We had warm weather with clear skies for this weekend. The matches were a resounding success and we were one person away from filling the range on Saturday. In addition, there were shooters from 11 different states taking part in what was truly a widely represented Regional.
I would like to thank these pictured individuals without whom this weekend would not have run as smoothly as it did:
In foreground from left; Chuck Roubal, Mike James, Bob DelCotto.
Dan Stone
Saturday's Regional started just a few minutes late with the first shots going down range at about 8:15. When the smoke cleared only two competitors had shot 197's. Mitch Maxberry took the lead with three x's but Dan Stone was right up there as well. California's Jim O'Connell was third with a 196 while Ross Baer had a 195.
After the sitting match the order was shuffled a bit. Jim O'Connell's 200-15x tied the Senior 200RF National Record and catapulted him into the overall lead two points ahead of Mitch and three point ahead of Dan Stone. Justin Saunders, Bob Lundgren, and Ross Baer were also right there only six points behind Jim.
No one was able to clean 300 rapid but Ed Mank came awfully close by firing a 199-7x. The top three leaders held on to their positions with Jim O'Connell and Mitch Maxberry tied on points but with Jim having 30 x's to Mitch's 17. Dan was only one point behind this pair and Bob Lundgren three points behind.
With such a tight race it would be the 600 yard scores that decided the finishing order. Mitch Maxberry, Bob DelCotto, and Bob Levine all shot 199's but it was Mitch's 17x that gave him the overall win with a final score of 790-34x. Jim O'Connell showed everyone what could be done with a service rifle by firing a 786-35x. Kyle Fiegel, a junior from Colorado, came in third with his 783-32x.
Mitch's win not only gave him the gold NRA Regional medal but also a new White Oak Armament match upper receiver assembly. John and Jeff at White Oak have been supporting several matches around the country and we were fortunate to have them provide a prize for this Regional.
Friday's Leg match went very smoothly with Kyle Fiegel showing what he would do on Saturday by winning over Jim O'Connell by the slim margin of 4 x's. Paul Mazurski came in third and picked up the 10 point leg. Colorado native Kellen Alstatt earned 8 points towards his distinguished rifleman badge and Bill Guess got the 6 pointer which gave him enough to leg out. Congratulations Bill.
Konrad Powers
Match Director
Do I look tired?
Mitch Maxberry (right) receives his White Oak Armament upper
Regional Medal Winners:
Pictures taken by Jeff Marienthal
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2005 Illinois Regional Championship July 30th, 2005 Individual Results |
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| Class | Competitor | 200SF | 200RF | 300RF | 600SF | Aggregate | |
