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%)

LIMITED-10
01) John Sardina    (A)    1238.2671 (100.00%)
02) Christopher Marquette (B)    899.9673 (72.68%)
03) Anatoly Podpaly    (C)    859.3990 (69.40%)
04) Yuri Podpaly    (C)    660.1966 (53.32%)
05) Eli Farnsworth    (C)    640.9818 (51.76%)

OPEN
01) Steve Thomas    (A)    1171.9582 (100.00%)
02) Jay Hirshberg    (M)    1156.9971 (98.72%)
03) Tad Davidson    (M)    1060.6434 (90.50%)
04) Scott Botelho    (M)    1032.2324 (88.08%)
05) Paul Dandini    (A)    949.3794 (81.01%)

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%)

REVOLVER
01) Josh Lentz        (GM)    1247.7695 (100.00%)
02) David Parker    (GM)    1107.3229 (88.74%)

BURLINGTON, Wash. – Trailing by 42 points going into the final stage of the match, Team Smith & Wesson's Tony Phan of Webster, Texas picked up 52 points on Robert Carlile to capture the Limited-10 division title this past weekend at the U.S. Practical Shooting Association's Area 4 Handgun Championship in Wichita Falls, Texas.

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BURLINGTON, Wash. – The reigning king of revolver shooters, Jerry Miculek of Princeton, La., dominated the competition at the U.S. Practical Shooting Association's Area 4 Handgun Championship by winning all 12 stages and outpacing his nearest competitor by over 280 points.

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FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – In a head-to-head battle between two of Team Smith & Wesson’s top wheelgunners, Josh Lentz of Northampton, Pa. overtook David Olhasso of Holland, Pa. on the final stage of the match to win the Revolver division title over the Labor Day weekend at the U.S. Practical Shooting Association’s 2011 EGW Area 8 Handgun Championship in Fredericksburg, Va.

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SEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash. – The man who is the face of revolver shooting in America – and probably the world – Jerry Miculek of Princeton, La. won the Revolver division title at the U.S. Practical Shooting Association’s Area 5 Regional Handgun Championship.

“Nobody runs a revolver like Jerry Miculek and beating him in competition is probably the single most challenging task in the sport of practical shooting. That’s why it was no surprise to see his name atop the leader board at the conclusion of the Area 5 Championship,” said Gary Stevens, the USPSA Area 5 director.

Griffin finished second with a final score of 1367.3229 points and four stage wins. Third place went to Mike Carmoney of Mitchellville, Iowa who won one stage and finished with 1302.7398.

Rounding out the top five were Sam Keen of Ramer, Tenn. and Chad Rausch of Powell, Ohio who finished fourth and fifth with 1187.6715 and 1187.5044 points respectively.

The Area 5 Regional Handgun Championship was held June 16-19 at the PASA Park ranges in Barry Illinois. The match drew 359 shooters from across the U.S., including Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia and Wisconsin, the states that make up the Area 5 region.

The Area 5 match is the second of eight regional events on the USPSA competition calendar. The next regional event is the 2011 USPSA Area 1 Regional Handgun Championship, Presented by Springfield Armory which takes place June 22-26 at Albany Rifle and Pistol Club, Shedd, Ore.

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