March 12, 2025

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – USA Shooting, the National Governing Body for Olympic and Paralympic rifle shooting, has announced its qualifiers to the 2025 National Junior Olympic Championship tournament to be held in Anniston, AL in April.

Athletes earn an invitation to the tournament by firing among the top scores in the nation in the Smallbore or Air Rifle event at their state-level qualifying match each winter. This year's national tournament will also serve as a selection match for Team USA for the Junior Pan-American Games this summer in Paraguay.

The five Mid-Atlantic Rifle Conference athletes selected to compete in Anniston were:

1. Molly Miller (Mount Aloysius College), First Round Invitation - Air Rifle

2. Emily Lopez (University of Rhode Island), First Round Invitation - Air Rifle & Smallbore Rifle

3. Alex Travison (University of Rhode Island), First Round Invitation - Air Rifle & Smallbore Rifle

4. Sophia Ashford (Norwich University), First Round Invitation - Smallbore Rifle & Second Round Invitation - Air Rifle

5. Eleanor Yang (MIT), Second Round Invitation - Air Rifle