COLUMBUS, Ohio – Facing off against a team from Jacksonville University, shooters from the University of Tennessee at Martin Trap Team took the Handicap Trap title in the Collegiate Division with a final target count of 839 during competition at the 2017 Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) National Team Championships.

Joseph Simmons of Brighton led the squad breaking 189 of 200 targets, followed by Shelby Simmons of Brighton with 183, Hunter Winstead of Oakland with 168, William Seth White of Stanton with 153 and Zoe Smith of Atoka with 146.

The Jacksonville University Sporting, Skeet & Trap Team finished with 819 total targets and was led by Matthew DeBord of Belleview (Fla.) with 179, followed by Sean Hensley of Lake Panasofkee (Fla.) with 166, Parker Woodring of Carmichaels (Pa.) with 164, Joe Byron of Phoenixville, Fla.) with 156 and Brett Ollila of Leesburg (Fla.) with 154.

Held July 8-15 at the Cardinal Shooting Center in Marengo, Ohio, more than 2,300 athletes representing 29 states faced over one million clay targets during eight days of competition in the shooting disciplines of Trap, Skeet and Sporting Clays.

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. Nationally, there are nearly 14,800 students and more than 3,300 adult volunteers across 45 states participating in the Scholastic Clay Target Program.

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.

For more information about SCTP and SSSF, visit www.sssfonline.org. You can also follow SCTP on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ShootSCTP or @ScholasticShootingSports on Instagram.