Seven Medals for NL Shooters at Airgun Grand PrixJanuary 23, 2011, Shooting NL ![]() In the Men’s rifle events Ben Taylor narrowed the gap with Joshua Akow of Ontario to claim the silver medal in the Expert class. Ben was only one point out from the finals leaving him in 9th place overall. Jason Harnum held on to his lead in the Sharpshooter class to secure the gold, thereby leaving Dave Ficken with the silver. In Men’s Air Pistol, Rene De Haitre improved upon his Saturday result to take the silver medal in the Men’s International Junior Air Pistol. Finally, team coach and athlete Anthony Smith tied for silver in the Men’s Sharpshooter Air Pistol event. However, after the tie breaking rules were applied he was ranked third and awarded the bronze medal. In women’s air pistol, Emma Meulenkamp, was second place at the start of the day in the International Junior Air Pistol event. Though she performed about as well as on Saturday, she was overtaken but still was able to claim the bronze medal. More remarkable is that this was only Emma’s second out of province competition and that she was able to shoot the 5th highest qualifying score thus earned a place in the Finals. This is a huge accomplishment for a shooter who came to the sport in February of last year! After the finals were over Emma was ranked 5th overall. Teammate Alyssa Sparkes, improved upon her Saturday match to place 4th in the Sub-Junior category. Finally, in women’s rifle, Brenda Greene won the gold medal in the women’s Expert class. Samantha Marsh and Meghan Harris came in 4th and 6th in the Sub-Junior category. Meghan fired a personal best on Saturday and then bettered that score on Sunday by 2 points. All these athletes train out of the Frank Zahn High Performance Marksmanship and CSCA Training Facility in the School of Human Kinetics and Recreation of Memorial University. Results Summary: Men’s Rifle Class Score (1200) Place Ben Taylor EX 1134 Silver Jason Harnum SS 1102 Gold Dave Ficken SS 1091 Silver Women’s Rifle Class Score (800) Place Brenda Green EX 760 Gold Samantha Marsh SJ 731 4th Meghan Harris SJ 724 6th Men’s Pistol Class Score (1200) Place Anthony Smith (Coach) SS 1066 Bronze (after count back) Rene De Haitre IJ 1060 Silver Women’s Pistol Class Score (800) Place Emma Meulenkamp IJ 709 Bronze, IJ and 5th overall Alyssa Sparkes SJ 662 4th For more information contact Dave Woolridge at 778 0405 or dave.woolridge@mi.mun.ca |
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