Whidden Grabs First at NRA Rifle Championship
NRAblog 08.12.12
Georgia’s John Whidden holds a one point lead in NRA Rifle race.
Port Clinton, Ohio – Halfway through a surprisingly sunny Day Two at the NRA Long Range High Power Rifle Championships finds 3-time winner John Whidden in the lead. Firing in day’s first group of relays, he’s joined at the top by rocket scientist (literally) Brian Litz, past champ Michelle Gallagher and a couple of competitors from the International squads.
Finishing second in last year’s competition, Whidden has long been amongst the favorites at Camp Perry’s firing line. “John is one [darn] good shooter,” said one California competitor. “He finds a way. The boy knows what he’s doing out here.”
On the heels of yesterday’s shoot off, Whidden added to his day one total of 399-26x with a Leech Trophy score of 199-10x. With that in mind … here are the preliminary scores:
| Tompkins Trophy Match — NRA Rifle Match 500 | ||
| Place | Competitor | Score |
| 1 | John Whidden | 598-36x |
| 2 | Bryan Litz | 598-33x |
| 3 | Michelle Gallagher | 598-32x |
| 4 | John Friguglietti | 598-30x |
| 5 | Norman Anderson | 598-28x |
| 6 | Bob Gill | 597-36x |
| 7 | Tyrel Cooper | 597-34x |
| 8 | Steve Mcgee | 597-34x |
| 9 | David Luckman | 597-30x |
| 10 | David Calvert | 597-28x |
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