The 2008 USA Shooting National Shotgun Championships titles for Men's and Women's Trap were earned Wednesday by Lance Bade and Miranda Wilder at Ft. Carson’s International Shooting Park. Wilder also earned the Junior Women’s Trap title and Jacob Turner earned the Men’s Junior Trap title.

Three-time Olympian and 1996 bronze medalist Bade (Colorado Springs, Colo.) shot a qualification score of 265, a final score of 25 for a total of 290. Bade beat out Air Force shooter and 2008 U.S. Olympic Team member Dominic Grazioli (San Antonio, Texas) who finished in second place with 287 targets. Jacob Turner (Los Alamos, N.M.) rounded out the podium in third place with 286 targets. United States Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU) members Matthew Wallace (Ft. Benning, Ga.) and Ryan Hadden (Phenix City, Ala.) finished in fourth and fifth places respectively with total scores of 286 and 280 targets respectively. Michael Herman (Peyton, Colo.) finished in sixth place with 278 targets.

In the women’s competition Miranda Wilder (Diana, Texas) took home the National Championship with a qualification score of 251 and a final score of 25 for a total of 276 targets. USAMU member Joetta Dement (Seale, Ala.) finished in second place with 274 targets. Susan Sledge (El Cajon, Calif.) took third with a total score of 270 targets. Kayle Browning (Wooster, Ark.), Caitlin Barney (Ingram, Texas) and Rachael Heiden (Clinton, Mich.) finished in fourth, fifth and sixth places with scores of 261, 261 and 258 respectively.

Turner not only took the bronze medal in the Men’s Open category, but he also took home the gold in the Men’s Junior Trap competition with a score of 290 targets. Daniel Shineovich (Pueblo, Colo.) finished second with a score of 281 and Dustin Anderson (Woodstock, Ga.) finished in third place with a score of 275. Seth Politi (Lexington, Mass.), Josh Cresswell (Bonneterre, Mo.) and Jake Wallace (Canon City, Colo.) rounded out the final in fourth, fifth and sixth places with scores of 273, 273 and 271 respectively.

In the Women’s Junior competition, Wilder doubled her 2008 National Championship titles with a score of 269. Browning took home the silver with 261 targets. Barney finished right behind Browning with 260 targets. Hadden finished fourth with a score of 256, Stephanie Martinago (Roseville, Calif.) finished fifth with a score of 252 and Tori Burch (Mountain Home, Texas) rounded out the final six with a score of 252 targets.

Friday starts the Men’s Double Trap and Men’s and Women’s Skeet competitions.

The schedule for the remainder of the Shotgun National Championships is as follows:

Friday, July 18
Men’s Double Trap Matches
Men’s and Women’s Skeet Matches

Saturday, July 19
Men’s Double Trap Matches, Finals and Awards
Men’s and Women’s Skeet Matches

Sunday, July 20
Men’s and Women’s Skeet Matches, Finals and Awards

Complete Trap Results