| HM | Mitchell Maxberry | 197-3 | 197-7 | 197-7 | 199-17 | 790-34 | Gold Regional Medal |
| HM | Jim O'Connell | 196-5 | 200-15 | 195-10 | 195-5 | 786-35 | Silver Regional Medal |
| MA | Kyle Fiegel | 189-5 | 200-8 | 197-11 | 197-8 | 783-32 | Bronze Regional Medal |
| HM | Daniel J. Stone | 197-1 | 196-7 | 197-9 | 192-6 | 782-23 | |
| HM | David M. Schrank Jr. | 190-5 | 199-10 | 196-7 | 196-7 | 781-29 | |
| HM | Dan Arnold | 189-5 | 199-10 | 197-8 | 196-6 | 781-29 | |
| HM | Robert Lundgren | 192-4 | 198-5 | 198-5 | 193-6 | 781-20 | |
| HM | Billy Besgrove | 190-1 | 199-2 | 197-11 | 194-4 | 780-18 | |
| HM | Robert Del Cotto | 191-4 | 189-12 | 197-4 | 199-10 | 776-30 | |
| HM | Bill Guess | 188-3 | 199-8 | 193-5 | 195-6 | 775-22 | |
| HM | Roy Bane | 184-2 | 198-9 | 195-5 | 195-9 | 772-25 | |
| HM | John Lowe | 188-4 | 198-6 | 194-5 | 188-3 | 768-18 | |
| HM | Robert Levine | 182-1 | 195-4 | 190-1 | 199-7 | 766-13 | |
| HM | James Barnes | 180-1 | 199-5 | 193-1 | 190-4 | 762-11 | |
| HM | Ed Mank | 187-5 | 197-5 | 199-7 | 176-1 | 759-18 | |
| HM | Larry Stonecipher | 185-2 | 189-2 | 189-4 | 189-3 | 752-11 | |
| HM | Charles Roubal | 184-2 | 192-6 | 191-2 | 182-4 | 749-14 | |
| MA | Ross Baer | 195-4 | 195-5 | 196-5 | 192-4 | 778-18 | |
| MA | Michael Borkon | 191-5 | 197-4 | 192-4 | 196-10 | 776-23 | |
| MA | Kellen Alstatt | 186-6 | 198-8 | 195-5 | 190-6 | 769-25 | |
| MA | Jon Coppenbarger | 185-3 | 194-4 | 197-7 | 193-5 | 769-19 | |
| MA | Justin A. Saunders | 194-5 | 196-7 | 188-4 | 190-5 | 768-21 | |
| MA | Beverly J. Spungin | 188-4 | 198-7 | 191-4 | 188-5 | 765-20 | |
| MA | Donald Bauer | 182-1 | 195-7 | 187-3 | 196-3 | 760-14 | |
| MA | Leo Ahearn | 187-4 | 197-7 | 192-3 | 183-2 | 759-16 | |
| MA | Kent Shomber | 187-2 | 193-4 | 190-3 | 189-5 | 759-14 | |
| MA | Steven C. Finnell | 182-2 | 195-8 | 196-8 | 185-6 | 758-24 | |
| MA | Mike Miller | 185-1 | 196-6 | 195-2 | 182-2 | 758-11 | |
| MA | John N. DiIorio | 185-3 | 197-12 | 193-1 | 180-4 | 755-20 | |
| MA | Kenneth Willey | 168-1 | 195-4 | 196-5 | 192-5 | 751-15 | |
| MA | Michael A. James | 176-0 | 189-4 | 196-5 | 185-5 | 746-14 | |
| MA | Jeff Marienthal | 174-2 | 192-1 | 188-3 | 187-4 | 741-10 | |
| MA | Philip Morgan | 177-1 | 199-6 | 188-1 | 177-2 | 741-10 | |
| MA | Kent Milam | 179-2 | 198-6 | 179-3 | 184-5 | 740-16 | |
| MA | Sherry Martin | 167-3 | 199-6 | 178-0 | 191-3 | 735-12 | |
| MA | Lyman Twing | 176-1 | 194-6 | 191-0 | 61-1 | 622-8 | |
| EX | Pete Jend | 173-1 | 197-5 | 191-4 | 194-3 | 755-13 | |
| EX | Daniel R. Benedict | 183-2 | 199-5 | 190-2 | 182-6 | 754-15 | |
| EX | Steve Rasmussen | 182-4 | 195-4 | 183-1 | 193-3 | 753-12 | |
| EX | Paul Ward | 174-1 | 193-4 | 193-4 | 192-2 | 752-11 | |
| EX | Darrell Blanchard | 193-6 | 187-3 | 189-2 | 174-1 | 743-12 | |
| EX | Albin C. Sandgren | 182-0 | 191-2 | 187-1 | 182-3 | 742-6 | |
| EX | Deb Allen | 169-0 | 196-4 | 193-5 | 182-1 | 740-10 | |
