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ANNISTON, ALABAMA – Jennifer McIntosh, 20, of Aberdeen, Scotland, and member of the Great Britain air rifle shooting team, was the high aggregate junior competitor in the third annual Dixie Double. The 60-shot X2 international match was fired at the CMP South Marksmanship Center on Saturday and Sunday, 5-6 November. McIntosh fired an aggregate score of 1394.6 to lead the juniors and finished third in the open category.
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Jennifer McIntosh prepares to send a pellet downrange in the Dixie Double. McIntosh, from Aberdeen, Scotland, led all juniors in the air rifle two-day aggregate.
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Like the top Americans in the event, McIntosh is vying for an opportunity to represent Great Britain in the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
The 2011 Dixie Double was sanctioned by USA Shooting, the U. S. Olympic shooting governing body, as a sanctioned preliminary tryout (PTO). Scores from this match will be used for PSA (Performance Standard Average) and PSI (Performance Standard Individual) qualifying. Competitors in this match were all members of USA Shooting.
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Many of the top prospects from USA Shooting assembled for the 2011 Dixie Double at the CMP South Marksmanship Center in Anniston, Alabama.
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Meghann Morrill, 25, of Charlottesville, Virginia, and Matt Emmons, 30, of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, members of the USA Shooting national rifle team, were the top open aggregate air rifle shooters with two-day plus final aggregate scores of 1400.1 and 1396.5, respectively. Morrill shot a remarkable 598 on Day I and backed it up with a 593 on Day II with 104.8 and 104.3 finals. Emmons fired 593 and 596 qualifying scores on days I and II.
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Meghann Morrill fired back-to-back 104’s in the Day I and Day II finals, giving her a two-day aggregate of 1400.1 after 70 shots.
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Samantha Bullard, 16, of Atmore, Alabama, was the runner-up in the junior class, firing an aggregate score of 1372.9 and Daniel Hermsmeier, 20, of Chesterfield, Missouri, placed third with a 1370.1 aggregate. Bullard fired 587/581 and a pair of 102’s on days I and II while Hermsmeier shot 585/583 and capped his shooting performance with a 103.1 on the second day final.
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Samantha Bullard, 16, of Atmore, Alabama, (fourth from right) was the runner-up in the junior class in air rifle, firing an aggregate score of 1372.9.
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Rounding out the top five in junior air rifle were Hannah Black, 17, of Richmond, Virginia, who fired a total two-day score of 1360.9 and Abigail Casey, 20, of McDonough, Georgia, followed in fifth place with an aggregate of 1358.3.
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Meghann Morrill, center, led all shooters in the open category of the 2011 Dixie Double 60-shot X2 international competition in Anniston. Morrill is flanked by Matt Emmons, left, and junior champion and third place overall finisher, Jennifer McIntosh.
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In team competition, Scottish-themed “Braveheart,” composed of McIntosh and American Amy Sowash, 27, of Colorado Springs, tallied a team aggregate of 2369 for first place. “Pinky and the Brain” placed second narrowly by one center shot tiebreaker and was fired by Morrill and Elizabeth Lee, 17, of Philadelphia, Tennessee (2338-150) over “Limited Editions” fired by SPC Joseph Hall, U.S. Army, and Casey (2338-149).
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Thirty-year-old Matt Emmons, a U.S. Olympian, placed second in the open category of the Dixie Double air rifle competition. Emmons is a member of the USA National Rifle Team.
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Disabled shooter, SFC Josh Olson, 32, U.S. Army, fired an aggregate score of 1403.9 in air rifle.
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Disabled shooter, SFC Josh Olson, 32, U.S. Army, fired an aggregate score of 1403.9 in air rifle. SFC Olson is vying for a spot on the U.S. Paralympic Team for the 2012 London Games.
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In air pistol competition, the high junior shooter was Alexander Chichkov, 17, of Tampa, Florida, who fired an aggregate score of 1308.4. Chichkov fired 559 and 554 qualifying scores on days I and II with a pair of 97 finals and placed seventh overall. Anna Meeks, 18, of Hickory Flat, Mississippi, placed second among juniors with an aggregate of 1179.5 and Ronnie Pierson, 15, of West Blocton, Alabama, fired an aggregate of 1080.9 for third.
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Alexander Chichkov, center, won the junior air pistol championship and Anna Meeks, left, placed second and Ronnie Pierson took third.
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The high open class air pistol shooters were Keith Sanderson, 36, of Colorado Springs, who shot an aggregate of 1362, coming in with 579/581 qualifiers. Sanderson fired a 100.9 final on Day I and followed with a 101.1 on Day II.
Brian Beaman, 27, of Selby, South Dakota, placed second with a total of 1350.4 and Nick Mowrer, 23, of Ramsay, Montana, trailed Beaman by eight-tenths of a point with an aggregate of 1349.6 for third.
The unopposed air pistol team of Chichkov and Beaman fired a combined aggregate score of 2264.
Sanderson and Beaman are members of the U.S. National Pistol Team and Chichkov is a member of the U.S. National Junior Pistol Team.
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The high open class air pistol shooters were Keith Sanderson, center, Brian Beaman, left and Nick Mowrer.
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For complete results of the Dixie Double event in Anniston, Alabama log onto
http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/report_matchResult.cgi?matchID=7643.
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