This past weekend, Jacksonville University & the JS&T Club hosted  its fourth  Jacksonville SE Collegiate Invitational (Regional) Shoot  with  82 Collegiate athletes from 9 Universities attending. Clemson University took top honors, followed by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University,  and  Jacksonville University in very tight numbers . Both Clemson & JU are former ACUI Divisional National Champions. Rounding out the field were: Florida State University,  Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, University of North Florida, Stetson University and Emmaual College. All schools competed in American Skeet, Trap & International Wobble Trap (and the cold!) with 20 plus MPH winds. We also added a Sporting Clays event at Amelia Shotgun Sports (www.ameliashotgunsports.com), with Clemson taking top honors and Jacksonville University RU.  MANY thanks to our Jax Gun Club volunteers who reffed, cooked and braved the elements to make this happen, as well as to Barbara Martin (GM) of Amelia Shotguns Sports for all of her efforts in our fist ever Sporting Clays event on Sunday! 

TOP Five Placing Tourney Teams:

Tourney HOA Champion: Clemson University
Tourney RU:                        Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Tourney Third:                     Jacksonville University
Tourney Fourth:                  Florida State University
Tourney Fifth:                      Stetson University

Top Five  Placing Individual Champions:

High Overall Tournament MEN’s Champion (HOA):    Zach Wyatt (CU)
High Overall Tournament MEN’s Champion (RU):        Joe Williams (ER)
High Overall Tournament MEN’s Champion (Third):  Hunter Baughman (CU)
High Overall Tournament MEN’s Champion (Fourth:  Aston Player (CU)
High Overall Tournament MEN’s Champion (Fifth):    Jeremy Jackson (EC)

High Overall Tournament WOMEN’s Champion (HOA):      Katie Stansell (CU)
High Overall Tournament WOMEN’s Champion (RU):         Catherine Blankenship (CU)
High Overall Tournament WOMEN’s Champion (Third):   Corey Weigand (ER)
High Overall Tournament WOMEN’s Champion (Fourth): Erin Felker (JU)
High Overall Tournament WOMEN’s Champion (Fifth):     Amy Gileon (FSU)

Medals were also awarded to the top five individual shooters in Men’s and Women’s in each of the three events:

SKEET (Men’s):

HOA:       Jeremy Jackson (EC)
RU:          Joe Williams (ER)
Third:    Scott Hensley (JU)
Fourth: Grant Bledsone (UNF)
Fifth:     Hunter Baughman (CU)

SKEET (Women’s):

HOA:       Catherine Blankeship (CU)
RU:          Katie Stansell (CU)
Third:    Amanda Freeman (ABAC)
Fourth: Lori Hubbard (ER)
Fifth:     Alexis Crouch (JU)

TRAP (Men’s):

HOA:       Zach Wyatt (CU)
RU:          Alberto Abed (ER)
Third:    Brad Parker (UNF
Fourth: Austin Rodgers (CU)
Fifth:     Jarrett Lowe (ER)

TRAP (Women’s):

HOA:      Corey Weigand (ER)
RU:         Katie Stansell (CU)
Third:   Catherine Blankenship (CU)
Fourth: Amy Gileon (FSU)
Fifth:     Julianne Evans (JU)

International Wobble Trap (Men’s):

HOA:      Player Astin (CU)
RU:         Hunter Baughman (CU)
Third:   Joe Williams (ER)
Fourth: Alex McHale (CU)
Fifth:     Gavin Royal (FSU)

International Wobble Trap (Women’s):

HOA:      Catherine Blankenship (CU)
RU:         Katie Stansell (CU)
Third:   Amy Gileon (FSU)
Fourth: Erin Feker (JU)
Fifth:     Corey Weigand (ER)

Sporting Clays (Sunday)

HOA: Clemson University
RU:    Jacksonville University

Monies from the Scholastic Clay Target Program (www.shootsctp.org), funded by the Midway USA Foundation (www.midwayusafoundation.org), made all of this possible. This shoot is hosted by JU and the SCTP and is held every Fall & Spring at Jacksonville Skeet & Trap, with the next shoot happening on October 19, 2013. There are over 225 Colleges and Universities with Clay Target Shooting Teams/Clubs. ALL teams compete just like Varsity programs with no distinction, and are represented by Divisions I, II, & III, but are not NCAA (by design), depending on program size. The schools in this past weekend’s shoot are all Division II schools.

We wish to thank all of the volunteers who came out to ref, cook and run this Collegiate event – we could not have done it without you, and this shoot is putting us on the National map! 

Many thanks to the Jacksonville Gun Club, and all of the other Clubs here and around the country who have stood behind our Youth and Collegiate shooters, as they are our future. God Bless and safe shooting!  

David  Dobson is one of our long-term Resident (Master) Teaching Pros and life member here at JGC. He and Addie, also a NSCA Certified Instructor,  live in Ponte Vedra Beach. He is President & CEO of Dobson & Associates, Inc., as well as the founder of Dobson Performance Shooting School (www.daviddobson.com), and current Founder/Head Coach of the JU Varsity Shooting Team and a member of the JU Faculty. He is also the Founding Head Coach for the UNF Shooting Team. He can be reached at: (904) 285-9500, or via Email at  Ddobsonpvb@aol.com.