Peiser didn’t simply win gold, they rewrote the document books on the Junior Pan American Video games. Sanghera put forth a dominant efficiency in Girls’s 10m Air Pistol, breaking the qualification and finals data, and later teamed up with pistol athlete Marcus Klemp to set a brand new Combined Group Air Pistol qualification document. Peiser, a College of Kentucky rifle athlete, matched that stage of excellence in Males’s 10m Air Rifle, shattering each the qualification and finals data with precision and composure. Klemp additionally etched his title in historical past by breaking the Males’s 10m Air Pistol qualification document by six factors earlier than becoming a member of Sanghera to assert gold within the combined crew ultimate.
Shotgun athlete Ava Downs was amongst a number of multi-medalists for Group USA. Downs was topped champion in Girls’s Lure and teamed up with Kaleb Horinek to earn silver in Combined Lure Group. Downs competes for Hillsdale School, a useful USA Capturing gold-level sponsor. Hillsdale has been a dedicated companion in creating younger expertise, internet hosting premier occasions such because the Shotgun Junior Olympic Championships and Nationwide Championships, which offer athletes like Downs the chance to excel on the worldwide stage.
The air rifle crew delivered a standout efficiency, with each athlete incomes two medals every and the U.S. claiming gold in all three occasions. All the U.S. opponents are NCAA rifle athletes, underscoring the collegiate program’s function as a key pipeline for creating world-class junior expertise.
From the opening ceremony to the ultimate shot fired, Group USA’s junior athletes left their mark on the 2025 Junior Pan American Video games. Shotgun athletes accounted for seven of the crew’s 15 medals, whereas rifle athletes introduced residence six, showcasing the depth of expertise throughout a number of disciplines.
See all medals earned beneath:
Suman Sanghera: Gold, Girls’s 10m Air Pistol
Aidin Burns: Silver, Males’s Skeet
Gracie Hensley: Silver, Girls’s Skeet
Alishia “Fayth” Layne: Bronze, Girls’s Skeet
Braden Peiser: Gold, Males’s 10m Air Rifle
Griffin Lake: Silver, Males’s 10m Air Rifle
Ava Downs: Gold, Girls’s Lure
Kaleb Horinek: Bronze, Males’s Lure
Isabella Baldwin: Gold, Girls’s 10m Air Rifle
Elijah Spencer: Silver, Girls’s 10m Air Rifle
Suman Sanghera & Marcus Klemp: Gold, Combined Air Pistol Group
Carey Garrison & Tony Meola: Gold, Combined Lure Group
Ava Downs & Kaleb Horinek: Silver, Combined Lure Group
Braden Peiser & Isabella Baldwin: Gold, Combined Air Rifle Group
Griffin Lake & Elijah Spencer: Bronze, Combined Group Air Rifle
View all official outcomes right here.
Athletes who earned a gold medal in a person occasion additionally secured a by-name quota spot for the 2027 Pan American Video games within the occasion through which they medaled. See beneath for athletes who earned quotas:
Suman Sanghera: Girls’s 10m Air Pistol
Braden Peiser: Gold, Males’s 10m Air Rifle
Ava Downs: Gold, Girls’s Lure
Isabella Baldwin: Gold, Girls’s 10m Air Rifle
The performances in Asunción had been greater than a snapshot of success; they had been a preview of the highway forward. These younger athletes have proven they’ve the expertise, self-discipline, and drive to compete with the world’s greatest, and their momentum will carry them into the following phases of worldwide competitors on the journey to Los Angeles 2028.
This success wouldn’t be attainable with out the unwavering help of our sponsors and companions, together with The NRA Basis, Hillsdale School, Worldwide Order of T. Roosevelt, Safari Membership Worldwide, and The Hal & Jean Glassen Memorial Basis, amongst many others. Whether or not by means of monetary contributions, offering world-class coaching amenities, internet hosting elite competitions, or supplying important assets, their help helps our junior athletes compete on the highest stage. This collective dedication performs an important function in creating the expertise and confidence wanted for Group USA to excel on the worldwide stage.
You too can play a direct function in serving to our athletes succeed. By changing into a member of USA Capturing, you present important assets and alternatives that permit these younger opponents to coach, journey, and carry out at their greatest. Collectively, we are able to stand behind Group USA as they put together for the game’s greatest phases. Be a part of USA Capturing in the present day and be a part of their journey to Los Angeles 2028.
