| Olympic Selection Process Underway |
With the London Games just three years away, the Olympic Team selection process is already underway for USA Shooting's Shotgun, Rifle and Pistol teams following revised selection procedures.
A new selection format emphasizing results in International competition allows athletes to earn points based on results (placement) at 2010 and 2011 World Cup and World Championship competitions. Athletes accumulating the most points in their event, reaching or exceeding the minimum threshold of 45 Points, will be selected to the Olympic team (up to the number of country quota slots available.)
This system is designed to select the strongest team possible as it's based on athletes achieving results against the toughest competition in the world. The first "entry gates" for the selection process took place at recent competitions for Rifle and Pistol in Ft. Benning, Georgia and for Shotgun in Kerrville, Texas. Athletes qualifying for 2010 World Cups and the World Shooting Championships through these competitions will have an opportunity to begin accumulating points next year toward a position on the 2012 Olympic Team.
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| 2009 Rifle/Pistol "Champion of Champions" Match Held at Fort Benning |
The 2009 Rifle/Pistol Fall Regional "Champion of Champions" was held at Fort Benning's International Shooting Complex, home of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU) September 21-27.
There were several outstanding performances at the Fall Regional including 1996 Olympian and the USAMU's own Eric Uptagrafft (Spokane, Wash.) shooting two perfect 600 match scores in the Men's 50m Prone Event. Uptagrafft won that event with a final of 103.6 for a total score of 1303.6 points.
This match served as the first "entry gate" in the 2012 Olympic selection process, through which athletes may become eligible to compete at the World Cups and World Championships.
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| Trap Shooters Selected to 2010 World Championship Team |
Following the trap portion of the 2009 Shotgun Fall Selection Match, 12 trap shooters were selected to represent the U.S. at the 2010 World Championships in Munich, Germany.
U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU) member and 1996 Olympian Theresa DeWitt (Cincinnati, Ohio) fired 468 targets to finish first for the women, while 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Corey Cogdell (Eagle River, Alaska) took second place with 463 hits. Susan Sledge (El Cajon, Calif.) rounds out the women's team after finishing in third place with 462 targets.
Representing the U.S. next summer in Munich in the Men's Trap event will be 2008 Olympian Dominic Grazioli (San Antonio, Texas), who lead the way with 501 total targets. Olympic Training Center (OTC) Resident Athletes Jacob Turner (Richland, Wash.) and John Mullins (Bremerton, Wash.) will make up the second and third spots on the trap team after finishing with 500 and 497 targets respectively.
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| Double Trap and Skeet Shooters Qualify for 2010 World Championship Team |
The remainder of the 2010 World Championship team for shotgun was selected at the 2009 Shotgun Fall Selection Match yesterday in Kerrville, Texas. Nineteen Double Trap and Skeet shooters will represent the U.S. next summer in Munich, Germany.
U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU) member Josh Richmond (Hilsgrove, Pa.), who is the 2009 Munich World Cup gold medalist, finished on top for the Open Double Trap Men with a total score of 627 targets. Richmond's USAMU teammate and 2008 Olympian Jeff Holguin (Yorba Linda, Calif.) grabbed second place with 621 total hits. Rounding out the Open Men's Double Trap team for next year's World Championships will be 16-year-old Billy Crawford (Johnstown, Ohio), who finished third with 619 targets.
Crawford also finished in first place for the juniors with a match score of 573 targets, but since he qualified for a spot on the open team, Derek Haldeman moved up into the top spot for the juniors after firing 557 targets. Ian Rupert (Sunbury, Ohio) finished second with 557 targets and Kelcey DePatis (Donovan, Ill.) took the third spot with 450 targets.
Shari LeGate (Peyton, Colo.) also qualified for a spot on the 2010 World Championship team in the Women's Double Trap event, which is only contested at the World Championships. LeGate finished with a match score of 437 targets.
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| Skeet Results |
The 2009 Shotgun Fall Selection Match was held at Hill Country Shooting Sports Center in Kerrville, Texas and was the second of two matches held to select the team for the 2010 World Championships in Munich, Germany and is also the first "entry gate" in the 2012 Olympic Selection Process. Twelve trap shooters were selected to the 2010 World Championship team on September 13.
USAMU member and 2008 Olympic gold medalist Vincent Hancock, who most recently won the gold medal at the 2009 Shotgun World Championships in August, claimed a spot on the 2010 World team by taking first place in the Men's Skeet event with 515 targets.
Hancock's 2008 Olympic teammate Sean McLelland (Mission, Texas) grabbed the second spot with 508 targets and USAMU member Shawn Dulohery, a 2004 Olympian, took third with 506 targets.
Four-time Olympic gold medalist Kim Rhode (El Mote, Calif.) lead the way for the Skeet women with 508 total targets. Haley Dunn (Eddyville, Iowa) took second place with 505 targets and 2009 Shotgun World Championship Junior silver medalist Amber English (Colorado Springs, Colo.) grabbed the third spot with 497 hits.
Jon Michael McGrath (Tulsa, Okla.) took the top spot for the Junior Skeet Men with 506 hits, while B.J. Blanchard (Vidor, Texas) finished second with 503 targets. T.J. Bayer (College Station, Texas) earned the third spot after finishing with 499 targets.
Caitlin Connor (Winnfield, La.), the 2009 Minsk World Cup silver medalist, finished on top for the junior women with 484 targets. Brandy Drozd (Bryan, Texas) took second with 464 targets and Jaiden Grinnell (Port Angeles, Wash.) grabbed third place with 460 hits, rounding out the Junior Women's Skeet team.
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