Posted on 04/04/2015 5:23:11 PM PDT by Damifino
The Hillsdale College Shotgun Team has brought home its third ACUI Collegiate Division 3 National Clay Target Championship in four years, winning the title at the recent ACUI event at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio, Texas. This year, over 600 shooters representing 73 colleges competed in the ACUI Clay Target Championships, including 34 teams in Division 3. The team portion of the week started off a little tough, with sporting clays scores that did not meet shooters’ expectations. Schreiner University showed they would be tough competition for the Chargers early in the week. By the end of day 3 and the International Skeet event, Schreiner was up by 11 targets.
Day 4 would see the Chargers come back through the International Wobble Trap event. Clay Moniot led the team with a 96/100, and the entire Schreiner lead was erased, giving Hillsdale a one-target advantage. In addition, Casey Inks and Anna Pfaff would finish first and second in the Ladies Division.
Both teams shot identical scores in the day 5 American Skeet event, with Kie Kababik leading the Chargers with his first perfect 100/100.
Sunday is American Trap day, and Hillsdale has never failed to shine on this last day of the tournament. Both Kie and Clay would shoot perfect 100’s. In a pool of 13 perfect scores (that included six shooters from 11-time Division 1 National Champions, Lindenwood University), these two would outlast all the others through two rounds of shoot-offs. Clay would finish the day perfectly, with Kie just one target behind to go first and second overall for Men. Casey would also add a 99/100 to the team score and seal the National Championship for Hillsdale College. She dropped just one target in the Ladies shoot-off and would take second overall for Ladies.
With perfect 100’s in both American Trap and Skeet, Kie Kababik would take top honors for all shooters in Combined American events, and Clay Moniot, with his great trap scores, would take top honors for Combined Trap events. Jordan Hintz and Drew Lieske made 2nd Team All-American. They are the first Chargers to attain this level.
“Great senior leadership from Joe Kain and Jason VanDeWeghe helped the team create the focus required to excel on the final day of the tournament,” said coach Mike Carl. “It was a total team effort that led to a seven-target victory over second place Schreiner University.”
Coach Mike Carl and Adam Burlew have seen the team through great growth this year. Congratulations to the Chargers Shotgun Team for a job well done and representing Hillsdale College (and SCTP) so well.
What a joke. How are they doing in chess?
True.
However, considering most colleges are liberal cesspools and anti gun, I’m sure the field of challengers was sparse.
School Listing by Divisions (updated 3.26.15 5:10 p.m. Central)
Univ Name (Abbr) - Division 1 - Number of participants
Bethel University Trap and Skeet (BU) Participants Competing:26
Lindenwood University Trap and Skeet (LU) Participants Competing:54
Tarleton State University Trap and Skeet (TARLE) Participants Competing:17
Univ Name (Abbr) - Division 2 - Number of participants
Clemson Shotgun Sports (CU) Participants Competing:17
Connors State College Shotgun Shooting Sports Club (CONSTC) Participants Competing:10
Fort Hays State University Trap and Skeet (FHSU) Participants Competing:13
Iowa Central Tritons Sport Shooting (ICTSS) Participants Competing:15
JU (Varsity) Sporting, Skeet, & Trap Club/Team (JAX) Participants Competing:13
Sam Houston State University Trap and Skeet (SHSU) Participants Competing:11
Southwestern Community College Trap and Skeet (SCC) Participants Competing:15
Tech Trap and Skeet (TECH) Participants Competing:14
Texas A&M Trap and Skeet Club (TAMU) Participants Competing:19
Texas Trap & Skeet (TEXAS) Participants Competing:15
United States Military Academy Trap and Skeet (USMA) Participants Competing:10
University of Alabama Shotgun Team (ALBAMA) Participants Competing:18
University of Delaware Trap and Skeet Club (UDEL) Participants Competing:12
University of Missouri Trap and Skeet (MIZZOU) Participants Competing: 19
University of Wyoming Shotgun Sports (UWyo) Participants Competing:15
UWP Pioneer Sportsman Club (UWPPSC) Participants Competing:11
Virginia Tech Trap and Skeet (VT) Participants Competing:12
Yale Skeet & Trap Team (Yale) Participants Competing: 14
Univ Name (Abbr) - Division 3 - Number of participants
Arizona State University Shooting Sports (ARIZST) Participants Competing:5
Arkansas State University Trap and Skeet (ARKST) Participants Competing:6
CSU Shotgun Sports Club (CSU) Participants Competing: 8
Ecclesia College Trap and Skeet (ECCLES) Participants Competing:5
EKU Trap & Skeet (EKU) Participants Competing: 4
Emmanuel Clay Target Shooting (EC) Participants Competing:9
Fresno State Gun Club (FRESNO) Participants Competing: 3
George Mason University Trap and Skeet (GMU) Participants Competing:6
Harvard Shooting Club (HARVRD) Participants Competing: 5
Hastings College Shooting Club (HAST) Participants Competing: 7
Hillsdale College Trap and Skeet (HILL) Participants Competing: 9
Hiwassee College Trap and Skeet (HIWASS) Participants Competing: 5
Iowa State University Trap and Skeet (ISU) Participants Competing: 8
