By Brittany Nelson, USAS Public Relations & Communications Manager

BAKU, AZE (Aug 12, 2023) – Over thirty USA Shooting athletes are headed to the 2023 International Shooting Sports Federation World Championship in Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 14- Sept. 1.

The competition is an opportunity for athletes to not only earn a world champion title, but to earn a U.S. Olympic quota for the Paris 2024 Games.

See the full roster below:

Pistol

Nickolaus Mowrer – Men’s Air Pistol

Jay Shi – Men’s Air Pistol

Anthony Lutz – Men’s Air Pistol

Henry Leverett – Men’s Rapid Fire Pistol

Keith Sanderson -Men’s Rapid Fire Pistol

Suman Sanghera – Women’s Air Pistol

Katelyn Abeln – Women’s Air Pistol and Sport Pistol

Lexi Lagan – Women’s Air Pistol and Sport Pistol

Lisa Emmert – Traciak- Women’s Sport Pistol

 

Rifle

Lucas Kozeniesky – Men’s Air Rifle

Rylan Kissell – Men’s Air Rifle

Ivan Roe – Men’s Air and Smallbore Rifle

Patrick Sunderman – Men’s Smallbore Rifle

Timothy Sherry – Men’s Smallbore Rifle and 300m Rifle

Alison Weisz – Women’s Air Rifle

Sagen Maddalena – Women’s Air and Smallbore Rifle

Mary Tucker – Women’s Air and Smallbore Rifle

Sarah Beard- Women’s Smallbore Rifle

Bradley Yliniemi – 300m Rifle

Gordan Taras – 300m Rifle

Lucas Erwin – 300m Rifle

Nathaniel Guernsey – 300m Rifle

Megan Hilbish – 300m Rifle

Denise Loring – 300m Rifle

Abigail Winegarden – 300m Rifle

Michelle Bohren – 300m Rifle

 

Shotgun

Samantha Simonton – Women’s Skeet

Austen Smith – Women’s Skeet

Dania Vizzi – Women’s Skeet

Christian Elliott – Men’s Skeet

Vincent Hancock – Men’s Skeet

Dustan Taylor – Men’s Skeet

Alicia Gough – Women’s Trap

Ryann Phillips – Women’s Trap

Rachel Tozier – Women’s Trap

Derek Haldeman – Men’s Trap

Will Hinton – Men’s Trap

Derrick Mein – Men’s Trap

 

View the fill schedule here: https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/schedule.ashx?cshipid=3085

Finals can be viewed via stream here: https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/finalslivebroadcastschedule.ashx?cshipid=3085

With a little less than a year away from the Paris Games, athletes are buckling down and gearing up for these crucial competitions.

USA Shooting has secured 15 quotas for Paris so far. Each country is eligible for two quotas in each event. To date, the U.S. has earned quotas in the following events:

 

Pistol

Women’s 10m Air Pistol: earned by Suman Sanghera at the CAT Games

Women’s 25m Pistol: earned by Katelyn Abeln at the CAT Games

Rifle

Men’s 10 Air Rifle: earned by Brandon Muske at the CAT Games

Women’s 10m Air Rifle: earned by Mary Tucker at the CAT Games

Women’s 10m Air Rifle: earned by Alison Weisz at the World Championship

Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions: earned by Katie Zaun at the CAT Games

Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions: earned by Sagen Maddalena at the World Championship

Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions: earned by Ivan Roe at the CAT Games

Shotgun

Men’s Trap: earned by William Hinton at the CAT Games

Men’s Trap: earned by Derrick Mein at the World Championship

Men’s Skeet: earned by Dustan Taylor at the CAT Games

Men’s Skeet: earned by Vincent Hancock at the World Championship

Women’s Trap: earned by Aeriel Skinner at the 2022 CAT Games

Women’s Skeet: earned by Dania Vizzi at the CAT Games

Women’s Skeet: earned by Samantha Simonton at the World Championship

 

USA Shooting also has a Paralympic quota earned by Jazmin Almlie-Ryan in Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2.

When an athlete earns a quota for the U.S. in a specific event, the U.S. then becomes eligible to have an athlete compete in said event at the Olympic Games. Athletes are only eligible to earn one event quota in a four-year Olympic cycle.

Follow @USAShooting on social media to keep up with the latest results for the competition.

 

 

About USA Shooting

USA Shooting, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation was chartered by the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee as the National Governing Body for the Olympic Shooting Sports in April 1995. The organization develops and implements programs to promote growth in the sport and serves as a sanctioning body for local and national competitions. Headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, at the US Olympic and Paralympic Training Center, USA Shooting has a full-time staff dedicated to our sport.