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Rachel Garner of Texas Christian University (TCU) won the Women's Three-Position Rifle competition at the National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships (NJOSC), held at the U.S. Olympic Training Center, in Colorado Springs, CO, earlier this month. Garner, a sophomore from Celina, TX, was the standout performer in a talented field. Firing back-to-back world-level qualifying scores of 587 and 585, her 1172 cumulative score earned her the victory.

On what it means to be a Junior Olympic Champion and now a Junior World Championship Team member, Rachel Garner (pictured) said, "It's a dream come true and just a tremendous honor."

After securing the win, Garner finished third in the Final. Garner's performance backs up an outstanding match she had during this year's NCAA Rifle Championship. She was the top qualifier in Smallbore and then finished fourth in the Final. She was the second-best qualifier in Air Rifle there too, and ended up third overall in that event. Garner was runner-up in the Smallbore (.22 caliber) event at last year's NJOSC.

Full story by SSUSA Staff and more pictures are available at Shooting Sports USA

On the final day of Women’s Rifle competition at the 2017 National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships (NJOSC), high school senior Emily Stith just gave herself the best graduation gift imaginable with round trip tickets to Suhl, Germany courtesy of being crowned Junior Olympic Champion in Air Rifle.

Photo by USA Shooting

Full article by Kevin Neuendorf

kevin.neuendorf@usashooting.org

USA Shooting

WOMEN'S AIR RIFLE PHOTOS available from USA Shooting flickr site

WOMEN'S AIR-RIFLE AND SMALLBORE RESULTS available in the ShootingBUZZ file area

USA Shooting at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado welcomes the best rifle junior talent in the country for the National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships (NJOSC). Men’s rifle competition kicks off 18 straight days of shooting action beginning Saturday. April 8th.

Athletes have their sights on a spot on the Junior World Championship Team. The top-two finishers in each event at NJOSC will earn the right to compete for Team USA at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Championship, June 22-29 in Suhl, Germany.  A junior committee made up of USA Shooting coaches/staff will determine a potential third spot in each discipline.

FINAL RESULTS PDF in Files Section.

Picture and summary from USA Shooting Press release

Check out the full article at USA Shooting