SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The Jacksonville (Florida) University Sporting, Skeet & Trap Team, which also took the Sporting Clays title, added the Double Skeet title in the Collegiate Division during competition at the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) National Team Championships.

Held July 13-18 at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex in Sparta, Illinois, 2,466 athletes faced over 872,500 clay targets during six days of competition in the shooting disciplines for Trap, Skeet and Sporting Clays.

Scott Hensley (Jacksonville) led his squad to victory breaking 93 of his 100 targets. Ron Palazzetti (Geneva, Ill.) with 88 and Sean Hensley (Jacksonville) with 86 combined to bring the squad's total to 267.

Following Jacksonville were two Illini Shotgun Sports squads from Illinois. The second place squad of Brandon Tate (Walnut Hill, Ill.) with 84, Spencer Cooper (Urbana, Ill.) with 78 and Michael Vershaw (Champaign, Ill.) with 75 finished breaking a total of 237 of 300 targets.

Third place with 216 went to the Illini squad of Taylor Ehmen (St. Joseph, Ill.) with 76, Alex Heape (DuQuoin, Ill.) with 75 and Ryan Dixon (Monticello, Ill.) with 65.

The Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) is a youth development program in which adult coaches and other volunteers use the shooting sports of Trap, Skeet and Sporting Clays, as well as the Olympic disciplines of Bunker Trap, Trap Doubles and International Skeet to teach and to demonstrate sportsmanship, responsibility, honesty, ethics, integrity, teamwork, and other positive life skills.

The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. (SSSF), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is the National Governing Body for the Scholastic Clay Target Program. SCTP was started by the National Shooting Sports Foundation in 2001.