Heiden and Walters Rule at NJOSC Trap Events

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. (July 19, 2010)

Just one week after the conclusion of USA Shooting’s National Shotgun Championships, juniors across the country have traveled or extended their stay in Colorado Springs to compete in the National Junior Olympic Shotgun Championships (NJOSC). Today’s competition brought about fierce battles on the Trap fields.  In the Women’s event, Rachael Heiden (pictured above, center), who just won the National Championships title for Women’s Open Trap, conquered the NJOSC event as well.  Heiden walked into the final with a four target lead (113 birds) and shot a solid 23-target final.  She finished with a big smile five targets above the competition.  The silver medalist was Kayle Browning at 131 total targets.  Browning and bronze medalist Stephanie Martinago both entered the final with 109 targets, but Browning broke ahead as Martinago shot a 19 target final.  In the J2 Category, leader Ashley Carroll finished sixth overall, yet won her division with 109 targets for J2 and a total of 122 targets with her final.  She was followed by Brianne Radulovich at 104 targets and Erin Danhausen at 95 targets.

         

The Men’s NJOSC Champion was Garrett Walters, who shot for 142 targets despite high winds and an impending thunderstorm.  Walters nailed 24 straight, but missed the last target to fall one shy of a perfect round.  Walters shot up from a second place tie to win the competition as silver medalist Jacob Gogno, who entered the final round with 121 targets, shot a 20-target final.  The bronze medalist was Jake Wallace with 137 total targets.  Wallace was tied with Walters at 118 targets going into the final, but couldn’t maintain the pace for gold.  Your high J2 winner was David Radulovich with 116 targets.  He was followed by Dakotah Richardson, also at 116 targets.  Radulovich narrowly beat out Richardson by one target in the second match to claim the top J2 title.  The bronze medalist was TJ Bayer, a member of the World Championship Junior Shotgun Team, with 114 targets.  Finally, the gold medalist of the J3 category was Nick Scholz at 105 targets.  He was followed by silver medalist Will Dunnebacke (100 targets) and Tyler Lirio (100 targets).

For complete scores, please visit the competition results.

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