By Brittany Nelson, USAS Public Relations & Communications Manager
COLO SPRGS, CO (Sept. 12, 2022) – USA Shooting is pleased to announce the shotgun, rifle, and pistol athletes that will be competing at the 2022 World Championships.
The 2022 ISSF World Championships for Shotgun will be held in Osijek, Croatia, Sept. 19-12, while the Rifle and Pistol World Championships will be held in Cairo, Egypt, Oct. 12-25.
These tournaments are the athletes’ first chance at earning an Olympic quota for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games. The shotgun World Championship team members are as follows:
Men’s Skeet team
Vincent Hancock, Dustan Taylor, and Christian Elliott
Women’s Skeet team
Dania Vizzi, Sam Simonton, and Austen Smith
Men’s Trap team
Derrick Mein, Will Hinton, and Jake Wallace
Women’s Trap team
Kayle Browning, Aeriel Skinner, and Rachel Tozier
Junior Men’s Skeet team
Aidin Burns, Ben Keller, and Jordan Sapp
Junior Women’s Skeet team
Mikena “Grace” Fulton, Julia “Lia” Nelson, and Alishia “Fayth” Layne
Junior Men’s Trap team
Emilio Carvalho, Lance Thompson, and Matthew Kutz
Junior Women’s Trap team
Ryann Phillips, Sydney Krieger, and Chantry Stermer
A handful of these shotgun athletes are going into the World Championships with several World Cup medals already under their belts.
The rifle and pistol athletes will be shooting in Cairo, Egypt, at a range they have previously competed at during a World Cup earlier this year. The rifle World Championship team members are as follows:
Men’s Air Rifle team
Lucas Kozeniesky, William Shaner, and Brandon Muske
Women’s Air Rifle team
Sagen Maddalena, Ali Weisz, and Mary Tucker
Men’s Smallbore Rifle team
Ivan Roe, Tim Sherry, and Lucas Kozeniesky
Women’s Smallbore Rifle team
Sarah Beard, Mary Tucker, and Sagen Maddalena
Men’s 300m Rifle team
Bradley Yliniemi, Ivan Roe, and Tim Sherry
Women’s 300m Rifle team
Denise Loring, Abigail Winegarden, and Michelle Bohren
Junior Men’s Air Rifle team
Rylan Kissell, Scott Rockett, Benjamin Salas, Gavin Barnick, Tyler Wee, and Braden Peiser
Junior Women’s Air Rifle team
Katie Zaun, Camryn Camp, Anne White, Emme Walrath, Peninah D’Souza, and Clarissa Layland
Junior Men’s Smallbore team
Gavin Barnick, Tyler Wee, Braden Peiser, Griffin Lake, Rylan Kissell, Scott Rockett, and Tyler Wee
Junior Women’s Smallbore team
Katie Zaun, Cecelia Ossi, Natalie Perrin, Gracie Dinh, Anne White, and Elizabeth Probst
The pistol World Championship team members are as follows:
Women’s Air Pistol and Sport Pistol team
Alexis Lagan, Katelyn Abeln, and Sandra Uptagrafft
Men’s Air Pistol team
Nick Mowrer, James Hall, and Anthony Lutz
Men’s Rapid Fire Pistol team
Henry Leverett, Keith Sanderson, and Charles Platt
Junior Women’s Air Pistol team
Suman Sanghera, Ada Korkhin, and Annabell Yi
Junior Men’s Air Pistol team
Nathan Bae, Remington Smith, and Ryan Yi
Juniors Men’s Rapid Fire
Mark Shen and Ryan Yi
Junior Men’s Sport Pistol team
Nathan Bae, Mark Shen, and Ryan Yi
Junior Women’s Sport Pistol team
Annabell Yi, Katherine Ahn, Ada Korkhin, and Abbie Leverett
Follow @USAShooting on social media to see the World Championship team on their international competition journey.
USA Shooting’s 2022 Paralympic World Championship team will be announced soon.
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.