SEDRO-WOOLLEY,
Wash. — Dave Sevigny, an employee with the Smyna-based firearms maker Glock and
captain of the company’s shooting team, has won the Production Division title
at the 2009 U.S. Practical Shooting Association (USPSA) Area 6 Regional Championships.
It’s
the fourth time Sevigny has taken the Area 6 Championship. He won the
Production title in 2005 and 2003 while last year he claimed the Limited
Division title.
Competing
with a Glock model 34 in 9mm, Sevigny cruised to an easy victory winning nine
of the 12 stages for a final score of 1290.9057 which outpaced second place
shooter and defending champion Mike Hughes of Bellingham, Wash., by more than
239 points.
“Dave
proves again and again why he’s one of the top shooters in the world. His
victory this year leaves no doubt that 2009 will be another big year for Dave
and Team Glock,” said Charles Bond, USPSA’s Area 6 Director.
Hughes
finished with a final score of 1051.6484, more than 16 points ahead of Rodney
May of Memphis, Tenn., who took third place with a score of 1035.4573. Rounding
out the tops five were Michael Hollar of Conover, N.C., in fourth with
1027.1501 and Tod Litt of Winston, Ga., in fifth with 990.4045.
The
match, which was held at the South River Gun Club in Covington, Georgia, drew
over 330 shooters competing for titles in the Open, Limited, Limited-10,
Production, Revolver and Single Stack divisions.
The USPSA Area 6 region includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee but shooters from shooters from
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia as well as
Canada and Jamaica competed.