Caldwell High School graduate reaches his lifelong dream of representing Team USA
CALDWELL’S PHILLIP Jungman will compete in Men’s Skeet at the Olympic games in Tokyo, Japan, early Monday morning.
CALDWELL’S PHILLIP Jungman is a shooter/instructor for the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit’s Shotgun Team and will represent Team USA in Men’s Skeet along with three-time Olympian/USAMU veteran Vincent Hancock at the Tokyo Olympics. -- Photo by Maj. Michelle Lunato, U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit
Jungman sets his sights on Olympic gold in Tokyo
U.S. ARMY SPC. Phillip Jungman of Caldwell (right) will compete for Team USA in Men’s Skeet at the Tokyo Olympic Games with three-time Olympian/USAMU veteran Vincent Hancock (left). Not pictured are alternates for the Skeet event are USAMU Staff Sgt. Hayden Stewart and Nic Moschetti. -- Photo by Maj. Michelle Lunato, U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit
U.S. ARMY SPC. Phillip Jungman watches his USAMU teammate, 1st Lt. Amber English, earn her spot on Team USA. -- Photo by Maj. Michelle Lunato, U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit
EARLY IN PHILLIP JUNGMAN’S career as a competition skeet shooter, one could see him wearing his iconic Caldwell baseball cap.
U.S. ARMY SPC. PHILLIP JUNGMAN of Caldwell qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games Skeet Event upon conclusion of the Olympic Trials -- Part 2 in Tucson, Arizona, March 5-8. He won his first Olympic selection seat with a combined Part 1 and Part 2 score of 537. -- Photo by Maj. Michelle Lunato, U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit
PHILLIP JUNGMAN BEGAN competing in shooting events at the age of 11, and will fulfill his lifelong dream of competing in an Olympic game this Monday in Tokyo. -- Photo by Maj. Michelle Lunato, U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit
PHILLIP JUNGMAN UMPIRES Little League Baseball in his spare time to give back to community events because “those same events have shaped me into the competitor I am today,” he said.
Caldwell’s Phillip Jungman has dreamed of this week since he started competing in International Skeet events at the age of 11.
Jungman, U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit team member, is about to make his Olympic skeet debut in Tokyo.
A previous Junior Olympic champion in 2014, Jungman was an Olympic alternate to Rio in 2016.
Jungman’s Olympic journey began at the age of eight when he joined the Brazos 4-H …
