OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC TRIALS CONTINUE AS PARIS 2024 APPROACHES
By Brittany Nelson, USAS Public Relations & Communications Manager
COLO SPRGS, CO (Dec 22, 2023) –USA Shooting saw a busy December with Rifle/Pistol Olympic trials part two and Paralympic trials part one taking place this past month at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Rifle and pistol events will have a total of three Olympic trials before the Paris 2024 team is selected. Trials part one took place in September of this year at Fort Moore, Georgia. After the conclusion of part two, the overall rankings are as follows:
Women’s 25m Sport Pistol
1st: Katelyn Abeln
2nd: Lisa Emmert Traciak
3rd: Ada Korkhin
4th: Lexi Lagan
5th: Abbie Leverett
Men’s Rapid Fire Pistol
1st: Keith Sanderson
2nd: Henry Leverett
3rd: Pranav Kamath
4th: Austin Stone
5th: John McNally
Women’s 10m Air Pistol
1st: Lexi Lagan
2nd: Suman Sanghera
3rd: Katelyn Abeln
4th: Lisa Emmert Traciak
5th: Ada Korkhin
Men’s 10m Air Pistol
1st: Nick Mowrer
2nd: Jay Shi
3rd: James Hall
4th: Samuel Gens
5th: Remington Smith
Women’s 10m Air Rifle
1st: Mary Tucker
2nd: Sagen Maddalena
3rd: Ali Weisz
4th: Katie Zaun
5th: Jeanne Haverhill
Men’s 10m Air Rifle
1st: Ivan Roe
2nd: Rylan Kissell
3rd: Lucas Kozeniesky
Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions
1st: Mary Tucker
2nd: Sagen Maddalena
3rd: Molly McGhin
4th: Katie Zaun
5th: Isabella Baldwin
Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions
1st: Ivan Roe
2nd: Nick Mowrer
Tie for 3rd: Peter Fiori and Brandon Muske
5th: Tim Sherry
Air Rifle/Pistol Olympic trials part three will be Jan. 5-7 in Anniston, Alabama, and smallbore Olympic trials part three will be March 17-19 in Fort Moore, Georgia.
The Paralympic trials also consists of three separate parts. Part one concluded in December as well. The overall team standings are as follows:
Men’s 10m Air Pistol P1
1st: YanXiao Gong
2nd: Josue Lopez
Women’s 10m Air Pistol P2
1st: Tricia Downing
Mixed 25m Sport Pistol P3
1st: YanXiao Gong
2nd: Mike Taglipietra
3rd: Tricia Downing
Mixed 50m Sport Pistol P4
1st: YanXiao Gong
Men’s 10 Air Rifle Standing
1st: Nick Beach
2nd: Jay Martin
Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing
1st: Taylor Farmer
Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone R3
1st: Kevin Nguyen
2nd: Nick Beach
3rd: Taylor Farmer
4th: Steve Holbert
5th: Landon Ruggera
Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing R4
1st: Benjamin Hays
2nd: Madison Champion
3rd: Jadon Nafziger
4th: Jazmin Almile-Ryan
Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone R5
1st: Stetson Bardfield
2nd: Madison Champion
3rd: Jazmin Almile-Ryan
Mixed 50m Rifle Prone R6
1st: Kevin Nguyen
2nd: John Joss
3rd: Landon Ruggera
4th: Nick Beach
5th: Bud McLeroy
Mixed 50m Rifle Prone R9
1st: Benjamin Hays
2nd: Jadon Nafziger
Paralympic trials part two will be held at the training center Feb. 2-10, 2024. Register here: https://ems.usashooting.org/paralympic-trials-part-2
Shotgun has a total of two Olympic trials. Their part one was held in May this year in Hillsdale, Michigan, and part two will be held in March of 2024 in Tucson Arizona. Register here: https://ems.usashooting.org/shotgun-oly ... ion-part-2
View the shotgun team’s overall standings here: https://usashooting.org/one-step-closer-to-paris/
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