Excitement Excitement - uspsa

2010 Smith & Wesson US
Steel National Championship
KC Eusebio scrambling to
victory on “Outer Limits.”
STORY AND PHOTOS BY DAVE THOMAS, USPSA ED
Thunder and lighting crackled through the night at Titusville,
Fla., in March, but that show was no more spectacular than
the down-to-the-wire battle between K.C. Eusebio and Max
Michel. When the dust settled K.C. pulled it out with a total
time for the eight stages of 78.01 seconds compared to Max's 78.02.
Yes, you are reading that correctly. The winning margin was one
one-hundredth of a second. Think of that…a slight hesitation on the
draw, a slightly missed grip, a slight stumble between the boxes on
Outer Limits…how could you possibly identify the one little thing over
the course of the day that made the difference in such a tiny margin?
Dave Sevigny finished third with a total time of 89.29. Coupled
with his wins in both Limited and Rimfire this was enough to earn him
the men's Steel Master trophy. The rest of the top 10 included, in order,
B.J. Norris, Jerry Miculek, Doug Koenig, Todd Jarrett, Shannon
Smith, James McGinty, and Billy Abbate.
Jessie Abbate continued her domination in her last match as a Glock
Team member with a 22nd place overall finish, beating her now former
team mate Randi Rogers who finished 44th. Jessie completed the
sweep with first place finishes in Limited and Rimfire Divisions, earning
the ladies' Steel Master title.
For complete results, go to steelchallenge.com/match-results/.
While the times shot by a number of the competitors surpassed the
world records, they fell afoul of timing issues. Because of issues associated
with relative bullet flight time, World records can only be recognized
when the match employs "wired" stop plates (where the plate’s
movement caused by bullet impact trips a sensor). The only match currently
using wired plates is the Steel Challenge World Speed Shooting
Championship.
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