By Brittany Nelson, USAS Public Relations & Communications Manager
COLO SPRGS, CO (Dec. 16, 2022) – USA Shooting’s 2022 Winter Air Gun Championships, Dec. 9-12, were held in two locations: the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s (CMP) Gary Anderson CMP Competition Center in Camp Perry, Ohio.
Between the two locations, the event hosted over 500 pistol and rifle athletes of all ages. The annual competition held individual and team matches for both 10m Air Rifle and 10m Air Pistol.
Below is a list of the top three finishers according to the two-relay combined aggregate scores. Finals were later held for the top eight aggregate scoring athletes.
Colorado location:
Men’s 10m Air Pistol
1st: Jay Shi with a score of 1,135
2nd: Javier Medina
3rd: Jason Herndon
Women’s 10m Air Pistol
1st: Katherine Ahn with a score of 1,119
2nd: Nathalia Tobar Prado
3rd: Lexi Lagan
Men’s 10m Air Rifle
1st: Rylan Kissell with a score of 1,257.1
2nd: Braden Peiser
3rd: Peter Fiori
Women’s 10m Air Rifle
1st: Julie Johannessen with a score of 1,257.3
2nd: Peninah D’Souza
3rd: Stephanie Grundsoee
The following Paralympic athletes earned medals from their overall combined scores:
Paralympic Pistol P1
1st: Michael Tagliapietra
Paralympic Rifle R3
1st: Kevin Nguyen
2nd: Robert Beach
3rd: Steven Holbert
Paralympic Rifle R4
1st: Benjamin Hays
2nd: Madison Champion
3rd: Abhinav Sharath
Paralympic Rifle R5
1st: Stetson Bardfield
2nd: Madison Champion
3rd: Benjamin Hays
Paralympic Rifle VI
1st: Jason Pepper
Camp Perry location:
Men’s 10m Air Pistol
1st: James Hall with a score of 1,142
2nd: Anthony Lutz
3rd: Sergey Kalinichenko
Women’s 10m Air Pistol
1st: Suman Sanghera with a score of 1,158
2nd: Ada Korkhin
3rd: Lisa Emmert Traciak
Men’s 10m Air Rifle
1st: Timothy Sherry with a score of 1,251
2nd: Brandon Muske
3rd: Matthew Sanchez
Women’s 10m Air Rifle
1st: Mary Tucker with a score of 1,258.4
2nd: Sofia Ceccarello
3rd: Cecelia Ossi
Paralympic Rifle R1
1st: Eric Heideman
2nd: Sidney Knight
Paralympic Rifle R2
1st: Taylor Farmer
Paralympic Rifle R3
1st: Taylor Farmer
Paralympic Rifle R4
1st: Eric Heideman
2nd: Sidney Knight
Paralympic Rifle R5
1st: Eric Heideman
2nd: Sidney Knight
Paralympic Pistol P2
1st: Debra Freed
Junior and open age category finals were held for the top eight aggregate scoring athletes. The medalists are as follows:
Colorado location
Men’s Air Pistol Open Age Category
Gold: Jay Shi
Silver: Ammar Bagasra
Bronze: Hunter Battig
Men’s Air Pistol Junior Age Category
Gold: Hunter Battig
Silver: Nathan Bae
Bronze: Mark Shen
Women’s Air Pistol Open Age Category
Gold: Natalia Tobar Prado
Silver: Lexi Lagan
Bronze: Stephanie Fryer
Women’s Air Pistol Junior Age Category
Gold: Katherine Ahn
Silver: Jenny Noh
Bronze: Rachel Kim
Men’s Air Rifle Open Age Category
Gold: Braden Peiser
Silver: Gavin Barnick
Bronze: Scott Rockett
Men’s Air Rifle Junior Age Category
Gold: Scott Rockett
Silver: Braden Peiser
Bronze: Rylan Kissell
Women’s Air Rifle Open Age Category
Gold: Sarah Beard
Silver: Peninah D’Souza
Bronze: Julie Johannessen
Women’s Air Rifle Junior Age Category
Gold: Julie Johannessen
Silver: Peninah D’Souza
Bronze: Martina Gratz
Camp Perry location
Men’s Air Pistol Open Age Category
Gold: James Hall
Silver: Anthony Lutz
Bronze: Ethan Li
Men’s Air Pistol Junior Age Category
Gold: Brennan Laing
Silver: Collin Haney
Bronze: Ethan Li
Women’s Air Pistol Open Age Category
Gold: Suman Sanghera
Silver: Lisa Emmert Traciak
Bronze: Sandra Uptagrafft
Women’s Air Pistol Junior Age Category
Gold: Suman Sanghera
Silver: Ada Korkhin
Bronze: Saanvi Singh
Men’s Air Rifle Open Age Category
Gold: Brandon Muske
Silver: Matthew Sanchez
Bronze: Gavin Perkowski
Men’s Air Rifle Junior Age Category
Gold: Gavin Perkowski
Silver: Andrew Duross
Bronze: Matthew Sanchez
Women’s Air Rifle Open Age Category
Gold: Mary Tucker
Silver: Cecelia Ossi
Bronze: Bremen Butler
Women’s Air Rifle Junior Age Category
Gold: Emme Walrath
Silver: Allison Buesseler
Bronze: Clarissa Layland
Awards were also given for each junior age category and team matches. For all official results visit:
https://usashooting.org/get-involved/events/
View photos of the competition here:
Colorado https://www.flickr.com/photos/usashooting/albums