NRA Women | U.S. Shotgun Team Set for 2024 Paris Olympic Games

by NRA Women Staff posted on March 24, 2024

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Usa Shooting Olympic Team Lede — Top, from left: Conner Prince, Vincent Hancock, Austen Smith and Dania Vizzi (skeet); Ryann Phillips, Rachel Tozier, Will Hinton and Derrick Mein (trap). Bottom, from left: Dania Vizzi; Rachel Tozier; Austen Smith

Photos by Joshua Schave/USA Shooting

By Brittany Nelson, USAS Public Relations & Communications Manager

Eight shotgun athletes, Rachel Tozier, Ryann Phillips, Derrick Mein, Will Hinton, Vincent Hancock, Conner Prince, Austen Smith, and Dania Vizzi have qualified for the Olympic Games Paris 2024 after the conclusion of the U.S. Olympic Trials—Shooting Shotgun Part 2 in Tucson, Arizona, March 11-17.

The qualified trap and skeet athletes are as follows:

Rachel Tozier: Women’s Trap

Pattonsburg, Missouri
Qualified for her first Olympic team
2023 Pan American Games bronze medalist
Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit

Ryann Phillips: Women’s Trap

Gail, Texas
Qualified for her first Olympic team
2024 CAT Games bronze medalist
2023 junior world champion
Currently attending University A&M Corpus Christi

Derrick Mein: Men’s Trap

Paola, Kansas
Olympian (Tokyo 2020)
2024 CAT Games gold medalist
2022 world champion

Will Hinton: Men’s Trap

Dacula, Georgia
Qualified for his first Olympic team
2022 CAT Games champion
Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit

Vincent Hancock: Men’s Skeet

Eatonton, Georgia
Four-time Olympian (2008, 2012, 2016,2020), 3-time Olympic gold medalist
Could become the sixth athlete ever to win the same individual Olympic event four times and only the fourth American to do so after Al Oerter, Carl Lewis and Michael Phelps (and the first in shooting).
2023 Pan American Games champion
Over 24 International Medals

Conner Prince: Men’s Skeet

Burleson, Texas
Qualified for his first Olympic team
2023 World Cup gold medalist in Mixed Team Skeet
Was coached by Vincent Hancock

Austen Smith: Women’s Skeet

Keller, Texas
Olympian (Tokyo 2020)
2023 Pan American Games Bronze Medalist in Mixed Team Skeet
Was coached by Vincent Hancock

Dania Vizzi: Women’s Skeet

Odessa, Florida
Qualified for her first Olympic team
2023 Pan American Games gold medalist in Mixed Team Skeet
2023 World Championship silver medalist

View all official results from the U.S. Olympic Trials below:

Trap Scores

Skeet Scores

View photos from the competition here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/usashooting/albums/72177720315401222

The Olympic Games Paris 2024 take place in Paris, France, July 26- Aug. 11, 2024, and will be covered in person by NRA SSUSA.org Editor-in-Chief John Parker.