Bade, Sledge Trap for 2009 World Shotgun Champs

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Bade, Sledge Lead the Way for 2009 World Shotgun Championship Team in Trap



COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (September 22, 2008) – The 2008 Shotgun Fall Selection Match concluded on September 20 with the 2009 World Shotgun Championship Team members for trap being selected at Ft. Carson’s International Shooting Park. Three-time Olympian and 1996 bronze medalist Lance Bade (Colorado Springs, Colo.) lead the way for the men, while Susan Sledge (El Cajon, Calif.) finished on top for the women.



The top three finishers in each category (open and junior) at the 2008 Fall Selection match will represent the U.S. at the 2009 World Shotgun Championships, which will be held August 7-16 in Maribor, Slovenia.



Bade went in to the final with a match score of 246 out of 250 targets after hitting 98 on the first day of competition, followed by a perfect 100 on the second day. On the last day of the event, Bade hit 48 out of 50 targets in the last match, then 23 out of 25 targets in the final to finish with 269 out of 275 targets to take first place. Dominic Grazioli (San Antonio, Texas), a 2008 U.S. Olympic team member, finished in second place with a match score of 243, a final of 23 and an overall score of 266 targets. U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU) member Matthew Wallace (Stanton, Tenn.) finished right behind Grazioli in third place with 265 targets. Wallace entered the final with a qualification score of 242 and hit 23 targets in the final.



For the junior men, Olympic Training Center Resident Athlete Jacob Turner (Richland, Wash.) took the top spot with a match score of 237, a final of 23 and a total of 260 targets. Collin Wietfeldt landed a spot on his first world championship team, finishing in second place with 254 total targets. Seth Politi (Lexington, Mass.) finished one target behind Wietfeldt (Hemlock, Mich.) in third place with 253 targets.



Sledge took first place in the women’s open category with a match score of 237, a final of 22 and ending with a total of 259 targets. Finishing in second place was 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist Corey Cogdell (Eagle River, Alaska), who hit 233 targets in the qualification, 22 in the final, for a total of 255 targets. USAMU member and 1996 Olympian Theresa DeWitt took third place with 252 targets.



In a close match for the junior trap women, Kayle Browning (Wooster, Ark.) grabbed the title, finishing with a match score of 225, a final of 22 and an overall of 247 targets. Molly Bender (Montoursville, Pa.) finished right behind Browning in second place with 246 and Brandi Hobbs (Edinboro, Pa.) took third with 245 targets.



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