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2011 NRA IntercollegiatePistol Championships

The 2011 NRA Pistol Championships were held for the seventh consecutive year at Fort Ben-ning, Georgia, March 15-19. Free Pistol, Women’s Air Pistol, Standard Pistol, Women’s Sport Pistol and Open Air Pistol championships make up this top event for collegiate pistol shooters around the country. A total of 100 shooters came to compete in the championships, representing 16 schools, with 14 eligible to compete for team champion-ships.

Despite all the teams and individual shooters present, the 2011 championships were dominat-ed by only a handful of people. The United States Naval Academy took first place in both Women’s Air Pistol and Women’s Sport Pistol. Their shoot-ers also captured the individual titles with Emily Meyer winning Air Pistol and Kirsten Asdal taking Sport Pis-tol. By a signifi-cant margin, they won the 2011 Women’s Team Aggregate with a 2712.

When it came to competing for the overall team championship, Ohio State and the United States Mili-tary Academy be-gan butting heads for the team ag-gregate. The Ohio Buckeyes started strong by winning

Free Pistol as the Black Knights placed second, but the United States Military Academy took over after that and shot their way to victory in the Standard Pistol and Open Air Pistol cham-pionships. Ohio State was close in score, but ultimately ceded the team championship to USMA whose 6357 was the highest team aggregate this year.

Despite having top teams, nei-ther Ohio State nor the United States

Military Academy had shooters win individual titles due to the im-pressive shooting of Nick Mowrer. A student at Pike’s Peak Com-munity College, Mowrer has the

opportunity to train at the U.S. Olympic Train-ing Center in Colorado Springs, CO. The high level of competition he is used to was evident as he swept the individual titles taking Free Pistol, Standard Pistol and the Open Air Pistol champi-onships and posting a total aggregate of 1695.

Although she did not win an individual title in either of the Women’s championships, Heather Deppe from the United States Military Academy shot steady and finished near the top of both championships. Her consistency paid off in the end as she captured the women’s individual ag-gregate with a total of 933.

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CHAMPIONSHIPSMarch 15-19Ft. Benning, Georgia

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Coming off a strong inaugural year, the second an-nual NRA Intercollegiate Rifle Club Championships were hosted by Clemson University in Charleston, SC, Apr. 7-10. The Citadel graciously offered to be the official site of the championships and let the competitors make use of its facilities. Open to College Rifle Clubs, ROTC Teams

and independent shooters, the NRA Intercollegiate Rifle Club Championships were created for shooters who cur-rently have no national championship of their own. Fifteen schools and universities were represented at the champion-ships this year, among which only West Virginia University was represented at both this event and the NCAA Rifle Championships during the previous month.

Like the NCAA Rifle Championships, the NRA Club Championships are comprised of a smallbore three-position and air rifle championship. Penn State’s club team shot their way to the smallbore championship with a total score of 2142 on the first day as Clayton Peck from Michigan State University took the individual title with a 570.

On the second day, Clayton Peck continued his domi-nant shooting and won the air rifle title with a 582, solidify-ing his top individual aggregate score of 1152. Host school Clemson, who was defending their air rifle title from the

previous year, shot to the top of the first relay with a 2218, which stood throughout the rest of the day as no one from the other two relays was able to best their score. Although Penn State finished second, their combined 4326 convinc-ingly won them the overall team aggregate.

After the air rifle championships con-cluded, a large number of competitors stuck around to participate in a fun shoot held by NRA Board Member Dave Butz (former Washington Redskins football player) where shooters contended for a cash prize by run-ning a short obstacle course and taking aim at various targets with air rifles.

Aside from the competitions, the NRA Intercollegiate Rifle Club Championships provided educational opportunities to those interested in the shooting sports but may not have as much experience shooting profession-al matches as non-club teams. H.Q. Moody from NRA’s Competitive Shooting Division and volunteer Mary Furr were on hand the last day of the championships to share their wealth of knowledge and walk the students through the proper procedures of a match and the best ways to approach each segment in order to become a better shooter.

2011 NRA IntercollegiateRifle Club Championships

By Kyle Jillson

Columbus State University hosted this year’s 2011 NCAA Rifle Championships March 11-12 in Columbus, GA, with the assistance of the United States Army Marksmanship Unit from Fort Benning, GA.

Forty competitors from the top eight schools in the regular season were selected to compete as well as eight individual competitors based on scores submitted in a designated quali-fier.

The championships are comprised of both individual and team competitions in smallbore three position and air rifle matches, with the overall champions determined through an aggregate of the two scores.

The smallbore championship, held first at the USAMU’s Pool Complex in Fort Benning, came down to a close finish between the West Virginia University Mountaineers and the Kentucky Wildcats. West Virginia’s score of 2329 was edged out in both individual and team championships by Kentucky, with Ethan Settlemires’ 691 beating West Virginia’s Nicco Campriani’s 689 and the Wildcat’s team score of 2336, giv-ing them a 7-point lead heading into air rifle.