| EX | Stephen Clark | 172-1 | 186-2 | 185-0 | 191-4 | 734-7 | |
| EX | Bruce Hitchcock | 182-2 | 177-3 | 186-6 | 189-7 | 734-18 | |
| EX | John Schmidt | 180-2 | 185-3 | 190-2 | 177-3 | 732-10 | |
| EX | Kevin C. Baxter | 176-3 | 193-4 | 182-1 | 169-4 | 720-12 | |
| EX | Timothy Graf | 182-6 | 198-2 | 180-2 | 157-1 | 717-11 | |
| EX | Timothy Aikens | 169-1 | 188-2 | 180-1 | 177-3 | 714-7 | |
| EX | John L. Rose | 177-0 | 181-1 | 168-2 | 186-2 | 712-5 | |
| EX | Brian D. Pettlon | 175-4 | 188-2 | 174-1 | 174-1 | 711-8 | |
| EX | Jeff Banz | 151-0 | 184-5 | 190-2 | 173-3 | 698-10 | |
| EX | Rodney Traman | 148-0 | 184-3 | 186-0 | 164-2 | 682-5 | |
| EX | Ken W. Michalski | 187-3 | 162-0 | 110-2 | 173-2 | 632-7 | |
| EX | Steven Bertelli | 171-1 | 182-2 | DNF | DNF | 353-3 | |
| SS | Sean Garibaldi | 180-0 | 194-10 | 191-2 | 186-3 | 751-15 | |
| SS | John Pingilley | 174-2 | 189-2 | 190-1 | 170-2 | 723-7 | |
| SS | Franklin D. Wolverton | 167-1 | 192-1 | 188-0 | 172-1 | 719-3 | |
| SS | David C. Ohare | 144-0 | 186-5 | 184-2 | 188-3 | 702-10 | |
| SS | Steve Rossi | 150-1 | 184-3 | 178-0 | 167-1 | 679-5 | |
| SS | Edward S. Janka | 160-0 | 174-0 | 182-1 | 156-2 | 672-3 | |
| SS | Mike Rayburn | 150-0 | 167-0 | 183-2 | 162-0 | 662-2 | |
| SS | Lars Sundfor | 155-2 | 172-0 | 160-0 | 170-1 | 657-3 | |
| MK | Mitchell Miller | 181-2 | 194-6 | 186-2 | 185-3 | 746-13 | |
| MK | Doug Foley | 175-1 | 191-5 | 173-1 | 180-3 | 719-10 | |
| MK | James G. Rackelin | 168-0 | 170-0 | 175-1 | 135-1 | 648-2 | |
| MK | Ernesto Arguelles | 121-0 | 107-0 | 67-0 | 128-0 | 423-0 | |
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2005 Illinois Regional Championship July 29th, 2005 C.M.P. Excellence-In-Competition Match Results |
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| Distinguished | Place | Name | 200SF | 200RF | 300RF | 600SF | Total | ||
| * | 1 | Kyle Fiegel | 94-3 | 99-2 | 99-3 | 195-6 | 487-14 | Gold EIC Medal | |
| * | 2 | Jim O'Connell | 98-0 | 100-6 | 98-0 | 191-4 | 487-10 | Silver EIC Medal | |
| 3 | Paul Mazurski | 90-0 | 100-2 | 97-4 | 198-8 | 485-14 | Bronze EIC Medal | 10 Point Leg | |
| * | 4 | Ed Mank | 94-2 | 97-4 | 98-4 | 195-3 | 484-13 | ||
| * | 5 | John Lowe | 90-0 | 100-4 | 98-3 | 195-9 | 483-16 | ||
| 6 | Kellen Alstatt | 89-0 | 100-6 | 97-2 | 196-9 | 482-17 | 8 Point Leg | ||
| 7 | Bill Guess | 91-2 | 100-7 | 99-3 | 192-5 | 482-17 | 6 Point Leg | ||
| * | 8 | Daniel J. Stone | 90-0 | 98-3 | 98-1 | 196-9 | 482-13 | ||
| * | 9 | Donald Bauer | 91-1 | 99-2 | 100-6 | 188-4 | 478-13 | ||
| * | 10 | David M. Schrank Jr. | 92-1 | 99-3 | 91-0 | 194-8 | 476-12 | ||
| 11 | Tom Asciutto | 94-0 | 95-1 | 95-2 | 191-5 | 475-8 | |||
| * | 12 | Billy Besgrove | 96-4 | 94-0 | 89-0 | 195-7 | 474-11 | ||
| 13 | Steve Rasmussen | 92-2 | 97-2 | 95-0 | 188-1 | 472-5 | |||
| 14 | F. Dean Fadeley | 89-1 | 98-3 | 95-3 | 189-2 | 471-9 | |||
