Published On: July 26th, 2023Categories: Lapua, Shooting Competitions

Lapua Monarch Cup Second Leg Held at NRA Smallbore Rifle Silhouette Championships

Sedalia, MO – Congratulations to all the Team Lapua, Team SK, and Team Berger members on their outstanding performances at the 2023 NRA Smallbore Rifle Silhouette Championships and the 2nd Leg of the Lapua Monarch Cup held at the NRA Whittington Center in Raton, NM. 140 competitors from the USA, Canada, Mexico, and Australia competed in the 3-day competition. Kalvin Marsh became the first Canadian to win the Championship firing 106 in Standard Rifle and 103 in Hunter Rifle to edge Team Berger’s John Mullins by one target. Gabriel Villarreal from Mexico finished in 3rd place, 3 targets behind Marsh.

Results for the Master Class:

Standard Rifle Match
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Total Finish
Kalvin Marsh, Canada 34 36 36 106 National Champion
John Mullins, USA 34 35 36 105 2nd Open Team Berger
Jake Stine, USA 33 35 36 104 3rd Open Team SK
Gabriel Villareal, Mexico 31 34 39 104 1st Master
Erich Mietenkorte, USA 34 33 36 103 2nd Master Team SK
Justin Marsh, Canada 32 35 35 102 3rd Master
Enrique Kuess, Mexico 34 33 35 102 4th Master
Jordan Marsh, Canada 36 29 37 102 5th Master
Dustin Flint, USA 33 32 35 100   Team Berger
Alec Rodriguez, USA 35 31 34 100  
Jimena Davila, Mexico 30 35 34 99  
Mark Pharr, USA 32 33 33 98   Team Lapua

Hunter Rifle Match
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Total Finish
John Mullins, USA 35 31 37 103 National Champion Team Berger
Kalvin Marsh, Canada 36 33 34 103 2nd Open
Gabriel Villareal, Mexico 35 34 33 102 3rd Open
Jordan Marsh, Canada 36 30 33 99 1st Master
Dustin Flint, USA 36 30 32 98 2nd Master Team Berger
Alec Rodriguez, USA 34 28 35 97 3rd Master
Cathy Winstead-Severin, USA 33 32 31 96 4th Master Team Lapua
Jimena Davila, Mexico 34 30 32 96 5th Master
Edgar Rueda, Mexico 33 28 34 95  
Erich Mietenkorte, USA 33 28 33 94   Team SK

Aggregate Championship
Standard Rifle Hunter Rifle Total Finish
Kalvin Marsh, Canada 106 103 209 National Champion
John Mullins, USA 105 103 208 2nd Open
Gabriel Villareal, Mexico 104 102 206 3rd Open

Team Berger’s Mullins upon receiving his award from Capstone Precision Group’s Vice President Adam Braverman and Lapua Monarch Cup Board of Directors, Erich Mietenkorte and Daniel Salazar, stated “It would not be possible for me to accomplish any of this without the tremendous support of Lapua. The Lapua Center-X ammunition is the best ammunition for my silhouette shooting.”

The USA Nationals makes up the 2nd of 3 matches as part of the Lapua Monarch Cup. The October match at Club Saltillo Safari in Saltillo, Mexico will determine the winners in all Master, AAA, AA, and A classes for the 2023 Cup series.

Top standings through the first two matches are:

Master Classs Canadian Match USA Match Grand Total
1 2 3 T 1 2 3 T
John Mullins 36 37 36 109 34 35 36 105 214
Jake Stine 36 35 39 110 33 35 36 104 214
Justin Marsh 36 35 39 110 32 35 35 102 212
Kalvin Marsh 36 35 35 106 34 36 36 106 212
Gabriel Villareal 37 36 34 107 31 34 39 104 211
Erich Mietenkorte 33 35 36 104 34 33 36 103 207
Enrique Kuess D. 34 31 36 101 34 33 35 102 203
Dustin Flint 34 36 32 102 33 32 35 100 202
Jimea Davila 32 35 33 100 30 35 34 99 199
Jordan Marsh 34 34 29 97 36 29 37 102 199
Cathy Winstead-Severin 37 32 33 102 24 33 33 90 192
Eric Boos 30 34 33 97 27 34 30 91 188
Ricardo/Edgar Rueda 30 37 35 102 32 29 24 85 187

AAA Class Canadian Match USA Match Grand Total
1 2 3 T 1 2 3 T
Pepe Valdes 32 30 30 92 29 33 32 94 186
Allan Corneau 24 31 30 85 23 29 32 84 169
Tino Davilo 33 28 31 92 25 28 23 76 168
Hector Rivera 30 28 28 86 26 30 23 79 165
Paolo Tomasi 21 29 26 76 27 32 28 87 163
Enrique Almedia 26 26 27 79 27 25 24 76 155
Jesse Marsh 22 24 19 65 26 28 26 80 145

AA Class Canadian Match USA Match Grand Total
1 2 3 T 1 2 3 T
Kimbal Markwardt 24 25 27 76 24 26 23 73 149
Melinda Stine 21 19 24 64 24 18 28 70 134
Carrie Clever 21 19 25 65 24 22 19 65 130

A Class Canadian Match USA Match Grand Total
1 2 3 T 1 2 3 T
Jessica Marsh 14 16 21 51 20 25 20 65 116
Victoria Mendoza 18 22 19 59 20 12 24 56 115
Jay Park 14 13 17 44 18 19 26 63 107

To learn more about the Lapua Monarch Cup visit LapuaMonarchCup.com.

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