Yang, Burkert Lead Overall During CMP’s 2025 Smallbore Rifle Postal
May 16, 2025
By Ashley Dugan, CMP Staff Writer
The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) is happy to recognize the top performers of the 2025 Smallbore Rifle Postal!
A total of 278 individuals participated in the national event – the first of its kind held since 2022.
“After taking a short break from the match, we were unsure how this year would go, but we were more than pleased with the number and caliber of individuals who participated in this year’s event,” said Brad Donoho, CMP Smallbore manager. “We’re looking forward to continuing this match in the future, along with several other smallbore opportunities throughout the year.”
The Smallbore Postal featured both Three-Position and Prone matches (including Sling and F-Class), fired from a distance of 50 feet at each competitor’s home range. Following the completion of firing, targets were returned to the CMP and scored electronically using the Orion Scoring System.
Leading the Overall 3×20 Match was Sophie Yang, 16, of Avon, CT, with a score of 578-15X. Trailing Yang was Daniel Pempel, 50, of Wasilla, AK, with 576-20X, while Cohen Ahner, 17, of Los Lunas, NM, fell just one point behind Ahner for third.
Yang’s top score carried over to the Junior side of the match, as Ahner claimed second and Carley Seabrooke, 18, of Helena, AL, earned third.
The Prone match included both Metallic Sights and Scope classes as well as F-Class.
Leading individuals of the Prone events were:
Metallic Overall:
- William Burkert, 73, Fleetwood, PA – 622.6
- Joseph Bakies, 43, Lima, OH – 618.6
- Lara Spanic, 23, Milwaukee, WI – 617.7
Metallic Junior:
- Bethany Kuykendall, 16, Inez, TX – 610.7
- Landry Frederick, 18, Inez, TX – 608.4
- Evan Graham, 18, Walla Walla, WA – 604.7
Scope:
- Timothy Sarchett, 58, Hudsonville, MI – 623.5
- Kenneth Guffey, 64, Manheim, PA – 622.6
- Jeffrey Walters, 50, Red Lion, PA – 619.3
F-Class:
- Steven Jones, 69, Dundee, MI – 636.6
- Bret Solomon, 66, Monroe, MI – 633.5
- David Kottke, 63, Petersburg, MI – 632.6
Top performers of the CMP Smallbore Postal received ELEY ammunition. See a full list of results of the 2025 Smallbore Postal at https://ct.thecmp.org/2025smallborepostalresults.
About CMP’s Smallbore Program:
Since 2018, the CMP has been committed to providing .22 caliber rifle opportunities for smallbore competitors. The program’s structure was carefully crafted from the minds of some of today’s top athletes and instructors from around the country to benefit both new and seasoned competitors.
Currently, the CMP Smallbore Program offers three-position, prone and team competitions – all featured each summer during the Camp Perry National Matches in Ohio. The National Matches smallbore phase also includes a Smallbore Small Arms Firing School, led by members of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, which provides hands-on fundamental training on the range for athletes of all ages and experience levels.
Outside of the National Matches, the CMP offers smallbore match sanctioning for Affiliated Clubs, who may host their own matches from their home ranges throughout the year. Additionally, Smallbore Distinguished Badges are distributed to those athletes who earn consistent high scores in designated matches.
Learn more about the CMP Smallbore Program at https://thecmp.org/competitions/cmp-smallbore-program/.
I hope in future matches its announced in the newsletter. If it was I mustve missed it. I hope to participate in this and other postal matches in the future.