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Sgt. 1st Class Michael McPhail, U.S. Army Marksman-
ship Unit (USAMU), won his nomination to the U.S. Olympic Team Sept. 3 during the ISSF World Cup Final in Munich, Sept. 1-7.
He also won his third gold medal this year in the World Cup Finals and is currently ranked No.1 in the world in 0HQ·V 3URQH 5LÁ H “It’s a lot of hard work, but the goal was to make the
Olympic Team,” McPhail said. 2WKHU PHPEHUV RI WKH ,QWHUQDWLRQDO 3LVWRO DQG 5LÁ H
Teams — Staff Sgt. George Norton, Sgt. 1st Class James Henderson, Staff Sgt. Greg Markowski and Spc. Daniel /RZH TXDOLÀ HG DW WKH
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gun Team, is currently ranked No. 4 in the world for Men’s 'RXEOH 7UDS E\ WKH ,66) DQG ZDV QRPLQDWHG IRU WKH À IWK time to compete on the U.S. Olympic Team. Eller said he will see how the upcoming international
season pans out to determine the best way to train for the upcoming Olympics. 7KUHH RI (OOHU·V WHDPPDWHV SODFHG À UVW WKURXJK WKLUG LQ WKH )DOO 6HOHFWLRQ 0DWFK 2FW
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and Sgt. 1st Class Jeffery Holguin won gold, silver and EURQ]H UHVSHFWLYHO\ ´:H·UH LQ VRPHZKDW RI D GRJ À JKW ULJKW QRZ µ VDLG 5LFK 2O\PSLDQ IURP +LOOVJURYH 3HQQV\OYDQLD
PRQG D Haldeman said as the three of them began the Fall Se-
lection Match this year, they knew they had to be on top of their game. “We all wanted to stay in contention because you can’t
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has been ranked No. 1 in the world three times in his ca- reer, six months in a row this year. “There’s only one top spot on the program, and we’re
all going for it,” Holguin said.. In Skeet, Spec. Hayden Stewart, one of the newest
members of the USAMU Shotgun Team, tied with U.S. Na- tional Team member Frank Thompson for the gold during the Fall Selection Match. 6WHZDUW VDLG KH ZDV WKULOOHG WR WLH IRU À UVW SODFH DQG KLV 2O\PSLF 7ULDOV LV VLPSOH
SODQ IRU WKH 0D\ “I am going to do what I know how to do,” he said. 32 USA Shooting News | Year in Review 2015
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