Sights on Beijing: A Look at America
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Sights on Beijing: A Look at America





With the 2008 Olympics just weeks away, Bullet Points each week will offer a brief look at the U.S. Olympic team shooters headed to Beijing. This week are the air rifle and air pistol shooters.

  • STEPHEN SCHERER . . . Event: Men's Air Rifle. Hometown: Billerica, Mass. Age: 19. Started shooting at age 11 and he just completed his freshmen year at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. In his spare time, Scherer enjoys deer hunting, playing the guitar, basketball and any type of card game.

  • JASON PARKER . . . Event: Men's Air Rifle. Hometown: Omaha, Neb. Age: 34. Represented the United States at both the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games. He joined the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit in 1997 after graduating from Xavier University. When he is not competitively shooting, Parker's favorite hobbies are hunting, fishing and entering triathlons.

  • JASON TURNER . . . Event: Men's Air Pistol. Hometown: Rochester, N.Y. Age: 33. Was on the 2004 Olympic Team. Among the championships he's earned have been national championship and Pan American Games titles. Turner shot rifle competitively for four years before switching to pistol.

  • EMILY CARUSO . . . Event: Women's Air Rifle. Hometown: Fairfield, Conn. Age: 31. Has been shooting since she was 11 and her expertise landed her on the 2004 Olympic team. She has won the annual USA Shooting Air Rifle National Championships multiple times.

  • REBECCA (BEKI) SNYDER . . . Event: Women's Air Pistol. Hometown: Grand Junction, Colo. Age: 32. Learned to shoot with her father when she was 12, and she has since competed for the United States in three Olympic Games: 1996, 2000 and 2004. Beki, as she likes to be called, lettered in diving in high school and has a black belt in Taekwondo.
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