CAMP PERRY, Ohio – Peter Fiori, 25, of Lebanon, NJ, topped the rostrum as this yr’s Nationwide Matches Three-Place (3P) Smallbore & Air Rifle Combination Champion.
The occasion, which noticed a big enhance in participation in 2025, was held through the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s (CMP) Nationwide Smallbore Matches at Camp Perry. The sequence featured a lineup of three-position smallbore competitors for adults and juniors together with an accompanying 60-shot air rifle match. Those that competed in each have been robotically entered into the mixed mixture.
Fiori (an alumnus of the Air Drive Academy and Alaska Fairbanks rifle groups and a present member of the U.S. Nationwide Crew) began off by overtaking the 3P match with a rating of 1178-63X. He completed eight factors over second place competitor, SPC Jared Eddy, 24, of the U.S. Military Marksmanship Unit (USAMU), and third place competitor SGT Ivan Roe, 29, additionally of the USAMU.
Main the junior portion of the occasion was Griffin Lake, 20, of Emmaus, PA, with a rating of 1167-56X. Discovering second was Bremen Butler, 20, of Fort Wayne, IN, with 1153-43X, whereas Ashlyn Blake, 19, of Sparta, NJ, landed in third.
Although Eddy and Roe fell simply wanting the highest spot, they joined teammates SSG Maddalena and SGT Levi Clark to earn the general staff win, with a rating of 4675-232X.
In Air Rifle, Fiori completed throughout the prime eight opponents throughout qualification – securing him a spot within the elimination ultimate to find out an general winner. Via a tricky match, he made it to the fourth place spot earlier than falling to the highest three: SGT Alison Weisz, 30, (USAMU), SSG Brandon Muske, 31, (USAMU), and Ceclia Ossi.
Ossi, 23, of Annandale, NJ, is a previous Nationwide Matches 3P/Smallbore Combination champion herself (again in 2023). This previous yr, she was a member of the Alaska Fairbanks rifle staff as a fifth-year graduate pupil and went on to develop into the 2025 NCAA Particular person Smallbore Nationwide Champion. She additionally added a USA Capturing Nationwide Championship title in air rifle to her checklist of accomplishments – so, she is aware of a factor or two about high-pressure competitors.
“I believe that every one the coaching that I do with my staff and every thing, popping out of NCAAs – all of the finals coaching we do – all of it goes into it,” she mentioned. “Traditionally, smallbore has been my sturdy go well with . . . However I all the time get pleasure from capturing at Camp Perry.”
After the person competitors, Ossi and Fiori joined forces, together with Elijah Spencer, to take gold within the three-member Air Rifle Elimination Crew Match.
USAMU White (Weisz, Roe and SSG Timothy Sherry) led the three-member Smallbore Elimination Crew Match.
Discover a full checklist of outcomes at https://ct.thecmp.org/2025NMAGSBResults. Photographs can be found without spending a dime viewing and obtain on CMP’s Zenfolio web page at https://cmp1.zenfolio.com/f578292959.
The Civilian Marksmanship Program is a federally chartered 501 (c) (3) non-profit company that locations its highest precedence on firearms security and marksmanship actions, with a give attention to youth. CMP’s packages encourage private development and construct life abilities, with such initiatives as its junior coaching and competitors packages, Affiliated Membership program and scholarships offering help to residents of all backgrounds throughout the nation. Study extra in regards to the CMP at https://thecmp.org/.
