U.S. pistol ace Lexi Lagan entered the 12th Championship of the Americas in Guadalajara (MEX) without having won an international medal in her career.
Now she has three, after winning the women’s 25 m Pistol event.
Lagan already had a victory from the Mixed 10 m Air Pistol event with Nick Mowrer and a silver from the 10 m Air Pistol event, but won the 25 Pistol competition with an Americas Record of 29 in the final round with a 3-1 edge over Cuba’s Laina Perez. American Sandra Uptagrafft was third.
“I’m so excited about today!” said Lagan. “It was a very interesting Final with Sandra and I up there and getting the reverse. It was so neat to get two U.S. people on the podium and to get that quota for the USA. I know that this means a lot for our Pistol program and I’m very excited to represent them in this way. I know this quota is just one step closer to earning a ticket to Tokyo!”
Only the winners in Guadalajara reserve places for their country at the Tokyo 2020 Games; additional qualifying events will be held throughout 2019.
The U.S. also scored a win in the 50 m Rifle/Prone Position from Sarah Beard and a bronze medal from Lucas Kozeniesky in the men’s version. The U.S. is now up to 17 medals for the event, with competition continuing through the 11th. Summaries so far:
Americas Championships
Guadalajara (MEX) ~ 3-11 November 2018
(Full results here)
Men
10 m Air Pistol: 1. James Hall (USA), 240.9; 2. Jose Castillo (GUA), 236.6; 3. Philipe Neves Freitas Severo (BRA), 236.6; 4. Julio Almeida (BRA), 195.3; 5. Nick Mowrer (USA), 174.0.
25 m Pistol: 1. Almeida (BRA), 572; 2. Jose Carlos Batista (BRA)567; 3. Emerson Duarte (BRA), 558; 4. Luis Lopez (PUR), 554; 5. Castillo (GUA), 553. Also: 6. Hall (USA), 548.
50 m Pistol: 1. David Perez (MEX), 548; 2. Felipe Almeida Wu (BRA), 547; 3. Almeida (BRA), 542; 4. Roger Daniel (TTO), 540; 5. Manuel Sanchez (CHI), 539. Also: 8. Hall (USA), 523.
10 m Air Rifle: 1. Dempster Christenson (USA), 248.5; 2. Lucas Kozeniesky (USA), 246.7; 3. Alexis Eberhardt (ARG), 224.8; 4. Luis Blanco (MEX), 200.9; 5. Bryant Wallizer (USA), 182.9.
50 m Rifle/Prone: 1. Leonardo Moreira (BRA), 624.3; 2. Cassio Rippel (BRA), 620.0; 3. Kozeniesky (USA), 618.9; 4. Julio Iemma Hernandez (VEN), 617.8; 5. Grzegorz Sych (CAN), 617.0. Also: 6. Christenson (USA), 615.2; … 8. George Norton (USA), 614.5.
Trap: 1. Alessandro de Souza (PER), 45; 2. Jorge Orozco (MEX), 43; 3. Glenn Eller (USA), 33; 4. Francisco Boza (PER), 28; 5. Gianluca Dapelo (CHI), 23.
Women
10 m Air Pistol: 1. Lynda Kiejko (CAN), 235.2; 2. Lexi Lagan (USA), 234.2; 3. Diana Durango (ECU), 231.1; 4. Lilian Castro (ESA), 192.4; 5. Alejandra Zavala (MEX), 172.6. Also: 8. Sandra Uptagrafft (USA), 111.3.
25 m Pistol: 1. Lagan (USA), 29; 2. Laina Perez (CUB), 27; 3. Uptagrafft (USA), 23; 4. Maria Pia Herrera (ARG), 17; 5. Ana Souza Lima (BRA), 13.
10 m Air Rifle: 1. Minden Miles (USA), 248.4; 2. Alison Weisz (USA), 247.9; 3. Fernanda Russo (ARG), 226.2; 4. Gabriela Martinez (MEX), 205.2; 5. Michel Quezada (MEX), 184.1. Also: 6. Sarah Beard (USA), 162.8.
50 m Rifle/Prone: 1. Beard (USA), 617.7; 2. Polymaria Velasquez (GUA), 616.1; 3. Hannah Black (USA), 612.8; 4. Nancy Leal (MEX), 611.7; 5. Yarimar Mercado (PUR), 610.5. Also: 9. Mackensie Martin (USA), 606.0.
Trap: 1. Kayle Browning (USA), 45; 2. Adriana Ruano (GUA), 43; 3. Ashley Carroll (USA), 34; 4. Aeriel Skinner (USA), 29; 5. Alejandra Ramirez (MEX), 22.
Mixed
10 m Air Pistol: 1. Lexi Lagan/Nick Mowrer (USA), 481.1; 2. Sandra Uptagrafft/ James Hall (USA), 479.6; 3. Andrea Perez Pena/Yautung Cueva Cordova (ECU), 411.1; 4. Cheila Gonzalez/Guillermo Pias (CUB), 367.2; 5. Annia Becerra/Marco Carrillo (PER), 325.7.
10 m Air Rifle: 1. Minden Miles/Dempster Christenson (USA), 496.7; 2. Salma Antorena/Alexis Eberhardt (ARG), 494.9; 3. Sarah Beard/Lucas Kozeniesky (USA), 429.4; 4. Carla Carrera/Maurilio Morales (MEX), 386.0; 5. Sara Vizcarra/Cristian Morales (PER), 339.9.
Trap: 1. Ashley Carroll/Grayson Davey (USA), 46; 2. Alejandra Ramirez/Jorge Orozco (MEX), 42; 3. Adriana Ruano/Jean Pierre Brol Cardenas (GUA), 33; 4. Aeriel Skinner/Glenn Eller (USA), 30; 5. Abril Soto/Enrique Brol (GUA), 21.