| * | 15 | Mike Miller | 93-0 | 94-1 | 93-2 | 188-4 | 468-7 | ||
| 16 | Kent Milam | 85-0 | 96-2 | 98-4 | 186-3 | 465-9 | |||
| 17 | John Schmidt | 85-1 | 99-6 | 94-1 | 186-1 | 464-9 | |||
| 18 | Justin A. Saunders | 96-1 | 87-3 | 95-0 | 185-5 | 463-9 | |||
| 19 | Darrell Blanchard | 95-3 | 96-3 | 89-0 | 181-4 | 461-10 | |||
| 20 | Kenneth Willey | 86-0 | 97-2 | 98-4 | 180-1 | 461-7 | |||
| * | 21 | Roy Bane | 93-1 | 94-0 | 95-2 | 179-3 | 461-6 | ||
| 22 | Sean Garibaldi | 81-0 | 100-6 | 89-0 | 189-3 | 459-9 | |||
| 23 | Daniel R. Benedict | 78-1 | 99-1 | 94-1 | 188-4 | 459-7 | |||
| 24 | David Germain | 90-1 | 93-1 | 85-0 | 189-1 | 457-3 | |||
| 25 | Gary Sindt | 89-0 | 97-3 | 93-1 | 175-2 | 454-6 | |||
| * | 26 | Charles Roubal | 90-1 | 97-3 | 83-0 | 182-3 | 452-7 | ||
| 27 | John Pingilley | 86-1 | 98-2 | 95-0 | 170-2 | 449-5 | |||
| 28 | Mitchell Miller | 88-1 | 89-5 | 97-3 | 174-5 | 448-14 | |||
| 29 | Ted Mazurski | 85-0 | 96-3 | 95-0 | 170-1 | 446-4 | |||
| 30 | Franklin D. Wolverton | 87-1 | 93-2 | 94-3 | 170-1 | 444-7 | |||
| 31 | Kevin C. Baxter | 89-0 | 85-1 | 90-0 | 180-0 | 444-1 | |||
| 32 | Timothy Graf | 83-0 | 92-0 | 97-3 | 171-2 | 443-5 | |||
| 33 | Rodney Traman | 75-0 | 92-0 | 96-0 | 180-2 | 443-2 | |||
| 34 | Doug Foley | 89-1 | 94-0 | 87-0 | 162-0 | 432-1 | |||
| 35 | Clint Duffy | 89-1 | 72-0 | 88-1 | 172-1 | 421-3 | |||
| 36 | Jeff Banz | 80-0 | 87-0 | 96-0 | 148-0 | 411-0 | |||
| 37 | Paul Ward | 85-0 | 98-5 | 41-0 | 180-1 | 404-6 | |||
| 38 | James G. Rackelin | 85-0 | 91-0 | 81-0 | 146-1 | 403-1 | |||
| 39 | Steve Rossi | 79-1 | 93-0 | 72-0 | 158-2 | 402-3 | |||
| 40 | Ernesto Arguelles | 59-1 | 75-0 | 45-0 | 99-1 | 278-2 | |||
| 29 non-distinguished competitors | |||||||||
| 11 distinguished competitors | |||||||||
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| Class | Name | Rifle | AR/AS | AR/IS | MR/AS | MR/IS | Aggregate | |||||
| HM | Maxberry, Mitchell R. | MR | 200 | 15 | 200 | 11 | 200 | 10 | 200 | 13 | 800 | 49 |
| HM | Lair, William | MR | 200 | 10 | 200 | 11 | 194 | 7 | 199 | 12 | 793 | 40 |
| HM | Newman, Ed | MR | 190 | 7 | 198 | 8 | 199 | 12 | 198 | 10 | 785 | 37 |
| HM | James, Michael A. | MR | 197 | 8 | 195 | 9 | 199 | 6 | 192 | 2 | 783 | 25 |
| HM | Levine, Robert A. | MR | 193 | 6 | 193 | 6 | 196 | 6 | 186 | 3 | 768 | 21 |
| HM | Sundfor, Lars I | MR | 174 | 3 | 158 | 5 | 168 | 1 | 138 | 2 | 638 | 11 |
| MA | Cowdery, Douglas G. | SR | 198 | 4 | 194 | 5 | 190 | 4 | 197 | 8 | 779 | 21 |
| SS | Rayburn, Mike | MR | 194 | 7 | 170 | 2 | 198 | 8 | 187 | 4 | 749 | 21 |
| MK | Wolverton, Franklin D. | SR | 176 | 3 | 188 | 9 | 193 | 5 | 186 | 1 | 743 | 18 |
| MA | Vinopal, James M. | MR | 187 | 3 | 168 | 0 | 190 | 5 | 185 | 2 | 730 | 10 |
| MK | Rossi, Steve | MR | 172 | 1 | 165 | 1 | 165 | 2 | 170 | 1 | 672 | 5 |
| MK | Pettlon, Brian D. | MR | 176 | 1 | 163 | 0 | 166 | 2 | 134 | 0 | 639 | 3 |