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ACAPULCO
February 28 - March 10
ISSF World Cup - Acapulco “awesome is always great to watch.” - Dave johnson
A “Awesome is always great to watch.” It was the reaction from Director of Operations
Dave Johnson upon hearing two-time Olympic medalist Vincent Hancock had just shot a perfect world-record qualifying score of 125 on his way to the unprecedented perfect match and his sixth career World Cup win. It just as well could be used to describe the USA Shooting Teams all-around performance at the season-opening World Cup of 2015. The U.S. Shotgun Team came down to the spring-break mecca and began 2015 with
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Kim Rhode (El Monte, Calif.) Jeff Holguin (Yorba Linda, Calif.) Vincent Hancock (Eatonton, Ga.)
Corey Cogdell-Unrein (Eagle River, Alaska) &DLWOLQ &RQQRU :LQQÀ HOG /D Derek Haldeman (Sunbury, Ohio) Kayle Browning (Wooster, Ark.) Glenn Eller (Houston, Texas)
Top left: Jeff Holguin, top right: Kim Rhode wins gold and Caitlin Connor wins silver in Women’s Skeet, bottom left: Derek Haldeman, bottom right: Kayle Browning and Corey Cogdell- Unrein. Photos by ISSF
60 USA Shooting News | Year in Review 2015
Place Gold
Gold Gold
4th Event Women’s Skeet Silver
Gold Men’s Double Trap Men’s Skeet Women’s Trap Women’s Skeet
Bronze Men’s Double Trap Women’s Trap
6th Men’s Double Trap
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