ANNISTON, ALABAMA – In a pair of tightly-contested finals in the 2010 National Three-Position Air Rifle Junior Olympics Championships in both precision and sporter classes, Matthew Martin topped Catherine Green and Hannah Weatherford edged Thomas Wheeless to capture national titles in precision and sporter classes, respectively.
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Matthew Martin, 17, of Eagle River, Alaska won the precision air rifle title at the 2010 National Three-Position Air Rifle Junior Olympics Championship in Anniston, Alabama.
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Martin, 17, of Eagle River, Alaska, squeaked by Green, 18, of Coventry, Rhode Island, in Precision Air Rifle overall by eight-tenths of a point, 1280.4 to 1279.6 for the victory. Trailing by one point after 120 shots in the two-day match, Green outshot Martin in the final 10 by two-tenths of a point, 99.6 to 99.4, but it wasn’t enough as Martin’s pre-final margin held up.
Firing a 591 with 42 center shots, Martin carried the precision class lead after Day I and Green was third, trailing by two points with a Day I total of 589-42. Positions were reversed at the completion of Day 2 regulation shooting as Green posted a 591-45 and Martin finished in fourth place with a 590- 36.
In the hunt were Kirsten Moyer, 17, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, who finished third overall at 1278.7 and Larissa Wright, 17, of Woodland Park, Colorado, at 1277.6 who placed fourth overall. Wright was the high scoring non-distinguished shooter in the precision air rifle event.
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Arlington Optimist Acorns of Virginia junior club won the overall precision air rifle competition with a four-person aggregate score of 4643-258.
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In team shooting, Arlington Optimist Acorns junior club of Virginia won the overall Precision Team Championship with a four-person aggregate score of 4643-258. Shooting members of the team were Ryan Anderson, Evelyn Holman, Camille Lathbury and Lluy Morgan. The team is coached by Capt. Paul Lluy.
In second place the 4-H club team, Borealis Bullseyes of Alaska, put up an aggregate score of 4639-252. The Bullseyes are led by Matthew Martin, Amber Poston, Alexandrea Lorentz and Michael Lindemann. The team is coached by Bill Martin.
The 4-H club team of MCGC-ALA of Alabama placed third in the event. The team of Samantha Bullard, Mary Banks, Matthew Allred and Sarah Banks scored an aggregate total of 4637-276. MCGC-ALA is coached by Perry Mitchell.
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With an aggregate score of 4610-259, JW Robinson High School Gold of Virginia captured the top scholastic precision class honor.
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The top scholastic precision shooting team was JW Robinson High School Gold of Virginia, which fired a combined aggregate score of 4610-259. The team, coached by Robert Hardy, is comprised of Lauren Alman, Turner Wharton, Alanna Linton and Brenden Hatfield.
In second place-scholastic, St. Louis University High School of Missouri scored 4604-252 and was comprised of Daniel Hermsmeier, Larry Rudolf, Mitchel Jones and Houston Barber.
LaCueva High School Marine Corps JROTC, New Mexico placed third with an aggregate score of 4602-255 and was coached by 1SGT Alberto Griego, USMC (Ret). The firing team members were Landon Shankles, Deckard Day, Herman Trujillo and Michael Abonyi.
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Hannah Weatherford, 18, of North Little Rock, Arkansas was victorious in the 2010 sporter air rifle championship.
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In Sporter Air Rifle Hannah Weatherford, 18, of North Little Rock, Arkansas, edged Thomas Wheeless, 16, of Hampton, Virginia, in the final to capture the National J.O. Three-Position Sporter title.
Like the precision class, there was a two-day game of cat and mouse played by Weatherford and Wheeless. Weatherford finished Day I with an aggregate of 554-20 and Wheeless posted the identical score on Day 2. They finished first and second each day and were virtually tied going into the final with Weatherford leading only in center shots over Wheeless, 1107-41 to 1107-36, respectively.
Weatherford prevailed in the final, outshooting Wheeless, 87.9 to 86.6 for a 1.3-point margin of victory.
Sasha Barnett, 15, of Van Nuys, California, placed third with an aggregate total of 1185.8. She was the high scoring non-distinguished sporter shooter in the event.
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Led by Thomas Wheeless, the Lafayette Gun Club of Virginia won the overall club sporter team championship with an aggregate score of4322-114.
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In team Sporter Air Rifle, the overall victor was Lafayette Gun Club of Virginia-White with an aggregate score of 4322-114. Coached by Thomas Crawford, the team shooting members were Thomas Wheeless, Hannah Black, Joshua Black and Matthew Brewer.
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Ozark High School Army JROTC of Missouri-Red placed first in the scholastic division of sporter air rifle with an aggregate score of 4280-12.
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The second and third place overall finishers were both scholastic teams. Ozark High School Army JROTC of Missouri-Red placed second with an aggregate total of 4280-12 and was coached by 1SGT Terry Thompson. Shooting members were Lacie Norris, Tessa Howald, Logan Hunt and Cody Thompson. Third place went to North Little Rock High School Army JROTC of Arkansas, coached by LTC (Ret) Artis Lofton, Sr. North Little Rock fired a score of 4268-106 by Hannah Weatherford, Kamen Ester, Khorey Washington and Christian Martinez.
The third highest placing scholastic team was Zion Benton High School Navy JROTC of Illinois, coached by Dan Hackstein. The firing team was Yvonne Swiontek, Renz Ibarra, Alyssa Siegfried and Ariel Morales who amassed a total of 4246-106
The second and third highest placed club sporter teams were Iowa American Legion and Post 435 X-Men of Minnesota. Iowa American Legion was represented by Michael Stroud, Brandon Wicker, Emily Allen and Lucas Rohrbaugh with a team total of 4216-94. Post 435 X-Men, coached by Timothy Cagney, was fired by Elizabeth Ewert, Samuel Ewert, Connor Dupey and Nicolas Skrogstad, who scored an aggregate of 4201-117.
For complete results of the 2010 National Three-Position Air Rifle Junior Olympics, log onto
http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/report_matchResult.cgi?matchID=5832.
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