COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.- The 2003 USA Shooting National Championships
concluded Saturday with two-time Olympian Lance Bade (Colorado Springs,
Colo.) posting a new National Championship record.
Bade started the contest Thursday tied at 100 with three other men
for a never-seen-before start to the last discipline of the 10th Annual
Shotgun Nationals held at Fort Carson. He finished with a 296 total
that established a new National Trap Record. .
Even with the final round canceled because of the weather, the Men's
Trap event posted some of the most competitive scores seen in years.
Bret Erickson (Buena Vista, Ga.) fired a 295 for second place. Junior
champion Sheldon Benge (Comfort, Texas) had a 293 for the men's bronze.
Ryan Hadden and Christopher Kiernan entered the final tied for fourth
at 292, while Seth Inman rounded out the top-six with a 290.
Benge finished the junior finals with a 316 (293 + 23) and a second-straight
Championship. Matthew Wallace took the junior silver with 312 (287
+ 25). Wayne Romanski finished with a 306 (283 + 23) for third.
The women completed their final round before a storm rolled in but
the competition featured no big surprises. 1996 Olympian Terri DeWitt
(Smith Station, Ala.) led the women for the last two days and walked
away as the champion with a score of 314 (290 + 24). Whitely Loper
(Indian Springs, Ala.) finished second with a 306 (282 + 24). Lacy
Holtz (Colorado Springs, Colo.) took the bronze with a 301 (179 +
22).
The junior women's championship went to Loper as well. Mandy Dorman
clinched second with a 292 (271 + 21) and Goldie Pippen finished third
one target back.
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July
19, 2003
FINAL RESULTS
Top-6
Men’s Trap
1. Lance Bade, 296*
2. Bret Erickson, 295
3. Sheldon Benge, 293
4. Chris Kiernan, 292
5. Ryan Hadden, 292
6. Seth Inman, 290
*(finals not shot)
Junior Men’s Trap
1. Sheldon Benge, 316
2. Mathew Wallace, 312
3. Wayne Romanski, 306
4. Daniel Waite, 302
5. Carson Alacano, 301
6. Max Jolliff, 300
Women’s Trap
1. Terri DeWitt, 314
2. Whitely Loper, 306
3. Lacy Holtz, 301
4. Joetta Dement, 299
5. Mandy Dorman, 292
6. Goldie Pippin, 287
Junior Women’s Trap
1. Whitely Loper, 303
2. Mandy Dorman, 292
3. Goldie Pippin, 291
4. Susan Sledge, 289
5. Mimi Wilfong, 286
6. Emma Simpson, 272
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