2015 Pan American Games t o r o n t o , c a n a d a
In the Finals, it was Davis who would shine, claiming a gold medal and an
Olympic quota for the U.S. On the last shot of the Final with Julio Iemma of Venezuela, Davis held just a .1 lead. Davis got his shot of 10.3 off early and Iemma was unable to catch him, shooting just a 10.1. Iemma won the silver and Wallizer took the bronze in this event. Davis’ win also secured the second and fi nal Olympic quota slot the U.S. needed in Men’s Air Rifl e. By the conclusion of Qualifi cation of Women’s Trap, Kayle Browning
(Wooster, Arkansas) and Kimberley Bowers (Lafayette, California) were in the fi rst and second position. After the semifi nal in the bronze-medal match, Bow- ers tied Ana Latorre of Puerto Rico at 11 targets. It looked like Bowers was go- ing to wrap up the bronze-medal match in the 15 regulations targets; however, Latorre hit three in a row to tie her. Bowers went on to win the shootoff, 2 to 1 and win the bronze medal. Browning tied Amanda Chudoba of Canada at 13 targets in the semifi nal to
move on to the gold-medal match. It looked like Browning was out of it early as she dropped four of her fi rst six targets, but then she ran for nine straight to tie Chudoba at 11 targets. In the shootoff, Browning missed her second shot to lose to Chudoba 2 to 1 and take the silver medal. In a Men’s Rapid Fire Pistol Final that included the reigning Olympic and
Top left: Michael McPhail wins silver, Middle left: Hannah Black, Bottom left: T.J. Bayer, Top middle: Kim Rhode celebrates after winning Women’s Skeet, Top right: Sandra Uptagrafft wins silver in Women’s Sport Pistol, Bottom right: Courtney Anthony waves to the crowd during Women’s Air Pistol Final.
Pan American Games Champion, Brad Balsley (U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit/ Uniontown, Pennsylvania) made his fi rst international medal a big one – a gold medal that comes along with an Olympic quota. “It felt great to be able to compete and be at the same level as those guys,”
Balsley said. “It’s kind of what we are working to and with (Leuris) Pupo being the current gold medalist; it was nice being able to hang with him. It’s the fi rst fi nal I’ve competed in with him.”
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