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USAMU’s Tomasie Takes Limited-10 National Shooting Title

Travis Tomasie finished the match with a final score of 1632.7940 points, and four stage wins.

United States Army Marksmanship Unit

FORT BENNING, Ga. --(Ammoland.com)- LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit proved once again that it is the home of champions as SSG Travis Tomasie picked up his second career national U.S. Practical Shooting Association title with his win in the Limited-10 division at the Smith & Wesson USPSA National Handgun Championships.

Returning to the winner’s circle for the champion of the 2008 Limited title was no cake walk as he stumbled through the first two days with low scores and ill placed shots.

“It was an extremely difficult match and I started out rough with several penalties so I felt I was playing catch up for most of the match,” said Tomasie.

After the first two days of competition, which found him trailing top shooters like Dave Sevigny, Ted Puente, Rob Leatham and Michael Voigt, Tomasie turned the corner and fought his way back to the front of the pack.

“Day three of the match was a great day for me. That’s when I was able to turn it around and I picked up a tremendous amount of points on some of the most difficult stages. Going into the final day I felt confident and continued to shoot a strong match to win the title,” explained Tomasie.

Tomasie finished the match with a final score of 1632.7940 points, and four stage wins, three of which took place on day three, to outpace the defending champion Dave Sevigny of the Glock shooting team by just over 39 points.

Sevigny, who went on to capture the national title in the Production division, finished the Limtied-10 match with two stage wins and a final score of 1593.7381 points.

Finishing third was Rob Leatham of Mesa, Ariz. who topped the field on one stage and finished with a final score of 1583.5189.

Rounding out the top five were Blake Miguez, the Top Shot contestant from New Iberia, La., in fourth with one stage win and 1582.6062 points, and Team Smith & Wesson’s Phil Strader of Owasso, Okla. who took fifth with two stage wins and a final score of 1568.5194.

The Smith & Wesson National Handgun Championships were held October 9 through 16 at the Desert Sportsman’s Rifle & Pistol Club in Las Vegas, Nevada. Over 600 shooters put more than 250,000 rounds downrange in a quest for the coveted U.S. Practical Shooting Association national title in the Open, Limited-10, Limited, Production and Revolver divisions.

For more information visit www.uspsa.org, follow @USPSA_Shooting on Twitter or visit the Practical Shooting blog at PracticalShooting.posterous.com.

Smith & Wesson USPSA National Handgun Championship Shooters

Smith & Wesson USPSA National Handgun Championship Shooters

About USAMU:
The USAMU’s mission is to raise the standard of marksmanship proficiency and combat readiness throughout the Army by sharing knowledge gained from competing and winning in national/ international competitions, research and development and advanced training programs while enhancing the Army’s recruiting effort through an active public information and public relations program. For more information on the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, contact the Public Affairs Office at (706) 545-5436, Michael.Molinaro@usaac.army.mil or www.USAMU.com .

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Army Team Member Travis Tomasie Takes Another Shooting Title

U.S. Practical Shooting Association

Wichita Falls, Texas - -(ShootingWire.com)- Travis Tomasie (GM) is on a roll. The army marksmanship unit shooter has captured the Limited title at the USPSA / STI Double Tap Championship held over the weekend of March 27-29, 2009.

Facing off against a field of top shooters, Tomasie won five of the 13 stages and led the match after the second stage. Defending champion “Manny” Bragg (GM) representing ProTech Co. finished second winning four stages and shooting the match on Thursday with the Range Officer staff, finishing the match in only 3.5 hours. Henning Walgren (GM ) took third winning only 2 stages. Paul Clark Jr. and Blake Miquez rounded out the top five finishing fourth and fifth respectively. Tomasie takes the win shooting against 9 Grand Masters and 11 Master class shooters in the Limited division.

“Travis is certainly one of the top in his division. With his earlier wins in the Nationals as well as the World Shoot last year. I think it’s safe to say Travis is on a roll,” said Robert Porter, the Match Director for the Double Tap Championship.

The USPSA / STI Double Tap Championship were held at the Double Tap Ranch range in Wichita Falls, Texas. A total of 349 top shooters competed in USPSA’s Open, Limited, Limited-10, Production, and Single Stack divisions, making The Double Tap Champ. the 2nd largest USPSA match in the USA besides the national match. The Double Tap Championship theme was “Indiana Bones and the Double Tap of Doom” and all the unique courses of fire (or stages as it is called on range) were designed around this theme. Notable stage designs were the ” Temple of Boom”, the on range dark house, where competitors shot in very low light conditions at target that were painted solid fluorescent colors and illuminated by UV black lights only.

One other stage to note was Stage 13, “Short Rounds Revenge”, a 1/3 semi circle stage, the stage used a rope tethered to a pole outside the shooting area to control shooter movement by attaching the rope to the competitors belt at the waist. In addition, you had to keep tension on the rope while shooting the targets- if the competitor let the rope slack, the rope would knock tennis balls off of the PVC posts (also outside the shooting area), awarding you with a procedural penalty per ball dropped. This was a FAST stage, resulting in an 18 hit factor (points per second) stage winning score!

About USPSA:
The United States Practical Shooting Association is a non-pro fit membership association affiliated with the International Practical Shooting Confederation (I.P.S.C.), which is comprised of approximately 67 nations. USPSA’s now 16,500+ members and 350 affiliated clubs make it the largest and fastest growing Practical Shooting sport. For more information visit www.uspsa.org.

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