Former Xavier Rifle Team Member On Olympic Team Again

Jason Parker has qualified for his third Olympic Team. Jason is a 1996 graduate of Xavier University where he was a four-year All American. He joined the Army Marksmanship Unit in January 1997. He competed on the 2000 Olympic team in Sydney, the 2004 Olympic Team in Athens, and is now going to Beijing. The official release is on USA Shooting's website. This month, Parker qualified for 2 Olympic events, Men's Smallbore Three Position and Men's Air Rifle. In the past he had competed in Air Rifle only. Jason's coach when he was at Xavier was Alan Joseph, the ORPA Membership Secretary.