It was comebacks galore at the USA Shooting National Championships on the final day of the competition as both Sandra Uptagrafft and Jason Turner used strong second days of qualifying to take the lead and held on their finals to grab national titles after finishing in the top three last year.

In the women’s 25m sport pistol event Uptagrafft moved up from third by shooting a competition best 575 and took a one point lead over day one leader Brenda Silva into the final. Silva would finish last in the final and Uptagrafft would go on to win the final to claim the national title while Silva was third. 2016 Olympian and defending champion Enkelejda Shehaj  finished second after coming in third in the final. Sarah Choe had been second after the first day but a 549 in the second day of qualifying ended her medal hopes and she finished sixth, even with a runner-up finish in the final. Irina Andrianova was fifth after being in a tie with Uptagrafft on day one.

In the men’s 50m free pistol event Turner actually shot one less than his opening day 554 but because Greg Markowski was so far off his opening day 561 when he shot a 543 he went into the final with a three point lead. Markowski would win the final but Turner finished third to grab the gold by one point. James Hall stayed in third all day while defending champion Nick Mowrer, who had been tied for third, finished fourth.

For the rifle and pistol athletes the next major event will be the Olympics where competition takes place August 6th-14th. The shotgun version of the USA Shooting National Championships will take place in Ft. Carson, Colorado from July 10th-19th.

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