MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Junior
Griffin Lake took home his third and fourth medal at the USA Shooting Rifle National Championship, earning two more today at the event being held in Anniston, Alabama.
Lake rolled through his opening two air rifle qualifying relays with the top mark in the field, scoring 1260.1 (629.8-630.3). The Emmaus, Pennsylvania, native scored 250.4 in the junior final to take first place and 251.5 in the open final to finish as the runner-up.
Lake swept both the open and junior smallbore events earlier in the week to add two national titles to his resume. With his four medals this week, Lake has now taken home seven top-three finishes at national and international competitions this summer. He claimed both air and smallbore titles at the USA Shooting Junior Olympics and claimed a third-place finish and two more finals appearances at the ISSF World Cup.
Maximus Duncan also qualified for the open final after a score of 1245.2 (621.6-623.6). He finished in seventh place with a final score of 143.1.
On the women's side,
Ashlyn Blake qualified for the junior final after a qualifying score of 1251.3 (628.2-623.1). She took eighth place in the final with a 121.7 mark.
Camryn Camp hit marks of 1243.9 (620.5-623.4) during qualifying to finish in 17th place.
Incoming freshman Jack Ogoreuc finished in 12
th place in the open division with a score of 1239.2 (619.1-620.1) to qualify for the junior final where he finished in seventh place. He hit the top mark in the U18 division.