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08 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Shotgun
By Mary Beth Vorwerk // USA Shooting // March 12, 2008
KERRVILLE, Texas (March 11, 2008) – There is one day of Trap competition to go at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Shooting (Shotgun). Going into tomorrow’s final day for Men’s and Women’s Trap, Bret Erickson (Bennington, Neb.) and Corey Cogdell (Eagle River, Alaska) continue to hold the lead.
Three-time Olympian Erickson remains in first place for Men’s Trap with a total score of 431 targets. There is a three-way tie for second place going into the final day of Trap competition between Air Force shooter Dominic Grazioli (Myrtle Beach, S.C.), three-time Olympian and 1996 bronze medalist Lance Bade (Vancouver, Wash.) and John Mullins (Bremerton, Wash.) with 422 targets. U.S. Army Marksmanship (USAMU) members Matthew Wallace (Stanton, Tenn.) and Matthew DePuydt (Houghton, Mich.) are tied for fifth place with 421 targets.
In Women’s Trap, Cogdell, the 2007 Pan American Games and World Cup Korea bronze medalist, has a 12 target lead going into the final day of Trap competition with a total score of 412 targets. USAMU shooter Joetta Dement (Renton, Wash.) jumped into second place with 400 targets; followed by 2004 Olympian Collyn Loper (Indian Springs, Ala.), who is in third place with 398 targets. Susan Sledge (El Cajon, Calif.) continues to hold fourth place with 393 targets, while Kelsey Zauhar (Lakeville, Minn.) and USAMU member and 1996 Olympian Theresa DeWitt (Cincinnati, Ohio) are in fifth and sixth place with 392 and 391 targets respectively.
Men’s and Women’s Trap competition concludes tomorrow with the last set of matches as well as the finals, which will determine the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team for Trap.
Top shotgun shooters from around the United States are vying for spots on the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Shooting (Shotgun) March 8-16, which is being held at the Hill Country Shooting Sports Center in Kerrville, Texas. The U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Shooting is a collaborative partnership between the U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Shooting.
Shotgun athletes will be selected to the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team based on the aggregate score from both the Fall Selection competition, which was held last August and the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Shooting (Shotgun).
There are eight spots available to the U.S. Olympic Shotgun team: Men’s Skeet, 2; Men’s Trap, 2; Men’s Double Trap, 2; Women’s Skeet, 1 and Women’s Trap, 1.
For complete 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Shooting (Shotgun) results, please visit www.usashooting.org.
2008 U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS – SHOOTING (SHOTGUN) COMPETITION SCHEDULE:
Wednesday, March 12
Men’s and Women’s Trap Finals (Selection of Olympic Team members for Men’s and Women’s Trap)
Thursday, March 13
Men’s Double Trap Official Training
Men’s and Women’s Skeet Official Training
Friday, March 14
Men’s Double Trap Match
Men’s and Women’s Skeet Match – Day 1
Saturday, March 15
Men’s Double Trap Final (Selection of Olympic Team members for Double Trap)
Men’s and Women’s Skeet Match – Day 2
Sunday, March 16
Men’s and Women’s Skeet Finals (Selection of Olympic Team members for Men’s and Women’s Skeet)
Media interested in more information should contact Mary Beth Vorwerk, Media and Public Relations Manager, USA Shooting, at (719)866-4896 or marybeth.vorwerk@usashooting.org.
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