Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan–National Junior Olympic Rifle Championships (NJORC) held at Hillsdale College May 12-16, 2021, saw intense competition, thrilling finals, and uncovered a promising future of international rifle in the United States. Both men’s and women’s smallbore rifle finals featured well-known faces on the top of the podium, with Tokyo-bound Olympians and University of Kentucky athletes William Shaner (Colorado Springs, Colorado) and Mary Tucker (Sarasota, Florida) taking it all with big […]
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Kentucky’s Mary Tucker Chronicles Impressive 2020 Successes
Though 2020 was disruptive to many lives, it turned out to be an exceptional year for the career of Mary Tucker – a talented 19-year-old USA Shooting National Team rifle athlete. The year capped her freshman season as a collegiate competitor at the University of Kentucky, where she earned numerous awards and titles including Great […]
Gold-Medalist Ginny Thrasher Thinking Back and Looking Ahead to Olympic Dreams
“When you’re in the midst of it, you don’t know that it’s this amazing thing that most people don’t get.” For those within the rifle community, her name may sound familiar, and it is certainly one penned within the history books. Reviewing Ginny Thrasher’s list of accolades features a marksmanship success story that has spanned […]
Granbury’s Allison Henry Named Top Recipient of CMP’s Carolyn Hines Memorial Scholarship
Allison Henry, 18, of Granbury, Texas, has been selected as the top applicant for the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s (CMP) 2020 Carolyn Hines Memorial Scholarship. This highly selective honor brings with it the first $5,000 scholarship ever awarded by the CMP. CMP’s chairman and CEO, Judith Legerski applauds the high standards set by Allison as this […]
USA Shooting “Raise The Flag” Campaign Aims For Winners in World Olympics Competition
The Campaign and the $500,000 endowment will focus on supporting the development pipeline through the LA 2028 Summer Olympics COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO: USA Shooting announces the Raise the Flag donation campaign to support the USA National Shooting Team goal of becoming the most dominating nation in the sport of Shooting by the LA 2028 Summer Olympics […]
First Stage of U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Air Pistol Sees Mowrer and Lagan Take Leads
After Stage I of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in air pistol shooting, Olympian Nick Mowrer (Butte, Mont.) emerged with a 17-point lead in the men’s competition on Monday, while national champion Alexis Lagan (Boulder City, Nev.) has a slim lead in the women’s field. Mowrer, a 2012 Olympic Team member for free pistol, 2019 air pistol national champion […]
Part One of Air Pistol Olympic Trials Gets Underway Sunday in Colorado Springs
The second weekend of the USA Shooting Winter Airgun Championships and Olympic Trials Part 1 will feature competition for air pistol and para pistol. The event takes place Dec. 15-16 at the Colorado Springs Olympic & Paralympic Training Center. The two-day competition format will feature finals taking place at the conclusion of Monday’s qualification rounds. […]
Lucas Kozeniesky And Mary Tucker Lead The Field After First Stage Of U.S. Olympic Team Trials For Air Rifle
by Paul D. Bowker Olympian Lucas Kozeniesky (Colorado Springs, Colo.) who won a gold medal and locked down an Olympic quota spot at the Pan American Games, and junior women’s shooting star Mary Tucker (Sarasota, Fla.) emerged as the leaders Sunday after Stage I of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in air rifle shooting. Kozeniesky had a two-day total of […]
Colorado Springs Hosts Winter Air Gun Championships and Olympic Trials
Over the next two weekends, the Colorado Springs Olympic & Paralympic Training Center plays host to the USA Shooting Winter Airgun Championships and Olympic Trials Part 1. Air rifle and para rifle competition days are Dec. 7-8, with air pistol and para pistol competition Dec. 15-16. Registration for the air pistol competition is still open […]
Eurosport Hits Olympic Mark with International Shooting Sport Federation Partnership
Eurosport will offer the sport of shooting global exposure like never before in the lead up to Tokyo 2020 after agreeing a wide-ranging deal with the International Shooting Sport Federation (“ISSF”). Deal with Eurosport to give shooting sport consistent exposure in the lead up to Tokyo 2020 Eurosport to screen the biggest events on the […]