Team USA shooting comes together; Callahan poised for record books at Summer Olympian

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Team USA shooting comes together; Callahan poised for record books

Posted May 18, 2008 at 10:30 AM by Os Davis

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olympic logo shooting The United States’ shooting team will be finalized this weekend, with the completion of this week’s Olympic team trials in Colorado, and one team member will enter the domestic Olympic record books simply by competing in Beijing.

On Thursday, Libby Callahan was officially named to the team in finishing second to Beki Snyder in the sport pistol competition. At age 56, Callahan will become the oldest American woman to ever compete in the Games; the four-decade long mark is currently held by equestrian Kyra Downton.

Joining Callahan on Team USA shooting are:

• Snyder, who will participate in her fourth consecutive Olympics; she also debuted at the age of 20 at Atlanta 1996, and her highest finish in the Games was at Sydney 2000, where she placed ninth. Snyder also competes in taekwondo at the black-belt level.

• Mike Anti. The prone-shooting specialist has been on something of a tear lately: After not making any significant appearance in international competition in 2005 and 2006, Anti only returned by taking the 3-position championship in at the Shooting World Cup in Sydney in 2007. Major Anti took the silver in the 3-position at Athens 2004.

• Brian Beaman. A converted archer, Beaman made the national team in 2006 at age 21 and took second in the air rifle competition at the nationals the following year.

• Brenda Shinn. Shooting is one of few Olympic sports in which law enforcement will provide the training; Shinn is testament to that quality, getting her first formal training with the Orange County sheriff’s department in 1979, and her first first-place finish at the National Police Explorer Pistol Match in 1980. This gold got her the attention of Team USA shooting and an invite to the 1982 nationals, where Shinn placed 11th. Retiring from the sport altogether in 1987, Shinn came back in 2006 and has racked up four medals in competition since then.

• Daryl Szarenski. Writes his local Saginaw News: “Szarenski hopes his experience at the Olympics [as a member of Team USA at Athens 2004] and in Beijing will help his chances. He was in Beijing in April, finishing third in free pistol at the Good Luck Beijing 2008 International Sport Shooting Federation World Cup.” Starting at age 11 and competing since his 1989 NCAA days should also assist.

• Jason Parker. The two-time Olympian and member of the US Army Marksmanship Unit, Jason Parker is already assured a ticket to Beijing 2008 for the air rifle competition; going into day two of the Olympic trials, Parker is positioned to take the 3-position spot on Team USA as well.

• Jason Turner. Formerly a World Cup/world championship rifle specialist, Turner switched to full-time pistol, perhaps inspired by his back-to-back medal finishes in the competition at the Toronto Grand Prix in 1999 (gold) and 2000 (bronze). Turner competed with Team USA at Athens 2004 in air- and free pistol events.

Team USA shooting team trials finish on Sunday.

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