By Brittany Nelson, USAS Public Relations & Communications Manager
BAKU, AZE (Aug 12, 2023) – Over thirty USA Shooting athletes are headed to the 2023 International Shooting Sports Federation World Championship in Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 14- Sept. 1.
The competition is an opportunity for athletes to not only earn a world champion title, but to earn a U.S. Olympic quota for the Paris 2024 Games.
See the full roster below:
Pistol
Nickolaus Mowrer – Men’s Air Pistol
Jay Shi – Men’s Air Pistol
Anthony Lutz – Men’s Air Pistol
Henry Leverett – Men’s Rapid Fire Pistol
Keith Sanderson -Men’s Rapid Fire Pistol
Suman Sanghera – Women’s Air Pistol
Katelyn Abeln – Women’s Air Pistol and Sport Pistol
Lexi Lagan – Women’s Air Pistol and Sport Pistol
Lisa Emmert – Traciak- Women’s Sport Pistol
Rifle
Lucas Kozeniesky – Men’s Air Rifle
Rylan Kissell – Men’s Air Rifle
Ivan Roe – Men’s Air and Smallbore Rifle
Patrick Sunderman – Men’s Smallbore Rifle
Timothy Sherry – Men’s Smallbore Rifle and 300m Rifle
Alison Weisz – Women’s Air Rifle
Sagen Maddalena – Women’s Air and Smallbore Rifle
Mary Tucker – Women’s Air and Smallbore Rifle
Sarah Beard- Women’s Smallbore Rifle
Bradley Yliniemi – 300m Rifle
Gordan Taras – 300m Rifle
Lucas Erwin – 300m Rifle
Nathaniel Guernsey – 300m Rifle
Megan Hilbish – 300m Rifle
Denise Loring – 300m Rifle
Abigail Winegarden – 300m Rifle
Michelle Bohren – 300m Rifle
Shotgun
Samantha Simonton – Women’s Skeet
Austen Smith – Women’s Skeet
Dania Vizzi – Women’s Skeet
Christian Elliott – Men’s Skeet
Vincent Hancock – Men’s Skeet
Dustan Taylor – Men’s Skeet
Alicia Gough – Women’s Trap
Ryann Phillips – Women’s Trap
Rachel Tozier – Women’s Trap
Derek Haldeman – Men’s Trap
Will Hinton – Men’s Trap
Derrick Mein – Men’s Trap
View the fill schedule here: https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/schedule.ashx?cshipid=3085
Finals can be viewed via stream here: https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/finalslivebroadcastschedule.ashx?cshipid=3085
With a little less than a year away from the Paris Games, athletes are buckling down and gearing up for these crucial competitions.
USA Shooting has secured 15 quotas for Paris so far. Each country is eligible for two quotas in each event. To date, the U.S. has earned quotas in the following events:
Pistol
Women’s 10m Air Pistol: earned by Suman Sanghera at the CAT Games
Women’s 25m Pistol: earned by Katelyn Abeln at the CAT Games
Rifle
Men’s 10 Air Rifle: earned by Brandon Muske at the CAT Games
Women’s 10m Air Rifle: earned by Mary Tucker at the CAT Games
Women’s 10m Air Rifle: earned by Alison Weisz at the World Championship
Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions: earned by Katie Zaun at the CAT Games
Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions: earned by Sagen Maddalena at the World Championship
Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions: earned by Ivan Roe at the CAT Games
Shotgun
Men’s Trap: earned by William Hinton at the CAT Games
Men’s Trap: earned by Derrick Mein at the World Championship
Men’s Skeet: earned by Dustan Taylor at the CAT Games
Men’s Skeet: earned by Vincent Hancock at the World Championship
Women’s Trap: earned by Aeriel Skinner at the 2022 CAT Games
Women’s Skeet: earned by Dania Vizzi at the CAT Games
Women’s Skeet: earned by Samantha Simonton at the World Championship
USA Shooting also has a Paralympic quota earned by Jazmin Almlie-Ryan in Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2.
When an athlete earns a quota for the U.S. in a specific event, the U.S. then becomes eligible to have an athlete compete in said event at the Olympic Games. Athletes are only eligible to earn one event quota in a four-year Olympic cycle.
Follow @USAShooting on social media to keep up with the latest results for the competition.
About USA Shooting
USA Shooting, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation was chartered by the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee as the National Governing Body for the Olympic Shooting Sports in April 1995. The organization develops and implements programs to promote growth in the sport and serves as a sanctioning body for local and national competitions. Headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, at the US Olympic and Paralympic Training Center, USA Shooting has a full-time staff dedicated to our sport.