USA Capturing athletes earned 10 medals, together with one world champion title, on the 2024 ISSF Junior World Championships Sept. 26-Oct. 7 in Lima, Peru.
Over 30 rifle, pistol, and shotgun athletes competed on the prestigious competitors. Athletes certified for the crew by way of choices matches earlier this yr. Among the many 10 medals earned is Braden Peiser’s gold in Males’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions, making him the 2024 Junior World Champion.
“It’s a bit surreal,” mentioned Peiser about his large win. “I’ve been in a number of finals and fairly a couple of worldwide finals. I used to be having fun with this ultimate and the chase. It was enjoyable sitting in second or third and realizing I had some work to do.”
This yr’s competitors is the fifth Junior World Championships Peiser has competed in and his first particular person gold medal. Peiser additionally earned bronze on the 2024 competitors in Males’s 10m Air Rifle and silver in Males’s 10m Air Rifle Crew.
The truth is, USA podiumed in a number of crew occasions this yr. 5 of the medals earned had been in crew occasions to incorporate bronze in Blended Crew Skeet, gold in Males’s Skeet Crew, bronze in Ladies’s Skeet Crew, and silver in Ladies’s 10m Air Rifle Crew.
Together with Peiser’s accomplishments, particular person medals had been earned by Katie Zaun, bronze in Ladies’s 10m Air Rifle; Gracie Hensely, silver in Ladies’s Skeet; and Benjamin Keller, silver in Males’s Skeet.
Keller, of Johnstown, Colorado, has been racking up his ISSF World Championship medals. He earned gold in Males’s Skeet on the 2022 and 2023 competitions. Keller, who’s simply 19 years outdated, has over 10 worldwide medals and is seeking to compete within the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Video games.
The world champion crew athletes additionally made a handful of appearances in finals. Griffin Lake, of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, shot within the Males’s 50m Rifle 3 Place ultimate the place he completed in sixth place. Tyler Wee, of Wake Forest, North Carolina, joined Lake within the ultimate and positioned eight. See official outcomes right here.
Karsyn Ross, of Seguin, Texas, and Madeline Corbin, of Reedsburg, Wisconsin, each competed within the Ladies’s Skeet ultimate the place they positioned sixth and fifth respectively. See official outcomes right here. Keller and Fayth Layne, of Columbia, Tennessee, competed within the Blended Skeet Crew bronze medal match the place they positioned fourth. See official outcomes right here.
Emme Walrath, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, made an look within the Ladies’s 50m Rifle 3 Place ultimate the place she completed fourth. See official outcomes right here.
See all 10 medals the crew earned beneath:
- Braden Peiser: Bronze, Males’s 10m Air Rifle
- Braden Peiser, Tyler Wee, and Jacob Wisman: Silver, Males’s 10m Air Rifle Crew
- Katie Zaun, Emme Walrath, and Kenzie Kring: Silver, Ladies’s 10m Air Rifle Crew
- Gracie Hensley: Silver, Ladies’s Skeet
- Benjamin Keller: Silver, Males’s Skeet
- Katie Zaun: Bronze, Ladies’s 10m Air Rifle
- Jordan Sapp, Benjamin Keller, and Joshua Corbin: Gold, Males’s Skeet Crew
- Gracie Hensley, Fayth Layne, and Madeline Corbin: Bronze, Ladies’s Skeet Crew
- Madeline Corbin and Jordan Sapp: Bronze, Blended Crew Skeet
- Braden Peiser: Gold, Males’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions
View all official outcomes right here. View images from the competitors right here.
Up subsequent for USA Capturing is the 2024 ISSF World Cup Closing Oct. 13-18 in New Delhi, India. Observe @USAShooting on Instagram, Fb, and X for competitors updates and outcomes.
About USA Capturing
USA Capturing, a 501(c)(3) non-profit company was chartered by the USA Olympic and Paralympic Committee because the Nationwide Governing Physique for the Olympic & Paralympic Capturing Sports activities in April 1995. The group develops and implements packages to advertise development within the sport and serves as a sanctioning physique for native and nationwide competitions. Headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Coaching Heart, USA Capturing has a full-time workers devoted to our sport.
