Meet the Trijicon Pro Staff
MAR 25 2024
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Julie Golob
Highly accomplished U.S. Army Veteran, national and world shooting champion and avid outdoorswoman. With over 120 championship titles in seven different disciplines, Julie Golob is one of the most skilled and dominant competition shooters in the world. Noteworthy titles include 13-time USPSA Ladies National Champion, 7-time Ladies World Speed Shooting Champion, 4-time IDPA Ladies National Champion, the first Triple Crown USPSA Ladies National Champion and 3-time NRA Bianchi Cup Ladies Champion. In addition to her impressive shooting record, Julie is a proud U.S. Army Veteran, prominent author, avid hunter, firearms instructor and industry ambassador.
From 2017 to 2018, Julie has been a part of several competitions including 1st place awards in IPSC Ladies Classics, USPSA Arkansas Sectional, NRA Cameron Cup, and UPL Safariland Expedition. Her biggest year included being a part of the show “Love at First Shot” and becoming a member on the NRA board. As one of the most well-known professional shooters in the world, Julie has many upcoming events she will be competing in and several opportunities to share her knowledge around the world, not only through large platforms such as the NRA, but also through her personal projects.
Trijicon Optics: Iron Sights, MRO®, RMR®, and SRO®
Lanny Barnes
Lanny is a three-time Olympian in the sport of Biathlon. Lanny & her twin sister, Tracy, competed in several Olympics together before both girls made history and inspired the world when Tracy selflessly gave Lanny her spot on the Sochi, Russia 2014 Olympic team after Lanny fell ill during the final trials and couldn’t complete all the races.
Lanny is a several time National & World Champion in multiple shooting diciplines and is competing in 3-gun, Handgun, PCC, IPSC Shotgun and Rifle competitions. She recently won the IPSC Ladies Open Shotgun World Championship title in 2023 and will represent the USA at the IPSC Rifle World Championships this summer in Finland.
She is currently teaching courses to military, law enforcement and competitive shooters on how to shoot with an elevated heart rate and under stress and is the Chief Experience Officer at PrairieFire Nevada. Lanny has been a professional artist since 2000 (www.theolympianartist.com) her and her twin sister spend a majority of their free time traveling around to schools, 4-H clubs, Boys & Girls Clubs, Boys & Girls Scouts, etc. talking to them about following their dreams, setting goals, and leading a healthy active lifestyle and they also take wounded vets and terminally ill kids on hunts through Freedom Hunters and OE4A.
Trijicon Optics: AccuPoint®, AccuPower®, Bright & Tough™ Night Sights, RMR®, VCOG®
Jay Carillo
Jay began competitive shooting with bowling pin matches in 2009. He shot IDPA in 2010 through 2012 and then USPSA. Eventually evolving to 3-gun in 2012 and venturing into three major matches that year. Jay competed in many competitions in 2015 including Minnesota Shotgun Championship, Benelli Shotgun match and Benelli 3-gun ProAm. He was awarded several top spots in competitions including the Michigan Multi-gun in heavy optics and Generation 3-gun in heavy optics. Over the past few years, Jay has also had many 1st place finishes in Tac Ops division at local matches and at Indiana Multi-gun series matches. Every year since has been an exciting journey into the sport of 3-gun and the relationships he developed along the way have been the best!
Trijicon Optics: AccuPower®, AccuPoint®, RMR®, HD & HD XR™ Night Sights
Daron Cruickshank
Daron is best known for his professional mixed martial arts career. He is a veteran of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Rizih Fighting Federation. Daron began shooting at the age of 13, when his father introduced him to PPC matches in Michigan. He began competing in 3 gun events during 2013, making a name for himself in the sport locally in the state of Michigan. By 2018 he was competing at the national level. Daron continues to pursue knowledge in shooting sports.
Trijicon Optics: AccuPower®, RMR®, SRO®
Chip Montgomery
Chip's interest in shooting sports began with hunting at an early age. He thoroughly enjoys and continues to hunt in numerous states and several countries. He became interested in learning the defensive use of handgun and urban carbine in college, and through the years has taken many professional courses to further his skills. In an effort to continue developing his shooting skills, Chip became involved in competitive action shooting. In 2007, he started competing in USPSA, and followed that with 3-gun. Chip enjoys both competing and being a firearms instructor. He has also served as the Match Director for the Michigan Multi-Gun Program hosted at the Livingston Gun Club since 2009.
In the past few years, Chip has placed in the top 10 at many events including first place finishes at the 2019 Great Lakes Championship and 2019 Mid Atlantic Championship, as well as a second place finish at the 2019 Ohio State Championship.
Trijicon Optics: ACOG®, AccuPower®, AccuPoint®, MRO®, RMR®, and HD™ Night Sights
Jalise and Justine Williams
These enthusiastic and dedicated young ladies started down the path of success at an early age. They started shooting rifles and shotguns at the age of 3 and 4, and at the age of 9 and 10, started shooting competitively. They possess extensive experience across a variety of disciplines. Jalise and Justine currently compete in USPSA, IPSC, IDPA, USSL, Steel Challenge, and Multi-Gun at local, state, national, international, and world level events. They are exceptional leaders that can develop and motivate others to achieve targets and a proven track record in managing projects from conception through successful completion. They proactively volunteer and are proactive individuals, skilled troubleshooters characterized with logical, yet creative approaches to challenges and finding solutions.
Jalise is a Pro Shooter with 10 years experience, 29 National Titles, 6 World Titles, and 160+ major match wins. Many appearances on TV Shows including Shooting USA, Guns & Gear, HuntMasters, Everything Eichler, etc. Not just a content creator and professional athlete but an entrepreneur and lifestyle guru.
Justine has won many titles including 28 National Titles in in IPSC, USPSA, Steel Challenge, 3- Gun, and IDPA, as well as 100+ State Area and Sectional Titles. Justine is also a Firearms Instructor, Match Director and a 3x USPSA and Steel Challenge Grand Master.
Jalise and Justine have both represented the USA at the 2018 Pan American Games. Jalise was on the USA Men’s Classic Team, and Justine was on the USA Men's Production Team. In the 2022 Pan American Games, both girls represented Team USA in Ladies Production Optics. Justine took Individual Gold, Jalise Individual Silver, and both contributed to a Team Gold.