World Cup USA Rifl e/Pistol Preview
Depth, Diversity Shape U.S. Team For World Cup USA
The USA Shooting Team is
hoping for a home-range advan- tage as the International Shoot- ing Sports Federation (ISSF) World Cup season kicks off right here in the U.S. at World Cup USA March 26 – April 3 in Fort Benning, Ga. More than 400 competitors
from 50 nations are expected to compete at the home of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit.
fi nish in Men’s Prone Rifl e re- spectively. Brown will have the oppor-
tunity to repeat his World Cup USA win this year as he quali- fi ed to compete in the Men’s Air Pistol and Free Pistol competi- tions during the Pistol Selection Match in Colorado Springs, Colo. the last week of February. Also joining Brown in Men’s Air Pistol will be Olympians Jason Turner
McPhail and Eric Uptagrafft (US- AMU/Phenix City, Ala.). “I have used prone smallbore
(rifl e) as cross training for pistol for years now and I am very ex- cited to have the unique oppor- tunity to represent the USA not only in pistol but rifl e as well,” Mowrer said. “I shoot multiple events, not
only prone, but the reason is just the same; I use other shooting
years to build the prone rifl e that he used in the match. Emmons will compete in
Three-Position Rifl e event after winning it at the January Selec- tion Match. This World Cup will be his fi rst since winning his third Olympic medal (bronze) at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Rifl e selections for this World
Cup were determined at Winter Airgun Championships for Air Rifl e and a Rifl e Selection Match
Will Brown won gold in Men’s Air Pistol at the 2013 World Cup USA.
He will have the opportunity to defend his medal later this month in Fort Benning, Ga.
At the last Rifl e/Pistol World
Cup USA back in May 2013, the U.S. earned two medals with Will Brown (Twin Falls, Idaho) win- ning a gold medal in Men’s 10m Air Pistol and Dempster Christen- son (Sioux Falls, S.D.) winning a silver medal in Men’s Air Rifl e. Keith Sanderson (Colorado
Springs, Colo.) and Michael McPhail (USAMU/Darlington, Wis.) also got in on the high- lights for the U.S. squad with a fi fth-place fi nish in Men’s Rapid Fire Pistol and a seventh-place
(Rochester, N.Y.) and Brian Bea- man (Selby, S.D.). Perhaps the most “unique”
competitor for the United States will be 2012 Olympian Nick Mow- rer (Butte, Mont.). Mowrer has competed in four World Cups throughtout his
career...as a member of the Pistol National Team. At this World Cup USA, Mowrer will be the fi rst American competitor to compete in inter- national competition in different disciplines when he shoots Prone Rifl e alongside 2012 Olympians
24 USA Shooting News | March 2014
disciplines to be able to com- pete in more matches and gain more experience that I am able to then use in my pistol shoot- ing! It also keeps shooting fun and exciting,” he said. Mowrer took third overall
in Prone at the Rifl e Selec- tion Match, wearing a borrowed shooting jacket from former Resident Athlete Matt Wallace. Mowrer has even received help from 2012 Olympic teammate and bronze medalist Matt Em- mons (Brown Mills, N.J.) over the
in early January for smallbore events. Qualifying to compete in both Air and Three-Position Rifl e are Amy Sowash (Richmond, Ky.) and University of Alaska Fair- banks standout Ryan Anderson (Wasilla, Alaska). Read more about Anderson on page 30. Two juniors from Illinois – Eliz-
abeth Gratz (Sigel, Ill.) and Mer- edith Carpentier (Waukegan, Ill.) – will represent the United States in the Open Division of Women’s Air Rifl e. Read more about these athletes in our features on rising shooters on pages 29 and 31 respectively. Another U.S. entry on a hot
streak is fi ve-time Olympian Emil Milev (Temple Terrace, Fla.) who will shoot Rapid Fire Pistol at
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68