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    Army & Army Reserve Soldiers to compete in 2019 Pan American Games

    Fort Benning Soldier competes at 2019 Pan American Games

    Photo By Lt. Col. Michelle Lunato | U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael McPhail, a Darlington, Wisconsin native, competes at...... read more read more

    FORT BENNING, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES

    07.27.2019

    Story by Maj. Michelle Lunato 

    U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit

    The 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru are officially in full swing and the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Reserve have Soldiers competing.


    Here is the run down of the servicemembers competing and their events:


    Men's Three-Position Rifle
    * Sgt. 1st Class Michael McPhail from the USAMU (Darlington, Wisconsin)
    * Sgt. Timothy Sherry from the USAMU (Highlands Ranch, Colorado)


    Men's Air Rifle
    * Sgt. Timothy Sherry from the USAMU (Highlands Ranch, Colorado)
    (Sherry is the only US athlete competing in two individual events.)


    Mixed Air Rifle
    * Sgt. Timothy Sherry from the USAMU (with Ali Weisz)


    Women's Three-Position Rifle
    * 1st Lt. Sarah Beard from the U.S. Army Reserve (Danville, Indiana)
    (Beard trains with the USAMU and is part of our family here.)


    Women's Trap
    * Spc. Rachel Tozier from the USAMU (Liberty, Missouri)


    Men's Trap
    * Staff Sgt. Derek Haldeman from the USAMU (Sunbury, Ohio)


    Mixed Trap Team
    * Staff Sgt. Derek Haldeman from the USAMU (with Ashley Carroll)


    Men's Skeet
    * Spc. Phillip Jungman from the USAMU (Caldwell,, Texas)
    * Sgt. Christian Elliott from the USAMU (Greenwood, Indiana)


    Women's Sport Pistol
    * Staff Sgt. Sandra Uptagrafft from the U.S. Army Reserve (Phenix City, Alabama)
    (Uptagrafft is the also a part of the USAMU family. She is married to USAMU's Sgt. 1st Class Eric Uptagrafft. And fun fact, they are both 2012 Olympians!)


    Men's Air Pistol
    * Sgt. Nick Mowrer from the U.S. Army Reserve (Butte, Montana)




    The Pan American Games features 41 nations competing in 419 events (in 39 sports) and will continue until August 11. To follow the results, click on https://www.lima2019.pe/en/results.

    NEWS INFO

    Date Taken: 07.27.2019
    Date Posted: 07.27.2019 22:44
    Story ID: 333360
    Location: FORT BENNING, GEORGIA, US
    Hometown: CALDWELL, TEXAS, US
    Hometown: DANVILLE, INDIANA, US
    Hometown: GREENWOOD, INDIANA, US
    Hometown: HIGHLANDS RANCH, COLORADO, US
    Hometown: LIBERTY, MISSOURI, US
    Hometown: PHENIX CITY, ALABAMA, US
    Hometown: SUNBURY, OHIO, US

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