SHOOTING: Derrick Mein and Kayle Browning win first half of Olympic Trap Trials

Top three from the Fall Shotgun Selection for Trap: Ashley Carroll (2nd), Kayle Browning (1st) and Rachel Tozier (3rd). (Photo: USA Shooting)

The lengthy process of choosing the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team in shooting is well underway with the Shotgun Fall Selection program in Kerrville, Texas. The Trap portion of the program was concluded over the weekend, with the second half coming on late February at the Shotgun Spring Selection event in Tucson, Arizona.

Derrick Mein and Kayle Browning led the Fall scoring, with small leads of five points (over Brian Burrows) and two points (over Ashley Carroll). The competition was spread over four days with 75-50-75-50 targets per day (250 total) and then a finals competition with the top six, which added 3, 2 or 1 point to the top three finishers.

The Mixed Team winners were Glenn Eller and Aeriel Skinner, who edged Derek Haldeman and Carroll, 135-134.

The Fall Shotgun program continues with the Skeet competition from 18-21 September. Summaries:

USA Shooting/Shotgun Fall Selection
Kerrville, Texas (USA) ~ 7-21 September 2019
(Full results here)

Men

Trap: 1. Derrick Mein, 243; 2. Brian Burrows, 238; 3. Alex Rennert, 232; 4. Seth Inman, 231; 5. Jeff Holguin, 230; 6. Dominic Grazioli, 230.

Trap/ Finals: 1. Mein, 46; 2. Inman, 44; 3. Rennert, 34; 4. Burrows, 29; 5. Holguin, 25; 6. Grazioli, 20.

Women

Trap: 1. Kayle Browning, 232; 2. Ashley Carroll, 230; 3. Rachel Tozier, 225; 4. Madelynn Bernau, 224; 5. Aeriel Skinner, 223; 6. Julia Stallings, 216.

Trap/ Finals: 1. Carroll, 44; 2. Skinner, 43; 3. Browning, 32; 4. Stallings, 28; 5. Bernau, 22; 6. Tozier, 18.

Mixed

Team/ Final: 1. Glenn Eller/Aeriel Skinner; 2. Derek Haldeman/Ashley Carroll; 3. Alex Rennert/Rachel Tozier; 4. Seth Inman/Alicia Gough. Third: Rennert/Tozier d. Inman/Gough, 133-132. Final: Eller/Skinner d. Haldeman/Carroll, 135-134.