Posted November 13, 2018 3:30 pm by Comments

By Chris Eger

The 12th Championship of the Americas games in Guadalajara, Mexico has wrapped with the U.S. delivering an impressive showing. In all, the USA Shooting Team grabbed a number of individual and team medals as well as importantly securing a dozen Olympic quotas for U.S. athletes for various shooting sports events in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan
The trio of Keith Sanderson, Jackson Leverett III, and Alex Chichkov earned a team gold medal for their combined score in the Men’s Rapid Fire Pistol.
Women’s Skeet saw Amber English of Colorado Springs taking home the gold with 55/60 hits while six-time Olympic medalist Kim Rhode won silver with 52 hits. (Photos: USA Shooting)
Kayle Browning, center, of Wooster, Arkansas, won gold in Women’s Trap
In Men’s Skeet, two-time Olympian Frank Thompson of Alliance, Nebraska shot an impressive 174 out of 175 clays, earning the gold.
Glenn Eller of Katy, Texas, serving with the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, won bronze in Men’s Trap. Eller, along with fellow Americans Grayson Davey and Jake Wallace, would earn the team silver in the event.
In the Air Pistol Mixed Team event, Americans Nick Mowrer and Alexis Lagan won gold while Sandra Uptagrafft and James Hall won silver.
Mindy Miles, center, won gold

Source: Guns.com

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