Men’s Rifle Kicks Off National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships

By Ammoland

Men’s Rifle Kicks Off National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships as Athletes Strive for Jr World Champs Selection.

USA – -(Ammoland.com)- Every April is special at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Like the arrival of springtime in the Rockies, USA Shooting welcomes the best rifle and pistol junior talent in the country for the National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships (NJOSC). Men’s rifle competition kicks off 18 straight days of shooting action beginning Saturday.

The target some 200 Men’s Rifle athletes have their sights on now is a spot on the Junior World Championship Team. The top-two finishers in each event at NJOSC will earn the right to compete for Team USA at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Championship, June 22-29 in Suhl, Germany. A junior committee made up of USA Shooting coaches/staff will determine a potential third spot in each discipline.

The NJOSC will feature the top 30 percent of all competitors in 2017 and will feature Invitees that either won their state championship or were selected based on a score they attained. The competitors range in age from 10 to 20 years …Read the Rest

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