Subject: RE: Gold in Double Trap WOOHOO! GO ARMY! I'm a little biased though. The Army actually had several members qualify for various shooting events. While not medaling, here is a little snippet about Cadet Stephen Scherer who just finished his freshman (plebe) year at the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point and placed 27th in men's 10m air rifle. He was the only teenager in the competition. From things I read last year about CDT Scherer, he just recently took up the sport, so definitely some promising prospects for him in the future. From the USMA Sports homepage: Stephen Scherer is the first West Point Cadet to compete at the Olympics since runner Ronald Zinn (USMA ’62) participated at the 1960 Games in Rome during his cadet days and again in 1964 ... the Billerica, Mass., native is the third West Pointer to compete at the Olympics in shooting, but first since Dean Hudnett (USMA ’16) was a contender at the 1963 Olympics in Berlin ... the first to compete in shooting was Sidney Hinds (USMA ’20) who participated at the 1924 Games in Paris ... Scherer is one of two cadets competing at the 2008 Olympics Games ... classmate Stewart Glenister is a member of American Samoa’s swimming and diving team ... Army swimming and diving coach Mickey Wender was selected to be the head coach for American Samoa |