The United States was expected to dominate the 12th Championship of the Americas in Guadalajara (MEX) and it delivered. On the final weekend of the competition, American shooters won both the men’s and women’s Skeet titles and piled up a total of 25 medals!
Frank Thompson won the men’s Skeet and Amber English and Kim Rhode went 1-2 in the women’s Skeet event, with Caitlin Connor fourth!
In all, the U.S. men won nine medals (4-2-3), the women took home 11 (5-3-3) and the Mixed Team combinations won five (3-1-1) over the three events. That’s 25 in total: 12 gold, six silver and seven bronzes.
In addition, the strong performance also reserved places for U.S. shooters at the 2020 Games in Tokyo. USA Shooting noted that a total of 12 quota places were earned in Guadalajara, a very good start on qualification, with additional qualifying events will be held throughout 2019. Summaries:
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.
25 m Rapid Fire Pistol: 1. Leuris Pupo (CUB), 30; 2. Emerson Duarte (BRA), 28; 3. Keith Sanderson (USA), 23; 4. Douglas Gomez (VEN), 20; 5. Jorge Alvarez (CUB), 16.
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.
50 m Rifle/3 Positions: 1. Norton (USA), 450.8; 2. Patrick Sunderman (USA), 442.5; 3. Juan Diego Angeloni (ARG), 430.8; 4. Kozeniesky (USA), 423.0; 5. Jose Luis Sanchez (MEX), 413.0.
Skeet: 1. Frank Thompson (USA), 59; 2. Federico Gil (ARG), 57; 3. Jorge Ataleh (CHI), 47; 4. Phillip Jungman (USA), 38; 5. Julio Dujarric Lembcke (DOM), 27.
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.
Skeet: 1. Amber English (USA), 55; 2. Kim Rhode (USA), 52; 3. Francisca Crovetto (CHI), 43; 4. Caitlin Connor (USA), 34; 5. Melisa Gil (ARG), 26.
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.
