Suhl Junior World Cup
By: Jessica Delos Reyes Manager of Media and Public Relations
Shotgun Women Shine in Suhl At Junior World Cup
The Shotgun women of
the USA Shooting Team were the standouts at the ISSF Ju- nior World Cup in Suhl, Ger- many as they collected four medals during the Junior- only event June 27 – July 1. Emily Hampson (Saint
Charles, Missouri) and Chey- enne Waldrop (Foresthill, California) won gold and silver respectively in the
greatly reinforces all of the hard work I have put into this sport and the idea that you can do anything you set your mind to.” Waldrop qualifi ed for the
Final in fi rst place with 70 targets. Hampson hit 64 tar- gets for fourth place overall, but was in a six-way tie for the three remaining spots in the Final. Hampson, along
stage for the fi rst time and let the international commu- nity know that the U.S. junior shooters are raising the bar,” said USA Shooting National Junior Development Team Coach Chad Whittenburg. “Their performance here in Suhl is remarkable. They both showed great stamina and mental strength in their performances.”
ana) fi nished in 11th place with 63 targets. Other standout U.S. per-
formances included a team silver medal for the Men’s Three-Position Rifl e team of Ben Estes (Ozark, Missouri), Jacob Buchanan (Spring, Texas) and William Anti (Col- orado Springs, Colorado). Estes fi nished Qualifi cation in fi rst with a score of 1167, but would fi nished in sixth place overall. Buchanan fi n-
Sam Smith, Cheyenne Waldrop and Emily Hampson celebrate their Women’s Trap Team gold medal in Suhl. Hampson also won an individual gold and Wal- drop won an individual silver in Women’s Trap.
All photos by: ISSF
Women’s Trap competition. Their performances also helped the U.S. — along with teammate Samantha Smith (Spring Hill, Tennessee) — win a team gold medal in the event. Smith fi nished in 20th place with 58 targets. “Having the opportunity
to represent my country with a gold medal around my neck makes me so incred- ibly proud,” Hampson said. “Receiving gold at my fi rst international competition
with two other athletes, won their spots in the Final in a shootoff by one target. By the conclusion of the
all-American gold medal match, Hampson and Wal- drop were tied at 13 tar- gets apiece. The gold medal would be decided in a shoot- off in which Waldrop missed her fi rst target, but Hamp- son hit hers and along with it, won the gold medal. “Emily & Cheyenne have stepped on to the world
18 USA Shooting News | September 2015 Dania Vizzi (Odessa, Flor-
ida) also won a silver medal in Women’s Skeet. She qualifi ed for the Final in fi fth place with 68 targets. Vizzi won the semifi nal match with 13 of 16 targets to advance to the gold-medal match against Ekaterina Fili- monova of Russia. Vizzi got behind early, dropping fi ve of her fi rst eight targets, and was unable to recover. Vizzi’s teammate Sydney Carson (North Liberty, Indi-
ished in 16th with a score of 1148 and Anti fi nished in 19th place with a score of 1147. The Men’s Double Trap
team of Dale Royer (Jack- son, Montana), Hank Garvey (Newburyport, Massachu- setts) and Jesse Haynes- Lewis (Nahant, Massachu- setts) also claimed a U.S. medal at the Junior World Cup when they won a team silver.
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