Monday, June 26, 2023

2023 USA Shooting Rifle, Pistol National Champs Crowned

COLO SPRGS, CO (June 23, 2023) – A handful of top American rifle and pistol athletes have earned the coveted title of National Champion after the conclusion of the 2023 USA Shooting National Championships.

The competition was held at Fort, Moore, Georgia, June 1-10 at the Army Marksmanship Unit Pool Range where over 200 athletes competed throughout the week for a chance to be crowned national champion.

Results are as follows:

Olympic Events

Men’s 50m Smallbore Rifle

National Champion: Jared Eddy

2nd: Ivan Roe

3rd: Timothy Sherry

Junior National Champion: Gavin Barnick

Senior National Champion: Peter Fiori Sr.

Women’s 50m Smallbore Rifle

National Champion: Cecelia Ossi

2nd: Sagen Maddalena

3rd: Molly McGhin

Junior National Champion: Katie Zaun

Men’s 10m Air Rifle

National Champion: Brandon Muske

2nd: Lucas Kozeniesky

3rd: Peter Fiori Jr.

Junior National Champion: Gavin Barnick

Senior National Champion: Peter Fiori Sr.

Women’s 10m Air Rifle

National Champion: Sagen Maddalena

2nd: Mary Tucker

3rd: Molly McGhin

Junior National Champion: Gracie Dinh

Women’s 10m Air Pistol

National Champion: Lisa Emmert-Traciak

2nd: Suman Sanghera

3rd: Katelyn Abeln

Junior National Champion: Suman Sanghera

Senior National Champion: Sandra Uptagrafft

Men’s 10m Air Pistol

National Champion: Nick Mowrer

2nd: Jay Shi

3rd: Sergey Kalinichenko

Junior National Champion: Remington Smith

Senior National Champion: Richard Gray

Women’s 25m Sport Pistol

National Champion: Katelyn Abeln

2nd: Alexis Lagan

3rd: Ada Korkhin

Junior National Champion: Abbie Leverett

Senior National Champion: Sandra Uptagrafft

Men’s 25m Rapid-Fire Pistol

National Champion: Henry Leverett

2nd: Keith Sanderson

3rd: Emil Milev

Junior National Champion: Austin Stone

Senior National Champion: John McNally

Paralympic events

R1 SH1 Men’s 10m Air Rifle Standing

National Champion: Robert “Nick” Beach

R2 SH1 Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing

National Champion: Taylor Farmer

R3 SH1 Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone

National Champion: Kevin Nguyen

2nd: Taylor Farmer

3rd: Landon Ruggera

R4 SH2 Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing

National Champion: Benjamin Hays

2nd: Madison Champion

3rd: Abhinav Sharath

R5 SH2 Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone

National Champion: Madison Champion

2nd: Stetson Bardfield

3rd: David Cromwell

R6 SH1 Mixed 50m Rifle Prone

National Champion: John Joss

2nd: Kevin Nguyen

3rd: Robert “Nick” Beach

R9 SH2 Mixed 50m Rifle Prone

National Champion: Benjamin Hays

P1 SH1 Men’s 10m Air Pistol

National Champion: YanXiao Gong

2nd: Marco De La Rosa

3rd: Michael Tagliapietra

P2 SH1 Women’s 10m Air Pistol

National Champion: Debra Freed

P3 SH1 Mixed 25m Sport Pistol

National Champion: YanXiao Gong

2nd: Marco De La Rosa

3rd: Michael Tagliapietra

P4 SH1 Mixed 50m Free Pistol

National Champion: YanXiao Gong

2nd Place: Debra Freed

Non-Olympic events

Junior Men’s 25m Sport Pistol

National Champion: Blaine Simpson

2nd: Mark Shen

3rd: Rhyan Wilby

25m Center Fire Pistol

National Champion: Kostaninos Pitsoulis

2nd: Pranav Kamath

3rd: Manuel Snyderman

25m Standard Pistol

National Champion: Lisa Emmert-Traciak

2nd: Keith Sanderson

3rd: Sky Lim

Junior National Champion: Blaine Simpson

50m Men’s Free Pistol

National Champion: Richard Gray

2nd: Jared Zollner

3rd: Kostantinos Pitsoulis

Junior National Champion: Joseph Koh

Senior National Champion: Manuel Snyderman

Men’s 50m Prone Rifle

National Champion: Ivan Roe

2nd: Timothy Sherry

3rd: Patrick Sunderman

Junior National Champion: Dylan Gregory

Senior National Champion: Marc Monene

Women’s 50m Prone Rifle

National Champion: Sagen Maddalena

2nd: Katie Zaun

3rd: Sarah Beard

Junior National Champion: Makenzie Larson

To learn more about USA Shooting, visit usashooting.org.

Caption: Brandon Muske, center, is the 2023 Men’s 10m Air Rifle National Champion. The USA Shooting Rifle and Pistol National Championships were held in Fort Moore, Georgia, June 1-10.

About USA Shooting

USA Shooting, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation was chartered by the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee as the National Governing Body for the Olympic Shooting Sports in April 1995. The organization develops and implements programs to promote growth in the sport and serves as a sanctioning body for local and national competitions. Headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, at the US Olympic and Paralympic Training Center, USA Shooting has a full-time staff dedicated to our sport.

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