Scherer and Furrer Dominate NJOSC Women's Rifle 10m and 50m

COLORADO SPRING, COLO. (April 12, 2010)

On Saturday, April 10th, Sarah Scherer of Fort Worth, Texas, captured first place in Women's 10 m Air Rifle at the 2010 USA Shooting National Junior Olympic Championships. Shortly after winning both an individual and team National Championship (NCAA), Scherer continued to shine in her first year at Texas Christian University (TCU). She tallied a final score of 892.4, topping the next competitor by 1.2 points. Following Scherer, were second-place finisher Abigail Stanec of Sharon Center, Ohio with 891.2 points and Denise Martin of Chewelah, Wash., with 891.1 points. In the NJOSC categories, high J2 athletes were gold-medalist Larissa Wright (Woodland Park, Colo.) with a score of 781, silver-medalist Kelsey Hansen (Minot, ND) with a score of 776, and bronze-medalist Kelsey McHugh (Palatine, Ill.) with a score of 776. The first-place J3 category finisher was Elizabeth Tallberg (Stratford, Conn.) with a score of 773. Second and third medalists were Shawna Griffin (Woodland Park, Colo.) with 763 points, and Sarah Banks (Huetown, Ala.) with 762 points.

Today, Scherer also shot in the women’s 50m Three Position Rifle, where she earned second place with a score of 1261.9. The winner was Ohio State's Amanda Furrer of Spokane, Wash., who walked away with a final score of 1266, besting the next medalist by four points. Most notably, however, is that Furrer tied a national record with her outstanding score. In third was Scherer's teammate, TCU's Sarah Beard of Danville, Ind., who shot for 1255.1 points. In the 50m Three Position Rifle J2 Catgeory, the top three finishers were Forest Masters of Valdez, Alaska, Denise Martin, and Deanna Binnie of Hollsopple, Pa. Making it an outstanding week, was J3 competitor, Elizabeth Tallberg who finished first again in the J3 category. She was followed by Mackenzie Martin of Fairhaven, Mass. and 10m Air Rifle J3 silver medalist, Shawna Griffin. For a complete list of scores, please check out the match results .

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