Seven Pennsylvania Precision 3P Air Rifle Teams Invited to the National Championships

On June 22-26, 2015, the National Three Position Air Rifle Championships will be held at the Civilian Marksmanship Program's (CMP) Competition Center South range in Anniston, Alabama.

Of the 27 precision air rifle teams invited to this prestigious event, seven of them are from Pennsylvania. This represents 26% of the precision teams invited to this 3rd annual event. It also goes to prove that Pennsylvania has a great program to continue feeding our NCAA D1 colleges and possible Olympians.

Congratulations to the six clubs that make up the seven precision teams. The clubs represented are: 
DuBois
Frazier Simplex (2 teams)
Oil City
Ontelaunee
Palmyra
Seitzland

Also, congratulations to Amanda Ruffner who was invited to compete as an individual from the Alexandria club.

See full details at this website:
http://thecmp.org/air/national-three-position-air-rifle-championships/

Here is the invitation list:
http://thecmp.org/wp-content/uploads/CMPNationalQualifiers.pdf

Frazier foursome at the Dixie Double

Four of Frazier Simplex's junior shooters traveled to Anniston, Alabama for the annual Dixie Double. This was a two day, international air rifle competition where each competitor shoots 60 shots offhand each of the two days. Because they use decimal scoring for this type of competition, a perfect score is a 654. The best competitors shoot in the 610 to the 625 range. Also different in this competition is how the final is run. In this final, every competitor that qualifies will start out at zero, making it easier for even the last place qualifier to win the competition.
Representing Frazier Simplex was, Christopher Thomas, Thomas Welch, Mackenzie Wagner and John Paul Grabowski. Many of them shot their personal best during this competition.

Team X Factor takes the Gold Medal at the annual Dixie Double

Out of 54 competitors, Ariana finished 4th in the individual junior division, 18th overall, and 1st overall team with SPC Erin Lorenzen (as Team X Factor).

Team X Factor

Team Member	Day 1	Day 2	Aggregate
SPC Lorenzen, Erin USA	616.4	615.0	1231.4
Grabowski, Ariana	607.9	609.2	1217.1

SPC Erin Lorenzen (AMU) and Ariana Grabowski (Frazier Simplex) team up and take the GOLD

The Army Marksmanship Unit (AMU), USA Olympic Developmental, World Cup competitors and junior shooters from all over the US came to Anniston, Alabama during the weekend of November 9 & 10, to compete in the 4th Annual Anniston Marksmanship Center Dixie Double. This match offered 60-shot international air rifle standing and 60-shot air pistol events for junior and open men and women. USA Shooting sanctioned this match as a PSA/PSI match and as a PTO. The match was a two-day event where competitors fired one 60-shot event on each of the two days.

1st Place in the CMP 3PAR Championship - July 13, 2013

On the final day of the 3 day competition, the all girl team from Frazier Simplex pulled off a huge victory and won the prize they were seeking - 2013 CMP 3PAR National Champions! Shooting against 37 teams, the competition was tight. The 4 person aggregate score of 2339 with 162 X's, was the highest aggregate team score of the 3 day competition.

Congratulations to the Coach Tom Benedict and shooters pictured above (left to right). Ariana Grabowski, Nicholle Thiry, Tommy Welch (as alternate), Nicholle Benedict & Morgan Duerr (not pictured) on an excellent finish.

Congratulations to the 2nd place team pictured above from Oil City, who nipped on our heels through-out the whole competition.

Ariana, again, won a 4th place overall individual title for this competition. Her final score of 100.3 put her in a close run for 4th place. She also won a 1st place medal for prone with a 200 with 20X's. Congratulations on some awesome shooting.

3rd Place in the USA Shooting 3PAR Championship - July 12, 2013

The all girl team from Frazier Simplex again met the challenge of a 2nd day of competition and placed 3rd overall among 37 teams in the event. Their 4 person aggregate score of 2322 with 139 X's, was only 8 points below the first place team.

Again, congratulations to the Coach Tom Benedict and shooters pictured above (left to right). Nicholle Thiry, Nicholle Benedict, Ariana Grabowski & Morgan Duerr on an excellent second day.

Ariana also won a 4th place overall individual title for this competition. Her final score of 100.9 was 0.1 point below 3rd place. Congratulations on some great shooting.

Below is a picture of the medal they each won for this event.

2nd Place in the NRA 3PAR Championship - July 11, 2013

The all girl team from Frazier Simplex went head to head against some of the best junior air rifle shooters in the country and placed 2nd overall among 37 teams in the event. Their 4 person aggregate score of 2324 with 141 X's, was only 5 points below the first place team.

Congratulations to the Coach Tom Benedict and shooters pictured above (left to right).
Nicholle Thiry, Ariana Grabowski, Morgan Duerr & Nicholle Benedict on an excellent first day.