Rocky Mountain Rifl e
Resident Athletes Excel During Rocky Mountain Rifl e
The two indoor shooting rang-
es at the USA Shooting Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., were primed and ready for the 2014 version of the Rocky Mountain Rifl e Championships, February 12-16. More than 60 competitors
competed in the air and small- bore (.22 caliber) rifl e competi- tion that served as a valuable
on display with the likes of 2012 Olympic gold medalist Jamie Gray (Lebanon, Pa.) along with inter- national star Sergei Martynov of Belarus, the reigning Olympic Champion in Men’s Prone Rifl e, who also has two Olympic bronze medals and two World Champi- onship titles on his impressive career resume. Valerian Sauve- plane of France, a 2010 World
mond, Ky.) earned a silver medal in air rifl e as did Tom Csenge (Col- orado Springs, Colo.), who lost gold by 1/10th of a point. Bryant Wallizer (Little Orleans, Md.) and Dempster Christenson (Sioux Falls, S.D.), also picked up bronze medals with Wallizer claiming third in Men’s Prone while Chris- tenson gathered up his medal in Men’s Three-Position. Wallizer
Position. Quiner, a sophomore at Murray State, fi nished seventh and eighth respectively in air and three-position, while Marsh fi nished eighth in air rifl e. The Rocky Mountain Rifl e Championships is unique in the variety of talent the match at- tracts. Visiting shooters from Ja- pan, Belarus, France, Argentina, Venezuela, Great Britain and Sin- gapore joined the Americans on the fi ring line.
Sarah Scherer picked up two medals during the event, fi nish- ing third in Air Rifl e and second in Three-Position Rifl e.
Learn more about Scherer and her interests off the fi ring line on page 63.
training match ahead of a 2014 competition season that begins Olympic and Paralympic quali- fying for Rio 2016 hopefuls. The event mainly featured U.S. Olympic Training Center resident athletes along with a sampling of National Development and National Junior Team members. Collegiate rifl e shooters were in the midst of school and prepara- tion for the upcoming NCAA Rifl e Championships and many top athletes chose not to participate. Still, plenty of fi repower was
Championships silver medal- ist, also competed in the Men’s Prone event. Gray, still working through major lower back pain that’s limiting the time she spends on the gun, managed a third-place fi nish. Sarah Scherer (Woburn,
Mass.), who moved to the U.S. Olympic Complex in January after graduating from Texas Christian University, picked up two medals during the event, fi nishing third in Air Rifl e and second in Three- Position Rifl e. Amy Sowash (Rich-
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and Csenge were fi nalists in all three contested rifl e events, with Csenge earning a fourth-place fi nish in Men’s Three-Position. Christenson, a World Cup med- alist in air rifl e last season, just missed a medal in that event with a fourth-place fi nish as well. Junior shooter Emily Quiner
(Bloomfi eld, Minn.) emerged on the scene earning a fi nals position in both events, while Elizabeth Marsh (Searcy, Ark.) continued her rise by earning a spot in fi nals of Women’s Three-
The Rocky Mountain Rifl e Championships was the third featured match since USA Shooting enhanced its range capability with the installation of 70 new Megalink electronic targets along with advanced technology and event capabili- ties. The $500,000 project was funded by USA Shooting along with major donors and partners who helped sponsor $80,000 in dedicated fi ring points to help make the range upgrade a reality.
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