Glock Inc. announced on March 28 that Team Glock member KC Eusebio set a new Main Match Overall Record with his win at the 2013 US National Steel Championship on March 23, 2013 in Titusville, FL.
Eusebio shot the match in 76.27 seconds, beating his next closest competitor, Max Michel, by almost three seconds, and bettering the previous record of 80.09 Eusebio set back in 2007.
Less than two weeks later, Eusebio won the 2013 Jamaican Invitational Pistol Tournament (JIPT) on April 6 in Kingston, Jamaica, continuing his advancement toward a perfect international record for 2013 after his win in New Zealand’s Australasia International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) Handgun Competition earlier this year.
He competed as a guest of Glock’s Jamaican distributors, A&A and SASCO. Eusebio developed new relationships in the shooting sports network on the island nation that is quickly embracing the values and responsibilities of competitive shooting.
Glock Team’s KC Eusebio, Credit: Outdoor Life photo
“The JIPT was one of the most challenging matches I’ve shot this year,” stated Eusebio. “From uncomfortable shooting positions to the extremely fast activating targets, I had to be on my game to execute. I literally had to do a ‘jump shot’ out of the shooting area to win the match. I loved hearing the crowd roar in excitement from my performance. The match staff did a great job running the competition, and I would like to thank them all for their hospitality.”
At the US Steel Championship in Titusville, Eusebio used Hi Open Class Glock 17 pistol, also prepared by ZEV Technology, to establish the overall best time and win outright four of the eight stages, Eusebio set two additional stage records at the Florida match: 5 to Go (9.05 versus 9.78 set by Eusebio in 2008), and Pendulum (9.21 versus 9.85 set by Eusebio in 2008).
“It was a terrific match in Titusville this past weekend,” shared Eusebio.
“Picking up where we left off at the Steel Challenge, Max [Michel] and I went head-to-head again. This competition was a great tune-up for the European Steel Challenge in the Netherlands, where I will be competing this May.”
Before the European event however, Eusebio and teammates Tori Nonaka and Michelle Viscusi will participate in the US States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA) Area 6 match, at the Ancient City Shooting Range in St. Augustine, FL, April 19-21.
