USAMU hosting final selection matches for Pan Am teams

[USAMU]

ORT BENNING, Ga. - The U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit is hosting the USA Shooting International Rifle and Pistol Spring Selection Match April 8 to 15, which is the final selection match to choose the U.S. Rifle and Pistol Team for the 2007 Pan-American Games.

Emily Caruso of Fairfield, Conn., Jamie Beyerle of Lebanon, Pa., and Matt Emmons of Fairbanks, Alaska, secured their positions o¬n the 2007 U.S. Pan-American Games Rifle Team at the USA Shooting Top Gun Air Match, Dec. 1 to 3 at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. U.S. Army Reservist Libby Callahan of Columbia, S.C., and Sgt. 1st Class Thomas A. Rose of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, took slots on the Pan-Am Pistol Team.

Sgt. 1st Class Jason A. Parker of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit was the runner-up at the Pan-American Games Air Rifle Selection Matches. His three day total was just shy of making the U.S. Team due to a change in qualification by the Pan-American Games Organizing Committee. The change notes that only one male shooter from the country can be sent to compete in the event.

At the USA Shooting Shotgun Fall Selection Match Sept. 6 to 13 in Kerrville, Texas, USAMU shotgun shooters Sgt. 1st Class Theresa E. DeWitt, Sgt. 1st Class Shawn C. Dulohery and Spc. Joshua M. Richmond won their matches and were in first place in the U.S. Team Selection process for the 2007 Pan-American Games. The final selection match for Shotgun will be May 8 to 20 at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado.

The Pan-American Games will be conducted in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 13 to 29. The Games include an Olympic-style shooting championship for the Western Hemisphere, which is conducted every four years. Not only can shooters win medals and set world records at the Pan-American Games, but the Pan-Am Games is the last chance for shooters from the Western Hemisphere to win quota slots for their countries to compete in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. The USA has earned 18 of a possible 28 Olympic quota slots up to now.

Media are invited to cover the Pan-Am Games Selection Matches but should coordinate with the Public Affairs Office before coming to post. Call (706) 545-5436 or e-mail paula.pagan@usaac.army.mil for more information.

The schedule is as follows:
April 8: Men's Rapid Fire Pistol, Men's Three-Position Free Rifle and Women's Three-Position Sport Rifle Official Training April 9: Men's Rapid Fire Pistol, Men's Three-Position Free Rifle and Women's Three-Position Sport Rifle Matches and Finals.
April 10: Men's Rapid Fire Pistol Matches Finals and Awards; and Men's Three-Position Free Rifle and Women's Three-Position Sport Rifle Matches and Finals.
April 11: Women's Sport Pistol Official Training; and Men's Three-Position Free Rifle and Women's Three-Position Sport Rifle Matches, Finals and Awards.
April 12: Men's Free Pistol and Men's Free Rifle Prone Official Training; and Women's Sport Pistol Matches and Finals.
April 13: Men's Free Pistol Matches and Finals; Women's Sport Pistol Matches, Finals and Awards; and Men's Free Rifle Prone Matches and Finals.
April 14: Men's Free Pistol Matches, Finals and Awards; and Men's Free Rifle Prone Matches and Finals.
April 15: Men's Free Rifle Prone Matches, Finals and Awards.

(Formed in 1956 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to raise the standards of marksmanship throughout the U.S. Army, the Army Marksmanship Unit is assigned to the Accessions Support Brigade of the U.S. Army Accessions Command. For more information on the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, contact the Public Affairs Office at (706) 545-5436, paula.pagan@usaac.army.mil or www.usamu.com. USA Shooting is the national governing body for Olympic and international shooting sports in the United States. For more information on USA Shooting, contact Public Relations Manager Najasila Campbell at (719) 866-4896, media@usashooting.org or www.usashooting.com.)

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[Marilyn]

From the schedule, it appears that there should be some events that have completed. I don't seem to be able to find the results. Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks