Junior Rifle Finalists Battle for Top Titles at Hillsdale College

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Junior Rifle Finalists Battle for Top Titles at Hillsdale College
The top eight athletes overall for men’s smallbore, men’s air, women’s smallbore, and women’s air compete tomorrow in a finals competition to determine the overall National Rifle Junior Olympic Champions. The finals competitions begin with Men’s Smallbore Rifle at 9 a.m. at Hillsdale College in the Biermann Athletic Center. Full schedule, including the start list with scores can be found on the usashooting.org website (https://www.usashooting.org/7-events/njosc).

Tokyo-bound Olympians and University of Kentucky athletes, Will Shaner and Mary Tucker sit at the top of both their respective men and women categories heading into the finals.

The men’s and women’s smallbore and air start lists also include Olympic alternate, Matt Sanchez and all six El Salvador Rifle Team members: Scott Rockett, John Blanton, Gavin Barnick, Katie Zaun, Natalie Perrin, and Katrina Demerle who brought home a combined 5 rifle medals in the El Salvador Junior Grand Prix in March 2021.

Braden Peiser is the only J2 athlete in the men’s finals and will compete in the men’s smallbore rifle event. On the women’s side, Julianna Hays and Bremen Butler are the two J2 women competing in the smallbore final and the only other J2 athletes competing in the air rifle final are Katrina Demerle and Rachael Charles.



The top athletes per discipline are as follows:


Men’s Smallbore Rifle:

Will Shaner
Rylan Kissell
Matt Sanchez
Gavin Barnick
Braden Peiser
Derek Keiser
Andrew Duryea
Parker Haydin

Women’s Smallbore:

Mary Tucker
Katie Zaun
Molly McGhin
Natalie Perrin
Julianna Hays
Stephanie Allan
Morgan Kreb
Bremen Butler


Men’s Air Rifle:

Will Shaner
Rylan Kissell
Gavin Perkowski
Scott Rockett
John Blanton III
Gavin Barnick
Andrew Duryea
Derek Keiser


Women’s Air:

Mary Tucker
Katie Zaun
Katrina Demerle
Claire O’Neel
Molly McGhin
Rachael Charles
Natalie Perrin
Alison Henry


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