USA SHOOTING 2022 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM ANNOUNCED

Posted on: Sep 20, 2022

COLO SPRGS, CO (Sept. 12, 2022) – USA Shooting is pleased to announce the shotgun, rifle, and pistol athletes that will be competing at the 2022 World Championships. The 2022 ISSF World Championships for Shotgun will be held in Osijek, Croatia, Sept. 19-12, while the Rifle and Pistol World Championships will be held in Cairo, Egypt, Oct. 12-25. These tournaments are the athletes’ first chance at earning an Olympic quota for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games. The shotgun World Championship team members are as follows: Men’s Skeet team Vincent Hancock, Dustan Taylor, and Christian Elliott Women’s Skeet team Dania Vizzi, Sam Simonton, and Austen Smith Men’s Trap team Derrick Mein, Will Hinton, and Jake Wallace Women’s Trap team Kayle Browning, Aeriel Skinner, and Rachel Tozier Junior Men’s Skeet team Aidin Burns, Ben Keller, and Jordan Sapp Junior Women’s Skeet team Mikena “Grace” Fulton, Julia “Lia” Nelson, and Alishia “Fayth” Layne Junior Men’s Trap team Emilio Carvalho, Lance Thompson, and Matthew Kutz Junior Women’s Trap team Ryann Phillips, Sydney Krieger, and Chantry Stermer A handful of these shotgun athletes are going into the World Championships with several World Cup medals already under their belts. The rifle and pistol athletes will be shooting in Cairo, Egypt, at a range they have previously competed at during a World Cup earlier this year. The rifle World Championship team members are as follows: Men’s Air Rifle team Lucas Kozeniesky, William Shaner, and Brandon Muske Women’s Air Rifle team Sagen Maddalena, Ali Weisz, and Mary Tucker Men’s Smallbore Rifle team Ivan Roe, Tim Sherry, and Lucas Kozeniesky Women’s Smallbore Rifle team Sarah Beard, Mary Tucker, and Sagen Maddalena Men’s 300m Rifle team Bradley Yliniemi, Ivan Roe, and Tim Sherry Women’s 300m Rifle team Denise Loring, Abigail Winegarden, and Michelle Bohren Junior Men’s Air Rifle team Rylan Kissell, Scott Rockett, Benjamin Salas, Gavin Barnick, Tyler Wee, and Braden Peiser Junior Women’s Air Rifle team Katie Zaun, Camryn Camp, Anne White, Emme Walrath, Peninah D’Souza, and Clarissa Layland Junior Men’s Smallbore team Gavin Barnick, Tyler Wee, Braden Peiser, Griffin Lake, Rylan Kissell, Scott Rockett, and Tyler Wee Junior Women’s Smallbore team Katie Zaun, Cecelia Ossi, Natalie Perrin, Gracie Dinh, Anne White, and Elizabeth Probst The pistol World Championship team members are as follows: Women’s Air Pistol and Sport Pistol team Alexis Lagan, Katelyn Abeln, and Sandra Uptagrafft Men’s Air Pistol team Nick Mowrer, James Hall, and Anthony Lutz Men’s Rapid Fire Pistol team Henry Leverett, Keith Sanderson, and Charles Platt Junior Women’s Air Pistol team Suman Sanghera, Ada Korkhin, and Annabell Yi Junior Men’s Air Pistol team Nathan Bae, Remington Smith, and Ryan Yi Juniors Men’s Rapid Fire Mark Shen and Ryan Yi Junior Men’s Sport Pistol team Nathan Bae, Mark Shen, and Ryan Yi Junior Women’s Sport Pistol team Annabell Yi, Katherine Ahn, Ada Korkhin, and Abbie Leverett Follow @USAShooting on social media to see the World Championship team on their international competition journey. USA Shooting’s 2022 Paralympic World Championship team will be announced soon.   About USA Shooting USA Shooting, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation was chartered by the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee as the National Governing Body for the Olympic Shooting Sports in April 1995. The organization develops and implements programs to promote growth in the sport and serves as a sanctioning body for local and national competitions. Headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, at the US Olympic and Paralympic Training Center, USA Shooting has a full-time staff dedicated to our sport.