USA Shooting: 2023 Junior Shotgun National Team Named

The 2023 USA Shooting Junior Shotgun Team is set after selection match two in Texas wrapped up earlier this month.

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at USA Shooting posted on March 27, 2023
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The 2023 USA Shooting Junior Trap Team (l.-r.): Taylor Dale, Kaleigh Castillo, Ryann Phillips, Carey Garrison, Matthew Kutz, William Browning, Caleb Cutler and Owen Bin. Tokyo 2020 Olympic medalist Brian Burrows also came out to the competition.
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The 2023 USA Shooting Junior Shotgun National Team is now set after the second selection match in Kerrville, Texas, held at the Hill Country Shooting Sports Center, March 10-19.

Scores from the first USA Shooting selection match, held last August at the John Anthony Halter Sports Education Center in at Hillsdale College Hillsdale, Michigan, were added to the second selection match scores to determine the teams.

The 2023 USA Shooting Junior Men’s Skeet team consists of Benjamin Keller (Johnstown, Colorado), Jordan Sapp (Gilbert, Arizona), Josh Corbin (Reedsburg, Wisconsin) and Kyle Fleck (Schoolcraft, Michigan).

The 2023 USA Shooting Junior Women’s Skeet team consists of Jessi Griffin (Jasper, Georgia), Alishia “Fayth” Layne (Columbia, Tennessee), Madeline Corbin (Reedsburg, Wisconsin) and Karsyn Ross (Seguin, Texas).

2023 Junior Skeet National Team
The 2023 USA Shooting Junior Skeet Team (l.-r.): Benjamin Keller, Jordan Sapp, Joshua Corbin, Kyle Fleck, Fayth Layne, Jessi Griffin, Madeline Corbin and Karsyn Ross.

 

The 2023 USA Shooting Junior Men’s Trap team consists of William Browning (Doylestown, Ohio), Matthew Kutz (Goliad, Texas), Caleb Cutler (Marshall, Texas) and Owen Bin (Kerrville, Texas).

The 2023 USA Shooting Junior Women’s Trap team consists of Carey Garrison (Crossville, Tennessee), Ryann Phillips (Gail, Texas), Kaleigh Castillo (Livermore, California) and Taylor Dale (Burlington, Wisconsin).

The top three male and female athletes of each team will represent Team USA at the 2023 International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany, in June, along with the 2023 ISSF Junior World Championships in Changwon, Korea, in July.

Women’s Junior Trap Team
2023 USA Shooting Women’s Junior Trap Team (l.-r.): Ryann Phillips, Carey Garrison, Kaleigh Castillo and Taylor Dale.

 

Junior athletes competed in various categories at the 2023 USA Shooting shotgun selection match. The following awards were earned by skeet shooters:

Overall Junior Women

  • Gold: Jessi Griffin
  • Silver: Alishia “Fayth” Layne 
  • Bronze: Madeline Corbin

Women U18 

  • Gold: Karsyn Ross
  • Silver: Haidyn Stewart 
  • Bronze: Gracelynn Hensley

Women U15

  • Gold: Chloe Chaleunsinh
  • Silver: Kaela Hinze

Collegiate Women

  • Julie “Lia” Nelson (University of Florida) 

Overall Junior Men

  • Gold: Benjamin Keller 
  • Silver: Jordan Sapp
  • Bronze: Josh Corbin

Men U18

  • Gold: Aidin Burns
  • Silver: Zach Hinze
  • Bronze: Jerrod Croley

Men U15

  • Gold: Hunter Engholm

Collegiate Men

  • Gold: Kyle Fleck (Hillsdale College) 

The following awards were earned by trap shooters: 

Overall Junior Women

  • Gold: Carey Garrison
  • Silver: Ryann Phillips
  • Bronze: Kaleigh Castillo

Women U18 

  • Gold: Taylor Dale
  • Silver: Ava Downs
  • Bronze: Molly Elliott

Women U15

  • Gold: Esther Cui
  • Silver: Liana Cerra

Collegiate Women

  • Gold: Sydney Coffin (Schreiner University)
  • Silver: Abbey Wigh (St Leo. University)
  • Bronze: Shelby Sivadon (Tarleton State University) 

Paralympic Women

  • Gold: Sophia Bultema

Overall Junior Men 

  • Gold: William Browning 
  • Silver: Matthew Kutz 
  • Bronze: Caleb Cutler

Men U18

  • Gold: Tony Meola
  • Silver: Mason Pillard 
  • Bronze: Kaleb Horinek 

Men U15

  • Gold: Ajay Jarrett
  • Silver: Luis Adan Cerra
  • Bronze: Ethan Hemsath
  • Bronze: Henry Perdue
  • Bronze: Adam Zoelle

Men U12

  • Gold: Britton Rich
  • Silver: Benjamin Cui

Collegiate Men

  • Gold: Josh Corbin (Hillsdale College)
  • Silver: Emanuel Butdorf (Jacksonville State University)
  • Bronze: Thommy Brown (Columbia College)
  • Bronze: Jace Jarrett (University of Tennessee Southern)
Trap shooters
Women’s trap finalists at the second USA Shooting selection match at Hillsdale College.

 

Learn more about USA Shooting at usashooting.org.

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