| King of the Collegiate Shotgun Teams
SAN ANTONIO -- Overcoming wind, rain, cold and determined shotgun shooters from 32 colleges and universities, Lindenwood University on Sunday was crowned national collegiate champion for the fourth straight year.
The little school from St. Charles, Mo., earned the title even though no Lion shooter finished atop individual standings in either men's or ladies' divisions.
But over four days of competition, consistency and all-around strength paid off for the Lions at the 39th annual ACUI Intercollegiate Clay Target Championships held April 4-8 at the National Shooting Complex.
Lindenwood broke 1,513 of 1,600 clay targets for the win.
Texas A&M finished second with a score of 1,505, just eight birds behind the champions.
University of Missouri-Columbia took third with 1,502.
Other top teams, in order of finish, included: 4. Colorado State, 5. George Mason, 6. Virginia Tech, 7. Purdue, 8. Kansas State, 9. Fort Hays State, 10. Wyoming, 11. Louisiana-Lafayette, 12. Radford, 13. Iowa State, 14. Eastern Kentucky, 15. Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, 16. Trinity and 17. Yale.
ESPNU, with major sponsorship from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), will televise the competition throughout the months of June and July. ESPN2 will offer a special airing in July.
Television viewers will see individual championship performances by Haley Dunn of Missouri-Columbia, Brazos Lackey and Mimi Wilfong of Texas A&M, Wesley Wise of Blinn College-Bryan, Ryan DaRosa of Purdue and Stephen Guerrero of Colorado State.
Lackey, Wilfong and Wise, by winning international events in their categories, also earned invitations to join the U.S.'s national development team. Dunn, who won in international skeet, is already a member of the U.S. national team. She recently won silver in international skeet at the World Cup held last month in the Dominican Republic.
A variety of other awards and scholarships were presented.
The Association of College Unions International conducts the championships. NSSF, Olin/Winchester, National Rifle Association, Amateur Trapshooting Association and Hall of Fame, USA Shooting, National Skeet Shooting Association and National Sporting Clays Association provide support.
Trap, skeet and sporting clays in recent years have emerged among the fastest growing sports for young people, especially girls. Nationwide, the number of female participants age 12-17 rose 56 percent over a five-year period ending in 2004, according to a National Sporting Goods Association report.
Feeding this growth is NSSF's Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP), a national shotgun league for students in grades 12 and under. The program last year featured more than 8,000 youth shooters and a national trap championship nearly 700 percent larger than when launched in 2001.
A number of top finishers in this year's Intercollegiate Clay Target Championships came up through SCTP.
A rarity in college sports, shotgun teams can be coed with women competing head-to-head with and against men.
Results
ACUI Intercollegiate Clay Target Championship
(held Thursday-Sunday at National Shooting Complex, San Antonio)
High Overall, Final Championship Results
Teams: 1. Lindenwood Univ. 1,513 out of 1,600 targets; 2. Texas A&M Univ. 1505; 3. Univ. of Missouri-Columbia 1502.
Men's Individual: 1. Brazos Lackey, Texas A&M, 384 out of 400 targets; 2. Randall McLelland, Lindenwood, 380; Travis Dye, Missouri-Columbia, 377.
Ladies' Individual: 1. Haley Dunn, Missouri-Columbia, 366; 2. Jenna McLean, Lindenwood, 353; 3. Mimi Wilfong, Texas A&M, 351.
American Skeet Results
Teams: 1. Missouri-Columbia 490 out of 500 targets (Travis Dye, Tyler Schwab, Cody Stokes, Haley Dunn, Curtis Bowling); 2. Lindenwood 486 (Christopher Cook, Ashley Hartley, Travis Mears, Nicholas Gamel, Randall McLelland); 3. Texas A&M 485 (Brazos Lackey, James Gougler, Sheldon Benge, Allen Berthold, Patrick Bond).
Men's Individual: 1. Ryan DaRosa, Purdue Univ., 100+40; 2. Randall McLelland, Lindenwood, 100+39; 3. Tyler Schwab, Missouri-Columbia, 100+19.
Ladies' Individual: 1. Haley Dunn, Missouri-Columbia, 100; 2. Jessica Forbes, Lindenwood, 98+4; 3. Jenna McLean, Lindenwood, 98+3.
American Trap Results
Teams: 1. Colorado State Univ. 483 out of 500 targets (Doug Bruchez, Brian Hicks, Stephen Guerrero, Craig Brough, Randy Gutirrez); 2. Missouri-Columbia 482 (Travis Dye, Tyler Schwab, Christopher Zeller, Brian Thompson, Clint Munzlinger); 3. Lindenwood 480 (Joshua White, Tyler Smith, Bryan Stuntebeck, Jesse Molstre, Randall McLelland).
Men's Individual: 1. Stephen Guerrero, Colorado State, 99+24; David Knapp, Univ. of Nebraska-Omaha, 99+23; 3. John Aldridge, Penn State Univ.-University Park, 98+24=2.
Ladies' Individual: Haley Dunn, Missouri-Columbia, 95+23; 2. Elizabeth Salva, Univ. of Central Missouri, 95+22; 3. Jenna McLean, Lindenwood, 94.
International Skeet Results
Teams: 1. Lindenwood 274 out of 300 targets (Randall McLelland, Robert Auerbach, Mark Schutzius); 2. Texas A&M 270 (Brazos Lackey, James Gougler, Sheldon Benge); 3. Missouri-Columbia 266 (Travis Dye, Haley Dunn, Brian Thompson).
Men's Individual: 1. Wesley Wise, Blinn College-Bryan, 94+23+10; 2. James Gougler, Texas A&M, 94+23+9; 3. Randall McLelland, Lindenwood, 94+22+2.
Ladies' Individual: 1. Haley Dunn, Missouri-Columbia, 93+22; 2. Ashley Hartley, Lindenwood, 77+19; 3. Jessica Forbes, Lindenwood, 73+20.
International Trap Results
Teams: 1. Texas A&M 284 out of 300 targets (Brazos Lackey, Sheldon Benge, Mimi Wilfong); 2. Lindenwood 273 (Travis Mears, Mark Schutzius, Camden Clayton); 3. (tie) Missouri-Columbia 264 (Travis Dye, Tyler Schwab, Clint Munzlinger), Virginia Tech Univ. 264 (Justin Balchun, Brian Jasion, David Giammittorio).
Men's Individual: 1. Brazos Lackey, Texas A&M, 95+24; 2. Camden Clayton, Lindenwood, 94+22; 3. Sheldon Benge, Texas A&M, 94+21.
Ladies' Individual: 1. Mimi Wilfong, Texas A&M, 95+16; 2. Jenna McLean, Lindenwood, 88+20; 3. Andrea Steffan, George Mason Univ., 90+16.
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