Over 150 athletes, both collegiate and high school, traveled to Hillsdale College's Halter Shooting Sports Education Center on February 21^st to compete in the annual Hillsdale College Shotgun Invitational. Sub-freezing temperatures, tough lighting, and wind made for a challenging day of competition, but the Chargers came out on top.
 
Hillsdale swept the individual podium in Trap Doubles led by a perfect 100/100 by freshman Roman Barrett. 2^nd place in the men's category went to senior Leif Andersen (95/100) with junior Luke Johnson (95/100) earning 3^rd after a shoot-off. Sophomore Lucci Kern finished as Women's 1^st (93/100) with sophomore Marin McKinney (90/100) and sophomore Taylor Dale (87/100) taking 2^nd and 3^rd respectively. The 5^th score to contribute to Hillsdale's 474/500 was senior Davis Hay (91/100). 2^nd place team went to Grace College and 3^rd to Purdue.
 
Hillsdale's best event of the day was Skeet Doubles. Posting a phenomenal 246/250, the Chargers took 1^st place team ahead of Olivet and Purdue. Hay had the only perfect 50/50 of the match and earned Men's 1^st place. After a 4-way shootoff, freshman Max Versluys earned Men's 2^nd (49/50) and Johnson (49/50) finished 3^rd. Also breaking 49 targets and winning 1^st place among the women was junior Madeline Corbin. Women's 3^rd went to Dale (45/50). Senior Kyle Fleck (49/50) also contributed a score to the team.
 
The Chargers broke 242 out of a possible 250 targets in American Trap. Dale (49/50), junior Alex Hoffman (49/50), freshman Zach Hinze (48/50), Hay (48/50), and both Kern and McKinney (48/50) were a part of the team score. Dale earned Women's 1^st, Hoffman took Men's 3^rd, and Kern and McKinney finished 2^nd and 3^rd in the women's category respectively after a shoot-off. Hillsdale took 2^nd place in the event, just 1 target behind the University of Olivet and 8 targets ahead of Purdue.
 
Hillsdale finished as the 1^st place team in 5-Stand (136/150) ahead of 2^nd place Grace College (115/150) and Olivet in 3^rd (106/150). Chargers swept the podium individually. After a shoot-off, Hinze (28/30) was awarded the Men's gold and freshman David Texas Ardis (28/30) took 2^nd. 3^rd went to Johnson with a 27/30. Dale (27/30), McKinney (26/30), and Corbin (25/30) took 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd respectively in the Women's category.
 
With a total score of 1098/1150, the Chargers earned 1^st place Team High Overall ahead of 2^nd place Grace (936/1150) and 3^rd Olivet (930/1150). Individually, Hillsdale athletes swept the HOA podium on both the men's and women's side. Johnson (217/230) led the way with Barrett (214/230) and Hay (213/230) just behind. For Women, Dale (208/230), McKinney (206/230), and Kern (201/230) finished 1^st-3^rd.
 
The Chargers next travel to the World Shooting and Recreation Complex in Sparta, IL to compete in the ACUI/SCTP Spring Central Midwest Conference Championship. They shoot from February 27 through March 1^st. They will then head to San Antonio, TX for the ACUI/SCTP Collegiate Clay Target Championships from March 16-21.
 
 
 
Results:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17chJntPBtfm7BCvuN0WFJxczFehCMkX9rzXw2k87nPQ/edit?usp=sharing
 
1^st Team High Overall
Luke Johnson - 1^st Men's High Overall
Roman Barrett - 2^nd Men's High Overall
Davis Hay – 3^rd Men's High Overall
Taylor Dale – 1^st Women's High Overall
Marin McKinney – 2^nd Women's High Overall
Lucci Kern – 3^rd Women's High Overall
 
1^st Team Trap Doubles
Roman Barrett – 1^st Men's Trap Doubles
Leif Andersen – 2^nd Men's Trap Doubles
Luke Johnson – 3^rd Men's Trap Doubles
Lucci Kern – 1^st Women's Trap Doubles
Marin McKinney – 2^nd Women's Trap Doubles
Taylor Dale – 3^rd Women's Trap Doubles
 
1^st Team Skeet Doubles
Davis Hay – 1^st Men's Skeet Doubles
Max Versluys – 2^nd Men's Skeet Doubles
Luke Johnson – 3^rd Men's Skeet Doubles
Madeline Corbin – 1^st Women's Skeet Doubles
Taylor Dale – 3^rd Women's Skeet Doubles
 
2^nd Team Trap
Alex Hoffman – 3^rd Men's Trap
Taylor Dale – 1^st Women's Trap
Lucci Kern – 2^nd Women's Trap
Marin McKinney – 3^rd Women's Trap
 
1^st Team 5-Stand
Zach Hinze – 1^st Men's 5-Stand
David Texas Ardis – 2^nd Men's 5-Stand
Luke Johnson – 3^rd Men's 5-Stand
Taylor Dale – 1^st Women's 5-Stand
Marin McKinney – 2^nd Women's 5-Stand
Madeline Corbin – 3^rd Women's 5-Stand