ASSA 3-Position National Championships Underway

Jul 21 '17 | By admin | Views: 658 | Comments: 2

*** UPDATED TO INCLUDE FINAL SCORES FROM THE 3-P COMPETITION ***

The first American Smallbore Shooting Association National Championships are in action at the Blue Trail Range in Wallingford, CT, July 21-22 (followed by the Prone Championships).

Day one of the Position competition started with thirty-nine shooters on the line for the Iron Sights Position matches. Juniors lead the field on Day one with a Junior shooter firing the winning scores in Prone, Standing, Kneeling and the Aggregate.

PRONE started the competition with two shooters shooting 400. Sophia Cuozzo shot 400-25x edging Peter Fiori who shot a 400-21x by 4 x’s..

STANDING was won by Fiori with an excellent 393-24x. Second place was Ashley Sprague with 389-13x. There were eight shooters bunched from 384-389. The Iron Sights Aggregate would be decided in Kneeling.

KNEELING was another match win for Fiori with a 397-23x edging out Ashley Sprague who fired 397-20x. Third Kneeling was Jeffery Doerschler with 394-22x

When all of day one Metallic Sight matches were completed the top of the standings looked like this:

1189-78x Peter Fiori - Winner

1184-52x Ashley Sprague - High Junior

1179-48x Sophia Cuozzo - 2nd Overall

1178-58x Tobin Sanctuary – 3rd Overall

1177-58x Emma Rhode – High Civilian

1176-54x Megan Wilcoxson – High Woman

1171-48x Hope Kavulich – 1st Master

1170-48x Daniel Wesson- 1st Expert

1170-52x Amber Schifano

1169-46x Madilyn Riegel

Senior shooters Jeffery Doerschler (1165-49x) and Mandy Otero (1164-48x) are separated by only one point an heading into the Day-2 Any Sight matches.

The Position standings are not over yet, as day two will be Any Sights, with several shooters ready to move up the scoreboard shooting Scope. Only 10 points separates 3rd and 10th place. Stay tuned…

*** Day two (Any Sights) results *************************

The weather forecast for today was heating up but no chance of rain. The morning wind took a timeout, and the scores soarded now that competitors replaced their Iron Sights with scopes for today’s competition.

PRONE What a difference a day makes. There were five shooters with a perfect 400, and seven more with 399. Fiori continued his winning ways with a 400-36x, this time edging out Jeffrey Doerschler who had a 399-37x. Prone awards:

400-36x Peter Fiori - Winner

399-37x Jeffrey Doerschler – 1st master

400-33x Rebecca Picone – 1st Expert

397-23x Joel Potts – 1st Sharpshooter

398-27x Graham Wolf – 1st Marksman

STANDING – Scores again were rising as was the temperature. After the standing scores were final, it is looking like no one is going to catch Fiori. He followed up his Prone win with another match win in Standing 397-24x. The race for High Senior Aggregate is still down to the wire after Doerschler and Otero tied in Prone 399, and Standing 376. Doerschler has a point point lead going into Kneeling.

397-24x Peter Fiori - Winner

392-15x Tobin Sanctuary – 1st master

394-22x Daniel Wesson – 1st Expert

384-09x Erin Diehl– 1st Sharpshooter

370-10x Natalie Davidson – 1st Marksman

KNEELING – Fiori continued his run with a 399-28x to also win the Any-Sight Kneeling match. Top scores in Kneeling were a family affair as Peter Fiori Sr shot a 399-21x! Jeffery Doerschler was right behind the Fiori's with a 398-23x, which locked up the 1st Senior for Any-Sights.

399-28x Peter Fiori - Winner

398-23x Jeffrey Doerschler – 1st master

399-21x Peter Fiori Sr. – 1st Expert

391-17x Erin Diehl– 1st Sharpshooter

388-16x Natalie Davidson – 1st Marksman

The Any-Sight Aggregate Top 10 were:

1196-88x Peter Fiori - Winner

1189-68x Daniel Wesson - 2nd Overall, High Junior

1185-62x Ashley Sparague - 3rd Overall, High Woman

1182-65x Tobin Sanctuary - 1st Master

1182-65x Sophia Cuozzo

1176-55x Rebecca Picone - 1st Expert