The nearly week-long Robert Mitchell Rifle Championships concluded yesterday at the Olympic Shooting Center in Colorado Springs with titles awarded in Women’s Air Rifle and Three-Position Rifle.
More than 60 athletes from four countries competed in the annual match which was the first for USA Shooting to utilize the new International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) rules in which men and women shoot the same number of competition shots in each event.
Though it may have been a smaller match in attendance numbers, there were big scores put up by the athletes in competition.
In the women’s competition, 14-year-old Katie Zaun (Buffalo, North Dakota) and Erin McNeil(USAMU/Fort Wayne, Indiana) each shot 1165 in Qualification – a world-class score in the Open (adult) division.
Despite these efforts, Rachel Martin (Peralta, New Mexico) was the only athlete to win titles in both disciplines, claiming the Women’s Air Rifle and Three-Position Rifle titles. Alison Weisz (Belgrade, Montana) won silver in Women’s Three-Position Rifle and McNeil won bronze. Weisz also shot a world-class Qualification score of 625.7 in the Women’s Air Rifle event.
In Women’s Air Rifle, Angeline Henry (Fort Worth, Texas) won the silver medal, as well as the gold in the Women’s Three-Position Rifle event. Winning bronze in Women’s Air Rifle was 16-year-old Macey Way (Colorado Springs, Colorado) who also shot an impressive Day One Qualification score of 624.1.
The most dominating Finals performance came from 14-year-old Emily Brock (Delmont, South Dakota) who won the Junior Women’s Air Rifle event with a Finals score of 250.4 – an impressive score in the Open division in international competition. Morgan Kreb (Colorado Springs, Colorado) won silver in the Junior Women’s Air Rifle event and Zaun won the bronze.
Earlier in the week in Men’s Air Rifle, Matt Rawlings (Wharton, Texas) won the gold medal. Dempster Christenson (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) won silver and Kozeniesky won bronze. On the Junior side,Jordan Williams (Colorado Springs, Colorado) won gold, Travis Stockton (Arvada, Colorado) won silver and Ryan Habeck (Fort Pierre, South Dakota) won bronze.
Complete results can be found at http://www.usashooting.org/library/Competitions/0_2018/18_RMC/Results/Final_Results_RMC_2018.pdf
This match is named for Robert Mitchell, who helped build USA Shooting from its infancy as a National Governing Body through his 30-year career with the organization. During his retirement ceremony in August 2016, the USA Shooting staff announced that they were renaming this match from the Rocky Mountain Rifle Championship in his honor. The match originated under Mitchell back in 1986 when he was National Rifle Coach.
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