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Kelsey Emme Wins USA Shooting Nationals Air Rifle Championship
6/13/2012 8:07:00 AM | Rifle
USA Shooting Nationals
In the past week, Murray State Rifle freshman Kelsey Emme competed at the USA Shooting Nationals, at Fort Benning, GA.
The first part of the competition, USA Shooting National Championships and Olympic Trials for smallbore, went well as she finished fourth in the junior division and 17th overall.
"That was a respectable job against great competition and along with her performance at JORC shows that Kelsey is attaining the consistency that is needed to become a really fine shooter," MSU Head Coach Alan Lollar said.
Emme was just getting started when she moved into the air rifle competition.
The US Olympic team members for air rifle had already been selected earlier this spring, so this contest was just for the national championship.
Kelsey had a good first day, with a 390 out of a possible 400. Women's international air rifle only shoots 40 shots, instead of the 60 the women normally shoot in NCAA competition.
"Kelsey's first day was solid,” Lollar said. “Her performance was what we have come to expect and she's been on the big stage before.”
In the second day of air rifle, Emme improved to a 392 and was first among the eight qualifiers for the junior final and seventh in the open division. Juniors compete through age 19 and the open division is for those ages 20 and older.
Going into the junior final, Emme looked confident.
"I was excited when I saw the expression Kelsey had setting up her equipment for the junior final," Lollar said. "She had the look of being ready.”
The final competition is a total of 10 shots and each shot is scored for its full value to the tenth of a point, not just the round numbers as used in regular competition.
Kelsey's final score was 103.0 and she became the 2012 USA Shooting Junior Air Rifle National Champion.
"It was exciting to be here this week and compete against the best,” Emme said. “I trained hard for this competition and I think I'm starting to get comfortable with the format and challenge."
Emme, from Piedmont, S.D. and a sophomore in the fall at Murray State, also competed in the open final where she had a solid 101.3 final score which was good for seventh place.
"Kelsey is a hard worker and prepares as well as anyone,” Lollar said. “She has trained hard to get here and she's getting ready to take the next step."
In the past week, Murray State Rifle freshman Kelsey Emme competed at the USA Shooting Nationals, at Fort Benning, GA.
The first part of the competition, USA Shooting National Championships and Olympic Trials for smallbore, went well as she finished fourth in the junior division and 17th overall.
"That was a respectable job against great competition and along with her performance at JORC shows that Kelsey is attaining the consistency that is needed to become a really fine shooter," MSU Head Coach Alan Lollar said.
Emme was just getting started when she moved into the air rifle competition.
The US Olympic team members for air rifle had already been selected earlier this spring, so this contest was just for the national championship.
Kelsey had a good first day, with a 390 out of a possible 400. Women's international air rifle only shoots 40 shots, instead of the 60 the women normally shoot in NCAA competition.
"Kelsey's first day was solid,” Lollar said. “Her performance was what we have come to expect and she's been on the big stage before.”
In the second day of air rifle, Emme improved to a 392 and was first among the eight qualifiers for the junior final and seventh in the open division. Juniors compete through age 19 and the open division is for those ages 20 and older.
Going into the junior final, Emme looked confident.
"I was excited when I saw the expression Kelsey had setting up her equipment for the junior final," Lollar said. "She had the look of being ready.”
The final competition is a total of 10 shots and each shot is scored for its full value to the tenth of a point, not just the round numbers as used in regular competition.
Kelsey's final score was 103.0 and she became the 2012 USA Shooting Junior Air Rifle National Champion.
"It was exciting to be here this week and compete against the best,” Emme said. “I trained hard for this competition and I think I'm starting to get comfortable with the format and challenge."
Emme, from Piedmont, S.D. and a sophomore in the fall at Murray State, also competed in the open final where she had a solid 101.3 final score which was good for seventh place.
"Kelsey is a hard worker and prepares as well as anyone,” Lollar said. “She has trained hard to get here and she's getting ready to take the next step."
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