The USA Shooting Shotgun National Championships kick off next week with trap PET staring on Saturday, September 29th. Here’s the schedule:

Date Day Details 9/27/18 Thursday Open Training 9/28/18 Friday Open Training 9/29/18 Saturday Trap PET 9/30/18 Sunday Trap (75 Targets, Men & Women) 10/1/18 Monday Trap (50 Targets, Men & Women) 10/2/18 Tuesday Trap (75 Targets, Men & Women) 10/3/18 Wednesday Trap (50 Targets, Men & Women) + Finals 10/4/18 Thursday Mixed Team Day 1 + Finals 10/5/18 Friday Mixed Team Day 2 + Finals 10/6/18 Saturday Skeet PET 10/7/18 Sunday Skeet (75 Targets, Men & Women) 10/8/18 Monday Skeet (50 Targets, Men & Women) 10/9/18 Tuesday Skeet (75 Targets, Men & Women) 10/10/18 Wednesday Skeet (50 Targets, Men & Women) + Finals

In years past, Nationals was used to select travel teams for upcoming events, but this year the only travel team up for selection is Mixed Team Trap. This is also the first time that Mixed Team will be contested at Nationals. At the time of writing, there’s only about 20 teams signed up. Events manager Jared Esquivel expects more teams to sign up as we get closer. In fact, he requests that teams sign up no later than Tuesday, October 2nd to give them time to get everything together for the start of competition on October 4th. Here is the sign-up form.

The Mixed Team selection will be for the 2018 Championship of the Americas, 2019 World Cup Acapulco, and 2019 World Cup Al Ain teams. Unfortunately, there are no quota places available for Mixed Team.

Many of our nations best shooters won’t be able to compete this year at Nationals. Due to budget constraints, much of the Army Marksmanship Unit team will not be attending. That means that Derek Haldeman won’t be able to defend his gold medal from 2017. Only the AMU competitors that are on World Cup teams for 2019 are being allowed to go to Nationals. Speaking of medals, here’s last years results:

Trap Men Trap Women Gold Derek Haldeman Ashley Carroll Silver Caleb Lindsey Kayle Browning Bronze Glenn Eller Corey Cogdell-Unrein Trap Junior Men Trap Junior Women Gold Chris Haire Carey Garrison Silver Garrett Beissner Emma Williams Bronze Hank Garvey Abby Blakely Skeet Men Skeet Women Gold Vincent Hancock Dania Vizzi Silver Hayden Stewart Caitlin Connor Bronze Alex Ahlin Sam Simonton Skeet Junior Men Skeet Junior Women Gold Christian Elliott Katie Jacob Silver Trey Wright Austen Smith Bronze Eli Christman Sydney Carson

This year also marks the first time that you will be able to win cash prizes at Shotgun Nationals. White Flyer and Federal Premium came together to donate $7500 that will be paid out to the top 3 places in each of the 5 open divisions.

Prize money breakdown:

1 st Place – $750.00

2 nd Place – $500.00

3rd Place – $250.00

Prizes will be awarded in Men’s/Women’s Trap, Men’s/Women’s Skeet and Mixed Team Trap (winners share prize money 50/50).

I’ll be arriving in Colorado Springs on September 26th, so there will be updates each day from Nationals (at least for Trap and Mixed Team). I should be able to get someone to get me daily updates from Skeet as well.

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