USA -(AmmoLand.com)- The Association of College Unions International (ACUI) kicked off its 2016-17 Clay Target season with the Upper West Coast Conference Championships from Oct. 1–2 at the Black Dog SC and Boise Gun Club in Boise, Idaho.
The Upper West Coast Conference Championships consisted of 53 men and women student-athletes who competed in American-style and sporting clays events. Five high school trap and skeet teams—Alaska YESS Varsity Team, Bishop Manogue High School Clay Target Club, Boise Buck Shots Youth Shooting Team, Coeur d’Alene High School Viking Trap & Skeet Team, and WWGC Youth Trap & Skeet Team—shared the range with those from Boise State University, Fresno State University, the University of Idaho, North Idaho College, and the University of Utah.
Here are the top-three finishers and their scores from each event:
American Skeet:
- College men’s: Logan Engelman 98 (Fresno State Gun Club), Daniel Bocks 97 (Fresno State Gun Club), Hunter Statham 97 (Fresno State Gun Club)
- College women’s: Larkin Henkel 87 (NIC Breaking Clays Club), Giana Andreazzi 56 (Boise State Sporting Arms Club), Lindzey Seat 55 (NIC Breaking Clays Club)
- High school men’s: Nick Vrevich 96 (Coeur d’Alene High School Viking Trap & Skeet Team), Colby Lord 95 (Alaska YESS Varsity Team), Nathan Marshal 95 (Alaska YESS Varsity Team), Jack Peterson 95 (WWGC Youth Trap & Skeet Team)
- High school women’s: Jessica Lincoln 97 (Alaska YESS Varsity Team), Meghan Thompson 74 (Alaska YESS Varsity Team), Courtney Belanger 68 (Alaska YESS Varsity Team)
American Trap:
- College men’s: Logan Engelman 99 (Fresno State Gun Club), Hunter Statham 97 (Fresno State Gun Club), Daniel Bocks 97 (Fresno State Gun Club)
- College women’s: Giana Andreazzi 77 (Boise State Sporting Arms Club), Lindzey Seat 70 (NIC Breaking Clays Club), Danielle Hahn 68 (Boise State Sporting Arms Club)
- High school men’s: Bailey Horne 100 (Alaska YESS Varsity Team), Carter Howell 98 (Boise Buck Shots Youth Shooting Team), John Morris 98 (Alaska YESS Varsity Team)
- High school women’s: Jessica Lincoln 90 (Alaska YESS Varsity Team), Hayley Lincoln 87 (Alaska YESS Varsity Team), Courtney Belanger 79 (Alaska YESS Varsity Team)
Sporting Clays:
- College men’s: Hunter Statham 90 (Fresno State Gun Club), Daniel Bocks 89 (Fresno State Gun Club), Dylan Imperatrice 88 (Fresno State Gun Club)
- College women’s: Kassidee Dunford 69 (University of Utah Trap and Skeet), Larkin Henkel 68 (NIC Breaking Clays Club), Katie Vestre 48 (Boise State Sporting Arms Club)
- High school men’s: Jack Peterson 91 (WWGC Youth Trap & Skeet Team), Nick Vrevich 88 (Coeur d’Alene High School Viking Trap & Skeet Team), Michael Goulding 85 (Boise Buck Shots Youth Shooting Team)
- High school women’s: Jessica Lincoln 94 (Alaska YESS Varsity Team), Meghan Thompson 69 (Alaska YESS Varsity Team), Courtney Belanger 62 (Alaska YESS Varsity Team)
Individual Highest Overall:
- College men’s: Hunter Statham 284 (Fresno State Gun Club), Daniel Bocks 283 (Fresno State Gun Club), Logan Engelman 280 (Fresno State Gun Club)
- College women’s: Larkin Henkel 217 (NIC Breaking Clays Club), Lindzey Seat 167 (NIC Breaking Clays Club), Giana Andreazzi 166 (Boise State Sporting Arms Club)
- High school men’s: Jack Peterson 282 (WWGC Youth Trap & Skeet Team), Nick Vrevich 278 (Coeur d’Alene High School Viking Trap & Skeet Team), Colby Lord 271 (Alaska YESS Varsity Team), Michael Goulding 271 (Boise Buck Shots Youth Shooting Team
- High school women’s: Jessica Lincoln 281 (Alaska YESS Varsity Team), Meghan Thompson 221 (Alaska YESS Varsity Team), Hayley Lincoln 213 (Alaska YESS Varsity Team)
Team Highest Overall:
- College: Fresno State Gun Club 1353, Boise State Sporting Arms Club 1124
- High school: Alaska YESS Varsity Team 1360
Upcoming tournaments include the Central Midwest Conference Championships from Oct. 8–9 in Pacific, Mo.; Lower Midwest International Championships from Oct. 21–23 in San Antonio; Upper East Coast Conference Championships from Nov. 5–6 in Glenn Dale, Md.; and Upper Midwest Conference Championships from Nov. 5–6 in Grand Island, Neb. Additional tournament dates and locations, as well as further information about the ACUI Clay Targets program, can be found at www.acui.org/claytargets.
ACUI would like to thank the MidwayUSA Foundation for providing endowment funds for teams. With their support, the ACUI program continues to create meaningful communities and development opportunities for students and teams across the country.
ACUI has organized the collegiate clay target championships for 49 years. The Clay Target Collegiate Shotgun Bowl Series was created in 2012 to provide additional opportunities for competition closer to participating campuses, thereby allowing full team roster participation.
Please contact Michelle Smith at 812.245.8055 or mjsmith1@acui.org with questions in regard to starting a team or getting involved with the ACUI Clay Target program.
About ACUI:
ACUI was founded in 1914. Its members work on urban and rural campuses, in two-year and four-year institutions, and at large and small schools. They are students and administrators whose mission is to build campus community. ACUI enriches them all through education, advocacy, and the delivery of services. ACUI considers its clay targets program not only a place to practice skills and compete with student-athletes, but a place where leadership opportunities abound and scholarships are awarded. It is a living, breathing community on campus, on the field, and at events.
For more information, visit: www.acui.org.