Results: 2025 USA Shooting Trap National Championships

Derrick Mein won the men’s title and Loretta Christian won the women’s title at the 2025 USA Shooting Trap National Championships.

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at USA Shooting posted on June 3, 2025
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The 2025 USA Shooting Women’s Trap national championship medalists (from left to right): Aiko Bianca Coloso, silver, Loretta Christian, gold and Ava Downs, bronze.
Photo by Brittany Nelson

The 2025 USA Shooting Trap National Championships came to an exciting finish with Loretta Christian securing the women’s title and Derrick Mein winning the men’s title. In addition, the trap team for the 2025 Junior Pan American Games was officially nominated.

The competition was held at the Hillsdale College John A. Halter Shooting Sports Center in Hillsdale, Michigan, from May 28 to June 1, where national, junior national and world championship teams were named.

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Derrick Mein earned the men’s title at the 2025 USA Shooting Trap National Championships. (Photo by Brittany Nelson)

 

Medals were also awarded for the top three finishers in Men’s and Women’s under 18, under 15, collegiate, international and senior categories.

The competition also served as the qualifier for the 2025 Junior Pan American Games. Kaleb Horinek, Tony Meola, Carey Garrison and Ava Downs will be nominated to represent Team USA this August in Asunción, Paraguay. Held every four years, the Junior Pan American Games features athletes from across North, Central and South America.

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The 2025 Junior Pan American Games Trap team. From left to right: Tony Meola, Kaleb Horinek, Carey Garrison and Ava Downs. (Photo by Brittany Nelson)

 

The 2025 International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) World Championship team was also named. The following athletes will be competing in Greece this October.

Women’s Trap

  • Rachel Tozier
  • Ava Downs
  • Carey Garrison

Men’s Trap

  • Will Hinton
  • Glen Eller
  • Derrick Mein

The following athletes were named to the national trap teams.

Women’s Trap

  • Rachel Tozier (Paris 2024 Olympian)
  • Ava Downs
  • Carey Garrison (Paris 2024 Olympic Alternate)
  • Loretta Christian
  • Micaela Velasquez
  • Aiko Bianca Coloso

Men’s Trap

  • Will Hinton (Paris 2024 Olympian)
  • Glen Eller (Olympic gold medalist, five-time Olympian)
  • Derrick Mein (two-time Olympian)
  • Derek Haldeman (Paris 2024 Olympic Alternate)
  • Logan Lucas
  • Jack Brosseau

Junior Women’s Trap

  • Ava Downs
  • Carey Garrison
  • Micaela Velasquez
  • Heidi Griner
  • Sidney Coffin

Junior Men’s Trap

  • Kaleb Horinek
  • Tony Meola
  • Max Hatfield
  • Jackson Schroder
  • AJ Bovee

You can view the official results of the 2025 USA Shooting Trap National Championships at this link.

The John A. Halter Shooting Sports Center will be hosting the 2025 USA Shooting Shotgun Junior Olympic Championships on June 20-22 for trap, and June 27-29 for skeet. The Halter Center will also be hosting the 2025 WSPS Shotgun Para Grand Prix on June 23-26.

USA Shooting is proud to have Hillsdale College as a sponsor, along with The NRA Foundation, Hillsdale College, The International Order of T. Roosevelt, The Hal & Jean Glassen Foundation, Safari Club International, MidwayUSA Foundation, White Flyer Targets and Shoot the Moon.

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