Rifl e/Pistol Spring Selection
Breadth of Experience to Represent U.S. For Rifl e and Pistol at World Championship
Thirty rifl e and pistol slots
were up for grabs at the two-week Rifl e/Pistol Spring Selection Match in Fort Ben- ning, Georgia as competitors were determined for the In- ternational Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) World Cups in Munich, Germany, Maribor, Slovenia, and most importantly, the World
March in the Three-Position Rifl e event. Scherer also fi nished in seventh place in Air Rifl e in Munich. She’ll be joined by three-time Olym- pic medalist Matt Emmons (Browns Mills, New Jersey) who marked his return to international competition in Ft. Benning with a fi nals entry and sixth-place perfor-
Christenson (Sioux Falls, South Dakota), Connor Da- vis (Shelbyville, Kentucky), Sarah Beard (Danville, In- diana), Amy Sowash (Rich- land, Kentucky) and Sagen Maddalena (Groveland, Cal- ifornia).
Sowash was also
a fi nalist alongside Scherer in Fort Benning earlier this year, fi nishing fourth. Furrer
Olympian and 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Jason Turn- er (Rochester, New York) and 2012 Olympian Sandra Uptagrafft (Phenix City, Ala- bama). Those three will be joined by Will Brown (Twin Falls, Idaho), Jim Henderson (USAMU/Midland, Georgia), John Zurek (Tucson), Brad Balsley
(USAMU/Union-
town, Pennsylvania) Teresa Chambers (Dearborn, Michi-
Sarah Scherer (right) won bronze in Women’s Three-Position Rifl e at ISSF World Cup USA in Fort Ben- ning, Georgia earlier this year.
gan) and Enkelejda Shehaj (Naples, Fla.). Shotgun competitors for
World Championships were determined at their Spring Selection Match back in March in Kerrville, Texas. Junior-level athletes and
Championship in Granada, Spain in September. On the rifl e side, 2012
Olympian Sarah Scherer (Woburn, Massachusetts) will lead the 10-person squad into competition courtesy of her bronze-med- al performance
at the
season’s fi rst Rifl e/Pistol World Cup in Fort Benning, Georgia, in March. Scherer earned the second World Cup medal of her career in
mance. He fi nished in fourth place in Prone in Munich and in eighth place in Mari- bor. Emmons sat out all of 2013 but has looked good since his return. Two 2012 Olympians, Mi-
chael McPhail (U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit/Darling- ton, Wisconsin) and Aman- da Furrer (Spokane, Wash- ington), are also competing along with Ryan Anderson (Wasilla, Alaska), Dempster
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missed the Finals in Maribor by one point to fi nish in 10th place. Recent World Cup USA gold medalist Keith Sand- erson (Colorado Springs) returns
to competition in
his featured event of Rapid Fire to help lead the 10-per- son pistol squad into action along with four-time Olympi- an and 1996 Olympic silver medalist Emil Milev (Temple Terrace, Florida), three-time
competitors in non-Olympic events were named to the team following fi nal selec- tion at the USA Shooting Na- tional Championships in Fort Benning, Ga. The 81-person squad is easily the largest USA Shooting team assem- bled every four years.
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