By Brittany Nelson, USAS Public Relations & Communications Supervisor
COLO SPRGS, CO (Feb. 7, 2025) – The 2025 USA Taking pictures Males’s, Ladies’s and Junior’s Nationwide Skeet Groups have been named on the conclusion of the 2025 Shotgun Spring Choice Match in West Palm Seashore.
The next athletes have been named to the 2025 nationwide groups:
Ladies’s Skeet: Dania Vizzi (Paris 2024 Olympian), Kimberly Rhode (six-time Olympic medalist), Samantha Simonton (Paris 2024 Olympic alternate), Caitlin Connor, Alishia “Fayth” Layne, and Karsyn Ross
Males’s Skeet: Christian Elliott, Dustan Taylor (Paris 2024 Olympic alternate), Phillip Jungman (Tokyo 2020 Olympian), Adam McBee, Benjamin Keller, and Jordan Sapp
Junior Ladies’s Skeet: Alishia “Fayth” Layne, Karsyn Ross, Gracie Hensley, Liana Cerra, and Madalynn Schroder
Junior Males’s Entice: Benjamin Keller, Aidin Burns, Davis Hay, Westley Kiter, and Shelby Smith
The match befell Jan. 29- Feb. 2 on the Palm Seashore County Taking pictures Sports activities Advanced. USA Taking pictures wish to thank the West Palm County Sports activities Fee and Palm Seashore County Taking pictures Sports activities Advanced for being gracious hosts for the match.
Athletes from throughout the nation competed within the hopes to make a workforce or earn a medal. Opponents shot a complete of 250 targets within the qualification spherical the place they aimed to shoot scores that might land them within the finals.
Finals had been held for the highest six opponents within the following classes: Males’s Entice, Ladies’s Entice, Junior Males’s Entice, Junior Ladies’s Entice, Senior Entice, and Worldwide Entice.
The athletes beneath medaled by ending within the prime three of their last:
Ladies’s Skeet: Kimberly Rhode, gold; Dania Vizzi, silver; and Caitlin Connor, bronze
Males’s Skeet: Vincent Hancock, gold; Dustan Taylor, silver; and Christian Elliott, bronze
Junior Ladies’s Skeet: Gracie Hensley, gold; Alishia “Fayth” Layne, silver; Karsyn Ross, bronze
Junior Males’s Skeet: Benjamin Keller, gold; Shelby Smith, silver; Davis Hay, bronze
Senior Skeet: Frank Aguilar, gold; Oscar Fernandez, silver; Luis Rodriguez, bronze
Worldwide Skeet: Juan Romero, gold; Luke Cheng, silver; Joshua McBride, bronze
Medals had been additionally awarded for the highest three finishers in Males’s and Ladies’s beneath 18, beneath 15, and collegiate classes. See all official outcomes right here.
Discover pictures from the competitors, taken by Joshua Schave, right here.
USA Taking pictures is proud to have a handful of nice supporters, sponsor and companions. We wish to thank a handful of entities to incorporate The NRA Basis, Hillsdale Faculty, The Worldwide Order of T. Roosevelt, The Hal & Jean Glassen Basis, Safari Membership Worldwide, MidwayUSA Basis, White Flyer Targets, and Shoot the Moon.
