January/February 2011: Volume 19, Number 1 - USA Shooting

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The USA Shooting CAT Men’s and Women’s Trap Teams shooting official training. (L to R) Collin Wietfeldt, John Mullins, Kelsey Zauhar, Rachael Heiden and Corey Cogdell. jan feb 2011.indd 18 1/3/2011 10:46:08 AM
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, had an influx of Americans in the month of November, yet these individuals weren’t tourists. They were members of the USA Shooting Team representing the red, white and blue in the Confederaciòn Americana de Tiro (CAT Games) or Championships of the Americas, an intercontinental championship featuring North, South and Latin American federations. The top podium finishers will earn 2012 Olympic quotas for their nation. With five quotas from the World Championship, the USA was looking to grab a few more Olympic quotas in the heat of Brazil. Jumping out of the gate with the nine out of eleven shooters in the finals, the U.S. was off to a terrific start. Spc. Matt Rawlings won the first quota in Men’s 10m Air Rifle with 597 qualification points and 100.7 points in the final for 697.7 total points. Olympic Training Center Resident Athlete Bryant Wallizer fired 591 points in qualification, yet shot up in the standings with the highest final of 102.2 points. Wallizer finished with 693.2 total points and the bronze medal. In Men’s 50m Free Pistol, 2008 Olympians Jason Turner and Brian Beaman both made appearances in the finals. Turner claimed top honors and the quota with a world-class score of 568 points in qualification and 97.6 points in the finals. Beaman finished eighth with 631.1 total points. The U.S. was also well represented in the Women’s 25m Pistol final as all three Americans qualified. Libby Callahan shot 565 points in qualification and an outstanding 202.5 points in the final to finish fifth. Teresa Meyer shot for 571 points in the qualification round and 196 points in the final to finish sixth. Brenda Shinn tallied 568 points in qualification with a final of 197.1 points for 765.1 total points and seventh place. The action heated up on the shotgun range with Women’s Trap, the first shotgun event of the championship. The American women brought home a winner—three to be exact. Rachael Heiden entered the final with 73 out of 75 targets and shot 17 out of 25 targets in the final. Corey Cogdell shot 72 out of 75 targets in qualification and made up the difference with a final of 18 out of 25 targets. Tied at 90 targets, Heiden and Cogdell entered a shoot-off for gold and the quota. Cogdell won after hitting four straight targets. Heiden finished with the silver medal. Their teammate, Kelsey Zauhar shot 62 out of 75 targets to tie with two other shooters for a chance at the finals. Zauhar shot her way into the finals and fired 19 out of 25 targets to tie hometown favorite Karla de Bona of Brazil. In a fight for the bronze, Zauhar beat the Brazilian after just three targets; however, a single country sweep jan feb 2011.indd 19 1/3/2011 10:46:10 AM
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