Taking advantage of some adverse conditions on day two (any sight competition) of the NRA Smallbore Rifle 3-Position Nationals Championships at Camp Perry, Team Lapua’s Kirsten Weiss rose from 8th place to finish as High Woman and Second Place Overall. With the winds howling at over 20 mph, and the temperatures at 25 degrees cooler than day one, Weiss shot consistently in the prone, kneeling, and standing portions to finish behind Tarl Kempley and ahead of Ohio State’s Amanda Luoma in her first visit to Camp Perry since 2003.
Even more amazing was Weiss shooting the any sight match with metallic sights while the majority of the shooters opted for scopes. Weiss captured the Standing portion and finished consistently near the top in prone and kneeling. The NRA National Champion is determined by the competitor with the highest aggregate score in the Any Sight match and the Metallic match.
NRA Smallbore Rifle 3-Position Championship
Tarl Kempley 2295-108x
Kirsten Weiss 2287-96x
Amanda Luoma 2281-92x
Reya Kempley 2276-107x
Christopher Abalo 2276-100x
Benjamin Swanson 2276-87x
Deanna Binnie 2272-106x
Samuel Muegge 2270-97x
Lisette Grunwell-lacey 2267-86x
Garrett Rabel 2263-84x
NRA Smallbore Rifle 3-Position Metallic Sight Championship
Sgt. Joseph Hein 1194-81x
Cpt. Christopher Abalo 1193-76x
Ssg. George Norton 1193-75X
Tarl Kempley 1192-76x
Reya Kempley 1191-80x
Amy Fister 1190-72x
Kirsten Weiss 1190-66x
Mackenzie Martin 1189-65x
Amanda Luoma 1188-68x
Ssg Henry Gray 1187-76x
NRA Smallbore Rifle 3-Position Any-Sight Championship
Benjamin Swanson 1105-38x
Tarl Kempley 1103-32x
Kirsten Weiss 1097-29x
Amanda Luoma 1093-24x
Garrett Rabel 1092-39x
Candice Ramus 1089-36x
Lisette Grunwell-lacey 1088-34x
Megan Hilbish 1088-29x
Deanna Binnie 1086-38x
Reya Kempley 1085-27x
“I was very happy with my shooting, especially in the tough conditions on day two,” reported Kirsten Weiss. “Back in April I was at the Grand Opening of the Lapua Service Center in Arizona and was able to match test some lots of Midas+ and X-ACT to my rifle and it performed great”
Weiss was a member of the University of Nebraska rifle team, ending her Husker career as a three-time All-American in smallbore and led the Huskers to a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships. After taking some time away from shooting, Weiss returned in 2011 as a member of Team Lapua and has competed in the World Cup match in Munich, Germany and the Olympic Trials at Fort Benning.
For additional information on the NRA Smallbore Rifle National Championship visit http://www.nrahq.org/compete/champ3.asp#2 .
For more information on Lapua and the Lapua Service Center contact Adam Braverman at abraverman@lapua.us.