Day Two and Final of the 2016 10m Air Rifle JORC Women’s Championship
Almost all of the New England ladies improved, or shot an almost identical score, to raise their standing during the last day of the 2016 10m Air Rifle JORC Women’s Championship. Making the most of a consistent performance was Mackenzie Martin who paired her first day’s 411.8 with an almost identical 4112.2 for a 823 and a ticket into the final. Martin fired the third highest final score but fell out of medal contention, into fourth place, by a 1.4 points.
Rhode Island shooters Rebecca Green and Ruby Gomes made big leaps on day two. Green moved up from 30th to 21st while Gomes vaulted from 60th to 39th.
Julia Hatch, the sole Vermont entry, moved up from 71st to 49th while Sarah Schnupp from Maine slipped a few places to 118th.
The duet from New Hampshire, Elizabeth Dutton and Bailey Urbach, each moved up two places from 61st to 59th and 75th to 73rd respectively.
Nutmeg shooter Kaitlyn Kutz picked up two pints on day two and moved up six places to 105th overall.
A mass of Massachusetts entries moved mostly up with some dramatic changes. Mackenzie Conant saw a five point increase in score reflected in a jump of 23 places to 118 while Abby Monique found herself on the other side of the equation dropping three points and 20 places to 128th. Aliya Butt improved by 1,8 points and moved from 142nd to 139th. Nicole Mitton shared Monique’s fate losing 5.2 point over day one and descending to 161st. Savannah Demetrius opened the tap and cranked out a very fine 393.6 improving over 17 points as she apparently became more comfortable with her surroundings. She was perilously close to being the anchor shooter but ended the tournament holding the 185 place.
With the 2016 10m Air Rifle JORC Women’s Championship now in the books the indoor season is closed and everyone is looking forward to putting the dank gallery behind them and enjoying the warm sun and shooting outdoors.
