2016 Olympian Michael McPhail took the lead in the men’s 50m rifle prone event on day one as he tries to improve on last year’s second place finish. McPhail shot a 631.2 to take a 3.6 point lead over Dempster Christenson. Jason Dardas is 2.4 points behind Christenson as there is a lot of separation developing in the event. The other 2016 Olympian, David Higgins, is in sixth after a 622.9 opening day. In the women’s 50m rifle event defending champion Reya Kempley will be hard pressed to repeat after an opening day 616.7 left her in sixth. Hanna Carr leads with a 622.1 and a 3.8 point lead over Barrett Ray. Ariana Grabowski is in third 0.7 points behind Ray.

The lead in the men’s 10m air pistol belongs to Greg Markowski, going for his third win of the week, after an opening day 576 put him one point above James Hall. Nick Mowrer, second last year, is in third with a 574. Things aren’t as tight in the women’s event as Alexis Lagan leads with a 583, six ahead of Brenda Silva. Sandra Uptagrafft it just one point behind Silva.

All of these events wrap up Sunday. There will be finals in the men’s and women’s air pistol events and the men’s rifle event after the second day of qualifying. The women’s rifle event ends with a second round of qualifying shooting. There will also be the first day of qualifying for the men’s rapid fire pistol event. 2016 Olympian Emil Milev will compete in the event where he finished second last year. The overall competition continues in Ft. Benning until Wednesday.

Previous 2016 USA Shooting National Championships Coverage:
Preview
Thursday Update
Friday Update