USA Capturing Brings Residence Spectacular Medal Haul From 2024 Junior World Championships
By Brittany Nelson, USAS Public Relations & Communications Supervisor
COLO SPGS, CO (Oct. 9, 2024)—USA Capturing athletes earned 10 medals, together with one world champion title, on the 2024 ISSF Junior World Championships Sept. 26-Oct. 7 in Lima, Peru.
Over 30 rifle, pistol, and shotgun athletes competed on the prestigious competitors. Athletes certified for the group by picks matches earlier this 12 months. Among the many 10 medals earned is Braden Peiser’s gold in Males’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions, making him the 2024 Junior World Champion.
“It’s a bit surreal,” stated Peiser about his massive win. “I’ve been in numerous finals and fairly a couple of worldwide finals. I used to be having fun with this last and the chase. It was enjoyable sitting in second or third and understanding I had some work to do.”
This 12 months’s competitors is the fifth Junior World Championships Peiser has competed in and his first particular person gold medal. Peiser additionally earned bronze on the 2024 competitors in Males’s 10m Air Rifle and silver in Males’s 10m Air Rifle Workforce.
In truth, USA podiumed in a number of group occasions this 12 months. 5 of the medals earned had been in group occasions to incorporate bronze in Combined Workforce Skeet, gold in Males’s Skeet Workforce, bronze in Ladies’s Skeet Workforce, and silver in Ladies’s 10m Air Rifle Workforce.
Together with Peiser’s accomplishments, particular person medals had been earned by Katie Zaun, bronze in Ladies’s 10m Air Rifle; Gracie Hensely, silver in Ladies’s Skeet; and Benjamin Keller, silver in Males’s Skeet.
Keller, of Johnstown, Colorado, has been racking up his ISSF World Championship medals. He earned gold in Males’s Skeet on the 2022 and 2023 competitions. Keller, who’s simply 19 years previous, has over 10 worldwide medals and is seeking to compete within the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Video games.
The world champion group athletes additionally made a handful of appearances in finals. Griffin Lake, of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, shot within the Males’s 50m Rifle 3 Place last the place he completed in sixth place. Tyler Wee, of Wake Forest, North Carolina, joined Lake within the last and positioned eight. See official outcomes right here.
Karsyn Ross, of Seguin, Texas, and Madeline Corbin, of Reedsburg, Wisconsin, each competed within the Ladies’s Skeet last the place they positioned sixth and fifth respectively. See official outcomes right here. Keller and Fayth Layne, of Columbia, Tennessee, competed within the Combined Skeet Workforce bronze medal match the place they positioned fourth. See official outcomes right here.
Emme Walrath, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, made an look within the Ladies’s 50m Rifle 3 Place last the place she completed fourth. See official outcomes right here.
See all 10 medals the group earned beneath:
Braden Peiser: Bronze, Males’s 10m Air Rifle
Braden Peiser, Tyler Wee, and Jacob Wisman: Silver, Males’s 10m Air Rifle Workforce
Katie Zaun, Emme Walrath, and Kenzie Kring: Silver, Ladies’s 10m Air Rifle Workforce
Gracie Hensley: Silver, Ladies’s Skeet
Benjamin Keller: Silver, Males’s Skeet
Katie Zaun: Bronze, Ladies’s 10m Air Rifle
Jordan Sapp, Benjamin Keller, and Joshua Corbin: Gold, Males’s Skeet Workforce
Gracie Hensley, Fayth Layne, and Madeline Corbin: Bronze, Ladies’s Skeet Workforce
Madeline Corbin and Jordan Sapp: Bronze, Combined Workforce Skeet
Braden Peiser: Gold, Males’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions
View all official outcomes right here. View images from the competitors right here.
Up subsequent for USA Capturing is the 2024 ISSF World Cup Last Oct. 13-18 in New Delhi, India. Observe @USAShooting on Instagram, Fb, and X for competitors updates and outcomes.