Kansas State University Trap and Skeet (KSU) Participants Competing:9
Lyon College Shooting Club (LYON) Participants Competing: 5
Martin Methodist College Clay Target Team (MARTIN) Participants Competing: 9
Midland University Trap and Skeet (MID) Participants Competing: 9
Mississippi College Trap and Skeet (MC) Participants Competing: 6
Mississippi State University Trap and Skeet (MSU) Participants Competing:7
Missouri University of Science and Technology Trap and Skeet (MUST) Participants Competing:9
North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC) Participants Competing:4
Northwest College Trap and Skeet Club (NWC) Participants Competing:5
OSU Shotgun Sports Club (OSU) Participants Competing:6
Pratt Community College Trap and Skeet (PCC) Participants Competing:8
Schreiner University Trap and Skeet (SU) Participants Competing:9
Shooting Sports at the University of Colorado (SSUCOL) Participants Competing: 5
Southeastern Illinois College Trap and Skeet (SIC) Participants Competing:8
The University of Tennessee Trap and Skeet (UTENN) Participants Competing:7
Trinidad State Junior College Trap and Skeet (TSJC) Participants Competing:8
Trinity University Trap and Skeet (TU) Participants Competing: 5
UIW Trap & Skeet (UIW) Participants Competing: 3
United States Naval Academy Trap and Skeet (USNA) Participants Competing:5
University of Arizona Shotgun Team (UARIZ) Participants Competing:9
University of Arkansas Community College at Hope Trap and Skeet (UARKCC) Participants Competing:5
University of Arkansas -Fayetteville Trap and Skeet (UAF) Participants Competing: 9
University of Central Missouri Trap and Skeet (UCM) Participants Competing:7
University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) Participants Competing: 3
University of Idaho Trap and Skeet (UIDAHO) Participants Competing:7
University of Illinois at Urbana -Champaign Trap and Skeet (UIUC) Participants Competing: 7
University of Kentucky Shotgun Team (UK) Participants Competing: 9
University of Louisiana-Lafayette Trap and Skeet (ULL) Participants Competing: 8
University of Tennessee-Martin Trap and Skeet (UTM) Participants Competing:5
University of the Ozarks Trap and Skeet (UOZARK) Participants Competing:7
University of Virginia Trap and Skeet (UVA) Participants Competing:6
UWP Shooting Sports Club (UWPSSC) Participants Competing:7
Washington College Trap and Skeet Club (WashCo) Participants Competing: 8
Wichita State University Shooting Sports Club (WichSU) Participants Competing: 9
Schools represented not eligible for Divisional Team or HOA awards
Denison University Trap and Skeet (DU) Participants Competing: 1
LCCC Shotgun Team (LCCCST) Participants Competing:1
Missouri State University Trap and Skeet (MoSt) Participants Competing: 2
Nicholls Trap and Skeet (NICHOL) Participants Competing:1
Pima Community College Trap and Skeet (PIMA) Participants Competing:2
Purdue University Trap and Skeet (PU) Participants Competing:1
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi Trap and Skeet (TAMCC) Participants Competing:2
University of Texas - San Antonio Trap and Skeet (UTXSA) Participants Competing: 2
They could always challenge local high school kids and it would be a real challenge. Kids in the Hillsdale area tend to be very familiar with guns.
I doubt there are multiple 1st team All-American shooters, factory sponsored shooters, multiple SCTP champions, FITASC team USA, 5X State Sporting Clays champion and multiple team USA shooters.... on the local team. But I don't know for sure.
Kids in that part of the state are very familiar with guns and shooting from an early age. I grew up not far from there and we used to throw ears of corn to shoot at because we couldn’t afford clays.
I like it too. Hillsdale Shotgun Team. Remember when we had the War Department before we lost our balls and turned into Department of Defense?
Damn, I bet those corn ears blew up good! When I was a kid a friend and I once modified a hand tosser to fling larger sized pine cones up for our BB Guns and it worked pretty good! The local rag down into the nearest town publishes info on their School’s, and the surrounding competing schools, latest Trap and Rifle results and the kids have a lot of fun with it.
Like you care.
I guess I stand corrected.
International skeet is hard. I ranked AAA in American skeet and AA in sporting clays, and I wouldn’t be able to hit crap in international.
1. You start low gun, not mounted to the shoulder.
2. The target can be thrown between 0-3 seconds after being called for.
3. You cannot move the gun until the target appears.
4. The target is set a 60 mph instead of 46 as in American skeet.
Piss off noob, you couldn’t hit water if you fell out a a boat.
This is quite an achievement. Former AAA American skeet shooter here.
Thanks, the comment kinda hacked me off. Division I schools can bring as many shooters as they want and can field a team of specialists. In Division III, 9 is thie limit and they all shoot everything: American Trap, American Skeet, International Trap (or bunker - Hillsdale actually has a bunker), International Skeet, Sporting and 5-stand. At other events they will also shoot ATA doubles and Handicap.
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