2009 USA Shooting Fall Selection Match
by Jason Squeglia
Fort Benning Georgia is the site of this year’s USA Shooting Fall Selection and Day one of prone has proven to be a very competitive match. The weather was low nineties sunny and humid. Eric Uptagraft went clean with everyone hot on his tail. Day two with more of the same weather wrapped up prone. Eric shot another unbelievable perfect score to finish the preliminary with a 1200, Joe Hein came in second with an 1197 and Steve Goff third with an 1196.
Day three of competition opened with 3-P after a short cease fire for a VIP fly over. At the end of the hot and himid day, Eric Uptagraft had the lead with a very impressive 1172, multiple Olympic medal winner Matt Emmons is in second with an 1171, and Newlywed Joe Hein is in third with an 1170. Just like the prone phase, the position match is proving to be a real shootout. Today brings the final 3-p match, finals and awards. This years start list for the selection match is like a “who’s who” of American International Shooters. All but 5 competitors are either on the National team, on the Olympic development team or have already been there and have world cup medals or Olympic medals. What a competitor list!
