USA Shooting: More Than 500 Athletes Attend 2022 Winter Air Gun Championships

The 2022 USA Shooting Winter Air Gun Championships were held in two locations from December 9-12: the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., and the CMP Competition Center in Camp Perry, Ohio.

Between both locations, the 2022 USA Shooting Winter Air Gun Championships hosted more than 500 pistol and rifle athletes. The annual competition included individual and team matches for 10m Air Rifle and 10m Air Pistol.

Below is a list of the top three finishers according to the two-relay combined aggregate scores. Finals were later held for the top eight aggregate scoring athletes.

 

Colorado Location

Men’s 10m Air Pistol

1. Jay Shi, 1,135
2. Javier Medina
3. Jason Herndon

Women’s 10m Air Pistol

1. Katherine Ahn, 1,119
2. Nathalia Tobar Prado
3. Lexi Lagan

Men’s 10m Air Rifle

1. Rylan Kissell, 1,257.1
2. Braden Peiser
3. Peter Fiori

Women’s 10m Air Rifle

1. Julie Johannessen, 1,257.3
2. Peninah D’Souza
3. Stephanie Grundsoee

The following U.S. Paralympic athletes earned medals from their overall combined scores.

Paralympic Pistol P1

1. Michael Tagliapietra

Paralympic Rifle R3

1. Kevin Nguyen
2. Robert Beach
3. Steven Holbert

Paralympic Rifle R4

1. Benjamin Hays
2. Madison Champion
3. Abhinav Sharath

Paralympic Rifle R5

1. Stetson Bardfield
2. Madison Champion
3. Benjamin Hays

Paralympic Rifle VI

1. Jason Pepper

Camp Perry Location

Men’s 10m Air Pistol

1. James Hall, 1,142
2. Anthony Lutz
3. Sergey Kalinichenko

Women’s 10m Air Pistol

1. Suman Sanghera, 1,158
2. Ada Korkhin
3. Lisa Emmert Traciak

Men’s 10m Air Rifle

1. Timothy Sherry, 1,251
2. Brandon Muske
3. Matthew Sanchez

Women’s 10m Air Rifle

1. Mary Tucker, 1,258.4
2. Sofia Ceccarello
3. Cecelia Ossi

Paralympic Rifle R1

1. Eric Heideman
2. Sidney Knight

Paralympic Rifle R2 and R3

1. Taylor Farmer

Paralympic Rifle R4

1. Eric Heideman
2. Sidney Knight

Paralympic Rifle R5

1. Eric Heideman
2. Sidney Knight

Paralympic Pistol P2

1. Debra Freed

Junior and open age category finals were held for the top eight aggregate scoring athletes. The medalists are listed below.

Colorado Location

Men’s Air Pistol Open Age Category

• Gold: Jay Shi
• Silver: Ammar Bagasra
• Bronze: Hunter Battig

Men’s Air Pistol Junior Age Category

• Gold: Hunter Battig
• Silver: Nathan Bae
• Bronze: Mark Shen

Women’s Air Pistol Open Age Category

• Gold: Natalia Tobar Prado
• Silver: Lexi Lagan
• Bronze: Stephanie Fryer

Women’s Air Pistol Junior Age Category

• Gold: Katherine Ahn
• Silver: Jenny Noh
• Bronze: Rachel Kim

Men’s Air Rifle Open Age Category

• Gold: Braden Peiser
• Silver: Gavin Barnick
• Bronze: Scott Rockett

Men’s Air Rifle Junior Age Category

• Gold: Scott Rockett
• Silver: Braden Peiser
• Bronze: Rylan Kissell

Women’s Air Rifle Open Age Category

• Gold: Sarah Beard
• Silver: Peninah D’Souza
• Bronze: Julie Johannessen

Women’s Air Rifle Junior Age Category

• Gold: Julie Johannessen
• Silver: Peninah D’Souza
• Bronze: Martina Gratz

Camp Perry Location

Men’s Air Pistol Open Age Category

• Gold: James Hall
• Silver: Anthony Lutz
• Bronze: Ethan Li

Men’s Air Pistol Junior Age Category

• Gold: Brennan Laing
• Silver: Collin Haney
• Bronze: Ethan Li

Women’s Air Pistol Open Age Category

• Gold: Suman Sanghera
• Silver: Lisa Emmert Traciak
• Bronze: Sandra Uptagrafft

Women’s Air Pistol Junior Age Category

• Gold: Suman Sanghera
• Silver: Ada Korkhin
• Bronze: Saanvi Singh

Men’s Air Rifle Open Age Category

• Gold: Brandon Muske
• Silver: Matthew Sanchez
• Bronze: Gavin Perkowski

Men’s Air Rifle Junior Age Category

• Gold: Gavin Perkowski
• Silver: Andrew Duross
• Bronze: Matthew Sanchez

Women’s Air Rifle Open Age Category

• Gold: Mary Tucker
• Silver: Cecelia Ossi
• Bronze: Bremen Butler

Women’s Air Rifle Junior Age Category

• Gold: Emme Walrath
• Silver: Allison Buesseler
• Bronze: Clarissa Layland

See the full results of the 2022 USA Shooting Winter Air Gun Championships at the USA Shooting website.