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SASP Athletes, Staff To Represent USA At Olympics
Posted by Junior Shooters
The Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) has Olympic athletes in their ranks, ready to perform on the world stage in Tokyo. With their newly established international disciplines, SASP athletes saw podium finishes at the recent 2021 Air Pistol Junior Olympic National Championship before putting on incredible performances at the 2021 SASP National Championship.
First up in the Olympic shooting sports schedule will be SASP’s own Director of Development for International Disciplines, James Hall. As the official youth feeder program for USA Shooting, Hall quickly established and continues to expand the SASP’s new international disciplines of 10 Meter Air Rifle, 10 Meter Air Pistol, and Sport Pistol. Hall’s journey to the Olympic stage began at Jacksonville State University, where he was a four-time All American, Team Captain, and USA National Rifle Team Member. Along with his deep knowledge of the rifle and pistol competitor’s experience, James also has an extensive background in coaching junior athletes at the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP). Hall secured the first U.S. quota spot in air pistol for the Olympics in Tokyo with his Gold medal at the 2018 Championship of the Americas.
Also poised to represent the USA at the Olympics are current SASP athletes, Jackson Leverett and Henry Leverett who will be competing in the Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event. Currently sophomores of the Ohio State University Pistol Team, the Leverett brothers have set a 5-year streak of winning gold at the Pistol National Junior Olympic Championships. Prior to joining the pistol team at Ohio, Leveretts set four USA Shooting national records in junior men’s Rapid Fire and junior men’s Sport Pistol. Henry won the U.S. Olympic Rapid Fire quota spot for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after placing 5th in the 2019 World Cup Bejing, while Jackson helped Team USA win gold medals in Air Pistol and Rapid Fire in the 2018 Championship of the Americas. As current SASP athletes, both Jackson and Henry are SSSF College All Americans, having secured their spots on the 1st teams for international air, sport, and standard pistol.
https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/shooting/olympic-schedule-and-results.htm
https://www.nbcolympics.com/schedule/sport/Shooting
Tom Davis
Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation
Marketing & Communications Manager
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