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Jason Maples Of Team ITI Wins “A” Class, Places 5Th Overall In Production Division At USPSA Area 2 Championship

Jason Maples Of Team Iti Wins “A” Class, Places 5Th At Uspsa Area 2 Championship

International Training Inc

SHACKLESFORD, VA --(Ammoland.com)- Team International Training, Inc. (ITI) shooter Jason Maples took home fifth place in the Production Division at the 2010 Area 2 Championships, held November 10-14, 2010 at the Rio Salado Sportsman’s Club in Mesa, AZ.

In addition to his fifth place overall win, Maples came in first place in the “A” Class. Maples competed against 63 of the best Production shooters in the country in this USPSA Level III Match to walk away with 993.0169 match points, or 92.00%.

Maples narrowly missed fourth place overall by seven match points and third place by eight match points.

“I want to thank Team ITI for their support of me as I prepared to shoot the USPSA Area 2 Championship,” commented Maples. “I also want to thank the match staff for such a great job. The Range Officers were very professional and the stages were extremely tough but very well planned and designed. This is a match that I truly look forward to competing in again next year.”

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About Jason Maples
Jason Maples has five years of IDPA and USPSA match competition experience. Primarily competitive in USPSA, he is currently an “A” Class shooter in Limited, Production and Open divisions. He is also a classified “B” shooter in Limited 10 and Single Stack divisions. Maples law enforcement career began in 1998 as a full-time police officer for the City of Sevierville in East Tennessee. In 2003 he was hired as an Agent for the U.S. Border Patrol. He has also served as a firearms instructor for the Sevierville Police Department, as well as for the U.S. Border Patrol. Maples is also certified as a M4 carbine instructor.

About International Training, Inc.
International Training Incorporated (ITI) is a subsidiary of Wackenhut Services Inc. Founded in 1989; ITI is committed to providing benchmark security training programs emphasizing professionalism, quality, customer service, and a fair price. ITI conducts both mobile and fixed site training in security assistance and security service programs for the U.S. Government, U.S. military, corporate America, and now private citizens. For more information on ITI or any of their courses, log on to www.itiwsi.com.

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Micklethwaite Narrowly Defeats Chu for Area 2 Women’s Open and High Lady Shooting Titles

U.S. Practical Shooting Association

SEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash. —-(AmmoLand.com)- By just over half a point, Eva Micklethwaite managed to edge out Jenny Chu to pick up her first Area win and the coveted Women’s Open division title at the U.S. Practical Shooting Association’s Area 2 Regional Handgun Championships.

Micklethwaite, who was a member of the Team USA and helped win the gold in 2008 at the International Practical Shooting Confederation’s (IPSC) World Shoot XV in Bali, Indonesia, was also crowned High Lady, a title that goes to the top overall female shooter in the match.

Through most of the match Chu held the lead with five key stage wins among the women shooters. Yet Micklethwaite stayed within striking distance giving Chu a 30 point led early but closing the gap to just under 10 points by the ninth stage.

With just two stages remaining Micklethwaite made her move.

On the tenth stage Mickelthwaite picked up 14 points on Chu by scoring 18 A zone hits and 6 C zone hits. Chu put 20 solid A zone hits down range but dropped points with a B, C and D hit as well as one Miss and one No-Shoot. This gave Micklethwaite a slim lead of just 4.5637 points going into the final stage.

With the match slipping away, Chu tried to recover putting eight of her ten shots in the A zone with the remaining two falling in the C zone. She picked up just over 42 points on the stage but it wasn’t enough as Micklethwaite scored six A zone hits and four C zone hits giving her slightly more than 37 points for the stage.

When all the scores were tallied, Micklethwaite’s late surge put her just 0.5715 points ahead of Chu with a final score of 1120.3398 to 1119.7683.

“This was one of the closest matches of the season and nothing short of nail biter. Both Eva and Jenny battled all the way, even through the very last shot of the match. It’s a big win for Eva and one that is well deserved,” said Dave Thomas, executive director of the U.S. Practical Shooting Association.

Rounding out the top five were Team Smith & Wesson’s Kay Miculek in third with 1098.2849, Valarie Levanza-Rosales in fourth with 1061.9108 and Lily Chung in fifth with 985.5508.

The match, which was held November 12-15 at the Rio Salado Sportsman’s Club in Mesa, Ariz., drew a total of 355 shooters who put a combined 100,000-plus rounds down range competing for regional championship titles in the Open, Limited, Limited-10, Production, Revolver and Single Stack divisions.

The USPSA Area 2 region includes Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii and New Mexico but shooters from around the country attended.

About USPSA:
The United States Practical Shooting Association is a non-profit membership association and the governing body for the sport of Practical Shooting in America. USPSA has nearly 18,000 members and more than 350 affiliated clubs which host weekly matches throughout the country providing recreational shooters with the opportunity to test and refine their shooting skills in a safe, competitive environment. USPSA is also the US Region of the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC), which is comprised of approximately 67 nations. For more information, visit www.uspsa.org.

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