Determined to overtake Kentucky for their 15th national championship, West Virginia had an impressive 599 from Nicco Campriani, who went on to win the individual air rifle championship with a 701. The close race between perennial champion West Virginia and winless Kentucky intensified as the Mountaineers claimed the air rifle championship with a 2368, bringing their total team score to 4697. Under tremen-dous pressure, Kentucky’s Settlemires fired a 590 that was only enough for second in air rifle, but pushed the Wildcats

over the hump to bring them their first overall championship in school history with a total team score of 4700.

“It really was a team effort,” said Kentucky’s Ethan Set-tlemires of their undefeated regular season and national title. Finishing runner-up four times and third-place four times since 1994, the Wildcats needed one small nudge to finally land themselves in the winner’s circle. “We had a lot of hard practice coming into this - five, six days a week on the range,” Settlemires said.

Texas Christian University, the 2011 NCAA champion, shot well but was unable to pass West Virginia or Kentucky, fin-ishing third overall with a team score of 4664.

2011 NCAARifle ChampionshipsBy Kyle Jillson

Congratulations to the over 100 collegiate athletes who were awarded with

NRA All American honors in 2011!

For a complete list of all the award winners please visit:http://www.nrahq.org/compete/col-aa-team.asp

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The Association of College Unions International (ACUI) is the perennial host for this annual gathering of the best collegiate shotgun competitors in the nation. NRA is one of the principle sponsors. Since the tournament’s inception, ACUI has partnered with The National Shooting Complex in San Antonio, Texas, home to the National Skeet Shooting and National Sporting Clays Associations. The 671-acre National Shooting Complex provides permanent store fronts for more than 30 vendors in support of 20+ outdoor events held annu-ally, including the World Skeet and National Sporting Clays Championships.

This year’s 43rd Collegiate Clay Target Championships saw a fifteen percent increase in the number of attending col-leges including first-timers from Harvard, Clemson and Jack-sonville Universities along with Hillsdale College, Mississippi College and the University of Vermont. Shooter participation was also up 30 percent from the previous year. Students from 49 colleges competed in one or more of the following six events: International skeet and trap, American skeet and trap, five-stand and sporting clays.

Coach Hank Garvey brought the Harvard team to their inaugural appearance at this year’s championships. Coach Garvey is personally responsible for bringing Harvard, Har-

vard Law, MIT, North Eastern and Tufts’ new shooting teams into our sport.

In international trap, the faster clay targets travel 78 yards versus 50 yards in American trap. Competitors in the inter-national event also move to the next firing point after every shot, instead of firing 5-shots per position. In American trap, targets are thrown up to 17 degrees left or right of center, at a single elevation. In international, targets are thrown up to 45 degrees left or right and at differing elevations. And the international trap rules allow you to fire a second shot if needed for each of the 125 preliminary targets (75 targets for women), but only one shot per target in the “finals” round of 25 targets undertaken by the top six shooters. In American trap, men and women shoot the same number of targets.

From NRA’s National Collegiate Manager, Tori Croft: “The NRA Collegiate & Schools Program is proud to be a sponsor of this growing event. The competitors and the coaches are a joy to work with and the camaraderie is truly infectious. I look forward to attending this exciting event in 2012!”

For all scores and divisions, see http://www.acui.org/claytargets

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Clay TargetChampionships

By Chip Lohman

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NCAA RifleMarch 8-10, 2012 Location: TBD

NRA Pistol March 12-16, 2012 Fort Benning, GA

ACUI Clay Target March 27-April 2, 2012San Antonio, TX

NRA Rifle Club March 14-18, 2012 Fort Benning, GA

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College shooters come and shoot the 2nd National Metric Position and Prone Champion-ship planned to be conducted at the Wa-Ke-De Range, Bristol, IN. The 3-Position Champion-ship will be held over a weekend and the Prone Championship on the following Monday and Tuesday. Special awards are available for the Collegiate Category.

Registration for the 2011 National Met-ric Championships are being taken now. The National Metric Smallbore Rifle Championship Program is accessed through the Competitive Shooting Division’s web site.

The dates are as follows:

•Position–SaturdayandSunday,July16-17(Jul15th is a practice day)

•Prone–MondayandTuesday,July18-19(Theafternoon of July 17th is a practice day)

The course of fire is a two day Metric 3-Position Cham-pionship firing a 120 shot aggregate (prone 40 shots, standing

40 shots, and kneeling 40 shots). The Prone Championship is also a 120 shot event fired at 50 meters and 100 yards.

Competitors can register for the NRA National Metric Championship by calling 703-267-1475. The Championship is limited to only 200 competitors for prone and 200 competitors for position competitors due to range capac-ity. Competitors will receive their squadding immediately upon registration and payment of entry fee; a confirmation will be sent confirm-ing registration and squadding.

The Jameson Inn, 3010 Brittany Court, Elkhart, IN 46514 (574-265-7222), is the host hotel with the same special rates for competitors who identify themselves as part of the Na-tional Metric Championship. There is RV and tent camping available on the range.

Please contact the HQ Moody, NRA National Rifle Manager (703-267-1475 or email: HMoody@NRAHQ.ORG), to register or should you have additional questions or com-ments.

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