With day two at the USPSA Area 7 Championship in the books, here's a look at the top five by division. Manny Bragg remains out in front in Limited, while 2-5 are all new names. John Sardina's Lim-10 top score held through day two. Chris Marquette, the only other day one top five holdover, moved up to second. Steve Thomas, shooting with wife Cindi Thomas (Production), is the new leader in Open, bumping Jay Hirshberg, yesterday's leader, to second. Team Rudy Project's Todd Sindelar still has the lead in Production. Edward Stettmeier and David Bold, in 2nd and 3rd yesterday, moved down one spot each. Smith & Wesson's Josh Lentz took over the lead in Revolver. Colt's Mark Redl now leads Single Stack, bumping yesterday's leader Charles Zaniboni to second.
LIMITED
01) Emanuel Bragg (GM) 1255.0000 (100.00%)
02) Pat Cronin (A) 975.5974 (77.74%)
03) Ron Pike (GM) 917.0727 (73.07%)
04) Richard Smith (M) 897.4556 (71.51%)
05) Paul Mitchell (A) 828.8379 (66.04%)
PRODUCTION
01) Todd Sindelar (GM) 1204.4165 (100.00%)
02) Denton Randolph (M) 1153.8222 (95.80%)
03) Edward Stettmeier (B) 990.5190 (82.24%)
04) David Bold (A) 956.9203 (79.45%)
05) Michael Masselli (B) 934.4309 (77.58%)
SEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash. — Russia’s Svetlana Nikolaeva battled through four lead changes before taking the Women’s Production title at the U.S. Practical Shooting Association’s (USPSA) Florida Open Handgun Championship.
Despite winning eight of the 10 stages in the match, Nikolaeva gave up the lead twice to Carrie Carlson of St. Peters, Mo. It wasn’t until the final four stages where she closed the door on Carlson with four straight wins to claim the title with a final score of 944.6899.