The Women’s 3 Position Rifle final was held today at the 2008 USA Shooting National Championships for Rifle/Pistol with Jamie Beyerle claiming the title.

Beyerle (Lebanon, Pa.), the 2007 National Champion in Women’s 3 Position and 2008 U.S. Olympic team member, won the national title today, finishing in first place with an overall score of 1269.0. Amy Sowash (Richmond, Ky.) finished second with a total score of 1258.3 and U.S. Army Marksmanship (USAMU) member Nicole Cooper ((Kearny, N.J.) took third place with 1255.2.

Matt Emmons, Keith Sanderson, Jason Turner and Brenda Shinn, who will all be representing the U.S. on the 2008 Olympic team, each earned the National Title in their respective event today at the 2008 USA Shooting National Championships for Rifle/Pistol.

Emmons (Browns Mills, N.J.), the 2004 Olympic gold medalist, captured the national title in the Men’s Prone Rifle event after shooting a score of 597 in his first match, followed by a perfect 600 in his second match and secured the win with a final of 105.1. Emmons finished with a total score of 1302.0. U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU) member Eric Uptagrafft (Spokane, Wash.), a 1996 Olympian, took second place with an overall score of 1299.1, while his USAMU teammate Michael McPhail (Darlington, Wis.) finished in third place with 1297.4. Forrest Klein (Columbus, Ga.) claimed the national title in the Junior Men’s Prone Rifle event after finishing with a total score of 1280.0. Cody Rutter (Palmyra, Pa.) took second place with 1279.6 and Thomas Santelli (Prosperity, Pa.) finished in third place with 1277.3.

USA Shooting announces the finalization of the 2009 World Clay Target Championship Selection Procedure. This selection procedure goes in to effect at the start of the USA Shooting Shotgun Fall Selection Match beginning on September 13, 2008. For more information and the full procedure click here