Shotgun Athletes Crush 2022 Junior Olympic Championships

Posted on: Aug 02, 2022

COLO SPRGS, CO (Aug 1, 2022) – Over 100 junior shotgun athletes competed in the 2022 Junior Olympic National Championships at the John A. Halter Shooting Sports Center in Hillsdale, Michigan, July 25-31. In the first half of the competition, the Junior Olympic Trap National Champions were crowned. Sydney Krieger, from Arizona, and Sam Blevins, of Kentucky, took home gold for overall women and men respectively. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="258"] The overall women’s trap medalists. L to R Kaleigh Castillo, silver; Sydney Krieger, gold; Abbey Wigh, bronze.[/caption] After a shoot off, Kaleigh Castillo, from California, took home silver in overall women’s trap and Abbey Wigh, from Florida, took home bronze. In the overall men’s trap category, Lance Thompson, of Pennsylvania, took home silver and Matthew Kutz, from Texas, earned bronze. Kaleigh Castillo, Abbey Wigh, Sam Blevins and Tony Meola earned JO Squad positions on the Trap Team as the highest finishers not already on the Junior National Team.  Haidyn Stewart, Jacenta Jacob, Josh Corbin and Samuel Woodall earned JO Skeet Squad positions. In skeet, Lia Nelson earned the title of National Junior Olympian, taking home gold for the overall women’s category. Benjamin Keller also took home this title in the overall men’s category. The other medalists for overall women’s skeet are Madeline Corbin, from Wisconsin, who took home silver, and, Fayth Layne, from Tennessee who earned bronze. For men’s overall skeet, Joshua Corbin earned silver, and Samuel Woodall took home bronze. In the foreign visitors category, Ricardo Rodriguez, of Peru, earned gold, and Gunindera Singh, of Canada, won silver. Medals were also awarded to the top three male and female finishers in under 15, under 18 and collegiate categories. Medalist results are as follows: Trap Women’s U18 Gold- Carey Garrison (TN) 109 Silver- Micaela Velasquez (TX) 103 Bronze- Kamea Herrera (WA) 102 Men’s U18 Gold- Tony Meola (FL) 117 Silver- Eyan Marx (WI) 112 Bronze- Kaleb Horinek (UT) 111 Women’s U15 Gold- Gracie Shoaf (NC) 84 Silver- Esther Cui (AZ) 55 Bronze- Anne Tichotsky AK) 37 Men’s U15 Gold- Ajay Jarrett (CA) 107 Silver- David Hall (UT) 100 Bronze- Bryan Holtkamp (FL) 93 Collegiate Women Gold- Aiko Bianca Coloso (FL) St. Petersburg College 108 Silver- Chantry Stermer (NM) Jacksonville University 106 Bronze- Marian Zerby (FL) University of Alabama Alabama 106 Collegiate Men Gold- Emmanuel Butdorf (OH) Jacksonville University 116 Silver- Jack Nelson (ID) Concordia 111 Bronze: Camron Burks (AL) University of Tennessee Southern 109   Skeet Women’s U18 Gold- Haidyn Stewart (GA) 111 Silver- Mikena Grace Fulton (AZ) 104 Bronze- Karsyn Ross (TX) 102 Men’s U18 Gold- Aidin Burns (TX) 116 Silver- Jarrod Croley (KY) 111 Bronze- Westley Kiter (NC) 111 Collegiate Women Gold- Jacenta Jacob (MI) Macomb CC 109 Silver- Emersyn Berck (KS) Kansas State 108 Bronze- Jessi Griffin (GA) Chattahoochee Tech 108 Collegiate Men Gold- Alex Ahlin (SC) University of South Carolina 116 Silver- Matthew Brindley (IA) William Penn University 114 Bronze- Kyle Fleck (MI) Hillsdale College 113 Find all official results here. View photos of the event here.