COLUMBUS, Ohio – After breaking 280 of 300 targets, members of the Pella Christian Eagles Shooting Team of Iowa took home the national title in the Open Division in Doubles Skeet during competition at the 2017 Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) National Team Championships.
The Eagles were led by Colten Uitermarkt of Otley with 96 followed by Emma Van Donselaar of Oskaloosa and Maclane Heinen of Pella who each broke 92 targets.
Second place went to Georgia's Etowah Valley Mambas. Mitchell McCraney of Buford (89), Charles Trevor Toms of Cumming (87) and Rennie Wilson III of Buford (86) combined for a total target count of 262.
Just two targets back in third place was Team Henges of Missouri who finished with 260. Aidan Kurrus of Kirkwood led the team (92) followed by Grace Marlen of St. Louis (87) and Ella Kurrus of Kirkwood (81).
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.
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