*** 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
1174-63x Emma Rhode - 1st Unclassified
1174-55x Peter Fiori Sr.
1173-73x Jeffery Doerschler
1173-56x Peter Fiori Sr.
1168-45x Erin Diehl - 1st Sharpshooter
THE 3-P CHAMPIONSHIP AGGREGATE
2385-166x Peter Fiori - Winner
2369-114x Ashley Sparague - 2nd Overall, High Woman
2360-123x Tobin Sanctuary - 3rd Overall, High Junior
2359-120x Daniel Wesson - High Intermediatte Junior
2355-103x Sophia Cuozzo - 1st Master
2351-109x Emma Rhode - High Sub Junior
2340- 95x Madilyn Riegel
2338-122x Jeffery Doerschler - (High Senior Info only)
2337- 83x Amber Schifano
2328- 91x Riegel Christopher Hake
2337- 83x Amber Scifano - 1st Unclassified
2328- 83x Erin Diehl - 1st Sharpshooter
2327-101x Rebecca Picone - 1st Expert
Michael Carter presenting Peter Fiori the 3-Position National Championship award.
THE FULL MATCH RESULTS ARE POSTED ON THE ASSA RESULTS PAGE.
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