Team
SVI’s Lisa Munson of Marysville, Wash., captured the Women’s title at the 2009 U.S.
Practical Shooting Association (USPSA) Single Stack National Championship this
Saturday at the PASA Park range in Barry, Illinois.
Munson
took an early lead holding it for the first four stages then fell to second on
stage five and third on stages six and seven behind Team Smith & Wesson
shooter Kay Miculek of Princeton, La., and Springfield Armory’s Kippi Leatham
of Mesa, Ariz., who moved ahead of Munson into second place.
Munson
jumped back into second on the eighth stage stalking Miculek over the next
seven. Then on stage 16, Munson made her move and reclaimed the lead and the
win. Meanwhile Leatham, who had fallen to third, jumped ahead of Miculek on
stage 18 to finish the match in second.
After
20 stages, Munson took top honors with a score of 848.7154 with Leatham just over
six points back with 842.0246 and Miculek in third with 828.4078.
Rounding
out the top five were Julie Golob, a Team Smith & Wesson member from
Glasgow, Mont., and T.D. Roe in fourth and fifth shooting 806.1890 and 745.7621
respectively.
The Single Stack Nationals was established in 1994 as the Single Stack
Classic by pistolsmith Richard Heinie, and then USPSA Illinois Section
Coordinator, Russell Cluver. The match was designed specifically for the 1911
model pistol and no other pistol design is permitted in the competition. In
2006 USPSA designated the popular match as a national championship and it has
remained the preeminent showcase for the venerable 1911 ever since.
Munson
jumped back into second on the eighth stage stalking Miculek over the next
seven. Then on stage 16, Munson made her move and reclaimed the lead and the
win. Meanwhile Leatham, who had fallen to third, jumped ahead of Miculek on
stage 18 to finish the match in second.
Rounding
out the top five were Julie Golob, a Team Smith & Wesson member from
Glasgow, Mont., and T.D. Roe in fourth and fifth shooting 806.1890 and 745.7621
respectively.
