By Brittany Nelson, USAS Public Relations & Communications Manager
COLO SPRGS, CO (Nov. 17, 2022) – USA Shooting pistol, rifle, and shotgun athletes earned a total of 44 medals and 10 U.S. Olympic quotas for Paris 2024 at the XIII CAT Championship in Lima, Peru, Nov. 4-12.
The following medals and quotas were earned:
Pistol
Suman Sanghera: gold medal and quota in Women’s 10m Air Pistol
Katelyn Abeln and Henry Leverett with their gold medals from 25m Standard Pistol Mixed Team. Photo by Andy Cruz Maza
Katelyn Abeln: gold medal and quota in Women’s 25m Pistol
Alexis Lagan: silver medal in Women’s 10m Air Pistol
Nick Mowrer: silver medal in Men’s 10m Air Pistol
Henry Leverett: silver medal in 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
10m Air Pistol Women’s Team gold medal: Alexis Lagan, Sandra Uptagrafft, and Suman Sanghera
25M Standard Pistol Mixed Team gold medal: Katelyn Abeln and Henry Leverett
10m Air Pistol Men’s Team silver medal: Anthony Lutz, James Hall, and Nick Mowrer
25m Pistol Women’s Team silver medal: Lexi Lagan, Katelyn Abeln, and Sandra Uptagrafft
Rifle
Brandon Muske: gold medal and quota in Men’s 10m Air Rifle
Mary Tucker: silver medal and quota in Women’s 10m Air Rifle, gold medal in Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Position
Ivan Roe: gold medal and quota in Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Position
Sarah Beard: silver medal and quota Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Position
Sagen Maddalena: gold medal in Women’s 10m Air Rifle and 50m Prone Rifle
Tim Sherry: silver medal in Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Position and bronze medal in 50m Prone Rifle
Tim Sherry and Mary Tucker with their silver medals and Patrick Sunderman and Sagen Maddalena with their gold medals for Mixed Team 50m Prone Rifle.
Patrick Sunderman: silver medal in 50m Prone Rifle
Ali Weisz: bronze medal in Women’s 10m Air Rifle
Lucas Kozeniesky: bronze medal in Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Position
Katie Zaun: bronze medal in Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Position
10m Air Rifle Women’s Team gold medal: Mary Tucker, Sagen Maddalena, and Ali Weisz
10m Air Rifle Men’s Team gold medal: Brandon Muske, Levi Clark, and Lucas Kozeniesky
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team gold medal: Sagen Maddalena and Lucas Kozeniesky
50m Rifle 3 Position Men’s Team gold medal: Patrick Sunderman, Lucas Kozeniesky, and Tim Sherry
50m Rifle 3 Position Women’s Team gold medal: Katie Zaun, Mary Tucker, and Sagen Maddalena
50m Prone Rifle Mixed Team gold medal: Sagen Maddalena and Patrick Sunderman
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team silver medal: Ali Weisz and Brandon Muske
50m Prone Rifle Mixed Team silver medal: Tim Sherry and Mary Tucker
Shotgun
Dania Vizzi: gold medal and quota in Women’s Skeet
Dustan Taylor: gold medal and quota in Men’s Skeet
Aeriel Skinner: gold medal and quota in Women’s Trap
Will Hinton: gold medal and quota in Men’s Trap
Kayle Browning: silver medal in Women’s Trap
Caitlin Connor: bronze medal in Women’s Skeet
Rachel Tozier: bronze medal in Women’s Trap
Derek Haldeman: bronze medal in Men’s Trap
Men’s Skeet Team gold medal: Benjamin Keller, Dustan Taylor, and Christian Elliott
Mixed Skeet Team gold medal: Dustan Taylor and Dania Vizzi
Men’s Trap Team gold medal: Will Hinton, Casey Wallace, and Derek Haldeman
Mixed Skeet Team silver medal: Christian Elliott and Sam Simonton
Women’s Trap Team silver medal: Aeriel Skinner, Rachel Tozier, and Kayle Browning
Mixed Trap Team bronze medal: Will Hinton and Rachel Tozier
After our athletes’ stellar performances at the CAT Games, the U.S. has a total of 15 Olympic Quotas for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Each country is eligible for two quotas in each event. To date the U.S. has earned quotas in the following events: Women’s 10m Air Pistol, Women’s 25m Pistol, Women’s 10m Air Rifle (x2), Men’s 10m Air Rifle, Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Position (x2), Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Position, Men’s Trap (x2), Men’s Skeet (x2), Women’s Trap, and Women’s Skeet (x2).
U.S. shooting athletes compete at international competitions to earn Olympic quota spots about two years before the Olympic Games. When an athlete earns a quota for the U.S. in a specific event, the U.S. then becomes eligible to have an athlete compete in said event at the Olympic Games. Athletes are only eligible to earn one event quota in a four-year Olympic cycle.
Up next for USA Shooting is the ISSF President’s Cup. Athletes with a world ranking of 12 or higher are invited to the competition. Eleven U.S. athletes have been invited to the prestigious event this year. The following will be competing Vincent Hancock, Derrick Mein, Caitlin Connor, Austen Smith, Sam Simonton, Dania Vizzi, Will Hinton, Ali Weisz, Sagen Maddalena, Lucas Kozeniesky and Nick Mowrer.
The competition will take place Nov. 28- Dec. 4 in Cairo, Egypt. Follow @USAShooting on social media for all of the latest updates.