September/October 2011: Volume 19, Number 5 - USA Shooting

The USA Shooting
Team sent 15 talented
shotgun shooters
to compete in the
International Shooting Sports
Federation (ISSF) World Cup
Slovenia from July 8 to 15. is
was the nal leg of ISSF World
Cup competition and one of only
three remaining opportunities
for the USA to pick up its nal
Men’s Double Trap and Men’s
Trap quotas. With over 589
competitors from 77 dierent
federations, the competition was
erce as Olympic quotas were on
the line.
Rachael Heiden (Clinton,
Mich.) delivered an award
winning performance in
Women’s Trap. Heiden shot 72
qualication targets to tie with
four other athletes for three
spots in the nal. Shooting four
targets, Heiden and Slovakia’s
Zuzana Stefecekova and France’s
Delphine Racinet advanced to
the nal. Heiden attacked the
eld, hungry for the gold. With
the highest nal of 23 targets,
she surpassed the competition
to secure the highest spot on
the podium with 95 targets.
Teammate Corey Cogdell (Eagle
River, Alaska) shot 72 match
targets to qualify for the shooto,
but nished in eighth place
with two shoot-o targets.
In Men’s Double Trap
Sta Sergeant Joshua Richmond
(Hillsgrove, Pa.) climbed to
fourth place overall in the Men’s
Double Trap nal. Richmond
nailed 145 match targets and 47
out of 50 targets in the nal for
192 total targets. Adding to his
point total for U.S. Olympic point
selection, Richmond is well on
his way to attending the 2012
London Olympic Games.
e Team nished with one
gold medal and two appearances
in the nals by Heiden and Sta
Sergeant Richmond. Many of
the American shotgun athletes
that shot in Slovenia will also
be returning to Europe to
appear in the World Clay Target
Championship in Belgrade,
Serbia, from September 3 to 14.
L: Rachael Heiden was on a mission to win gold and did so with 23 out
of 25 targets in the nal. Heiden’s concentration in the Women’s Trap
nal never waivered as she set out to achieve her goals.
R: Sta Sergeant Josh Richmond shot his way up to fourth place in the
Men’s Double Trap nal.
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