By Brittany Nelson, USAS Public Relations & Communications Manager
HILLSDALE, MI (June 3, 2025) – The 2025 USA Shooting Trap National Championships came to an exciting finish as Loretta Christian captured the women’s title, Derrick Mein earned the men’s title, and the trap team for the 2025 Junior Pan American Games was officially nominated.
The competition has held at John A. Halter Shooting Sports Center at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan, May 28-June 1, where national, junior national, and world championship teams were named.
The competition served as the qualifier for the 2025 Junior Pan American Games Kaleb Horinek, Tony Meola, Carey Garrison, and Ava Downs will be nominated to represent Team USA this August in Asunción, Paraguay. Held every four years, the Junior Pan American Games features athletes from across North, Central and South America.
Medals were also awarded for the top three finishers in Men’s and Women’s under 18, under 15, collegiate, international, and senior categories. See all official results here.
The 2025 International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) World Championship team was also named. The following athletes will be competing this October in Greece:
Women’s Trap: Rachel Tozier, Ava Downs, and Carey Garrison
Men’s Trap: Will Hinton, Glen Eller, Derrick Mein
The following athletes were named to the national trap teams:
Women’s Trap
Men’s Trap
Junior Women’s Trap
Junior Men’s Trap
Find photos from the competition here.
The John A. Halter Shooting Sports Center will be hosting the 2025 USA Shooting Shotgun Junior Olympic Championships June 20-22 for trap, and June 27-29 for skeet. The Halter center will also be hosting the 2025 WSPS Shotgun Para Grand Prix June 23-26.
USA Shooting is proud to have Hillsdale College as one of our great sponsors.
USA Shooting would like to thank a handful of sponsors and partners to include The NRA Foundation, Hillsdale College, The International Order of T. Roosevelt, The Hal & Jean Glassen Foundation, Safari Club International, MidwayUSA Foundation, White Flyer Targets, and Shoot the Moon.
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