2012 Olympian Corey Cogdell will be heading back to the Olympics in Rio after winning the trap spot at the Olympic Trials on Wednesday. Cogdell already had an eight point lead on Ashley Carroll so she really only needed a solid day to lock up the Olympic spot. She had more than a solid day scoring a 49 while Carroll shot a 44 and posting a final score of 474 with Carroll in second at 459.

In the non-Olympic qualifying men’s trap competition Ryne Barfield opened the day with a 46, two better than Christopher Haire, who shot a 44, to take the lead going into the final. Casey Wallace also scored a 46 and trailed Barfield by a point. Myles Walker shot a 47 and within four points had an outside shot at moving to the top. In the final Barfield posted the top score with a 14 and when Wallace missed out on the gold medal final after losing a tiebreaker after shooting a 13 Barfield had clinched the title. Barfield ended with a 470 and Wallace finished in second with a 467. Casey Weitfedt won the final and jumped into third with a 466.

The US team isn’t quite complete for Rio with the final spots to be determined in the air shooting trials in Ft. Benning, Georgia from June 1st-8th. For the shotgun athletes the next big event is the world cup event in San Marino starting on June 1st.

Previous US Shotgun Olympic Trials Coverage:
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Tuesday Update
Wednesday Update
Thursday Update
Friday Update
Sunday Update
Monday Update
Tuesday Update