2016 Olympian Michael McPhail won the men’s 50m rifle prone event as he grabbed a commanding lead of 5.3 points over Dempster Christenson going into the final and finished second in the final behind Christenson to win the national championship after finishing second last year. McPhail was the best shooter in qualifying on both days. Jason Dardas had fallen into fourth before the final but finished third in the final to move back into the bronze medal position. 2016 Olympian David Higgins missed out on the final and finished ninth,

In the women’s 50m rifle event Morgan Phillips fired off a competition best 625.1 on the second day to win the title on a tiebreaker after finishing in a tie with Hanna Carr. Ariana Grabowski stayed in third and finished 3.1 behind Phillips and Carr. Barrett Ray had been in second but a second day 608.4 left her in seventh. Defending champion Reya Kempley was able to move up to fourth but finished three behind the bronze medal position.

Greg Markowski’s quest for his third win of the week, in the men’s 10m air pistol, came down to the wire but a strong performance by Nick Mowrer did just enough to win the event. Mowrer was three points better in the qualifying to take a point lead going into the final. That margin was vital as Markowski won the event with Mowrer in second, causing the title to be decided by inner ten’s during the qualifying rounds, a tiebreaker that went to Mowrer. James Hall fell from second to third where he finished six points behind the top two.

In the women’s event Alexis Lagan maintained a six point lead going into the final and finished third to lock up the gold. Sandra Uptagrafft was second in the final and finished five points behind Lagan. Brenda Silva finished eight points behind Uptagrafft in third.

In the first day of the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol event 2016 Olympian Emil Milev was the start shooting a 573 to take an 18 point lead over Anatoly Pikman. Justin Ahn is in third place with a score of 553. The event will wrap up on Monday with a second day of qualifying and then a final.

Monday will also be the first day of qualifying in the men’s 10m air rifle and the women’s 50m three position rifle events. The men’s event will feature 2016 Olympians Lucas Kozeniesky and Daniel Lowe as well as defending champion Dempster Christenson. Lowe was third in the competition last year with Kozeniesky in 22nd. The women’s event will feature 2016 Olympians Sarah Scherer and Virginia Thrasher as well as the second and third place finishers from last year, Erin McNeil and Amy Sowash. Thrasher was fourth last year. The overall competition continues in Ft. Benning until Wednesday.

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