On the first day of competition at the ISSF World Cup even in Rio De Janeiro the top performer was Ashley Carroll in the women’s trap event. Carrol posted a 44, tied for 6th best, and is seventh on the tiebreaker of her last round (a 23). She has a really good chance to qualify for the finals with a strong third round on Saturday. Corey Cogdell is in great shape as well as she also posted a 44 but her final round of 20 left her in 13th.  Janessa Jo Beaman, was slightly off the pace at 38. Saturday the women will wrap up their qualification with their final round in the morning before having the finals in the afternoon.

On the men’s side Brian Burrows was the top American in 32nd with a 45 but this leaves him three behind the final qualifying spots. Casey Wallace scored a 42 to place 54th while Seth Iman had a 39 and is in 60th. The third and fourth qualifying rounds for the men will be on Saturday.

Also on Saturday the men’s 10m air pistol and the women’s 10m air rifle will be held in their entirety. Will Brown, Nickolaus Mowrer, and Jay Sih will be competing in the air pistol. Brown was the best of the three in Bangkok where he finished second. In the air rifle Sarah Beard, Sarah Scherer. and Virginia Thrasher will represent the US. Beard and Scherer were in the field in Bangkok where Scherer finished eighth.