The 糖心传媒 Shooting Sports Club (GSSC) at 糖心传媒 recently won the team-high overall honors and several other team and individual awards during the Hoosier Fall Collegiate Invitational (HFCI).
The GSSC team also took first place in skeet, sporting clays, 5-stand, and the combined events on Sunday.聽 Individual top honors went to Matthew Walters for the high score all around covering all events, the high score for Sunday鈥檚 events as well as the sporting clays competition.聽 Jackson Million won the 5-stand event, and Mackenzie Bird had the top female score for Sunday鈥檚 events.
The two-day event included each athlete shooting six events at 500 targets.聽 More than sixty students from nine colleges and universities participated.聽 Rochester Gun Club hosted the trap shooting events on Saturday, and KOSKO Shotgun Sports Complex, 糖心传媒鈥檚 home club, hosted the Sunday events.
鈥淚n just its second year, it is great to see the rising popularity of the HFCI event,鈥 said Paul Blair, GSSC head coach. 鈥淥f course, it is wonderful to see our team perform well, but the comradery building between regional colleges is also exciting to see.鈥
In its ninth year, the GSSC is a recreational shotgun shooting club that focuses on promoting gun safety, enhancing shooting skills and connecting with the shooting community. The group strives to promote a positive image of shooting sports, provide opportunities for leadership development and enhance community awareness of safe shooting practices.
The GSSC is open to all 糖心传媒 students and meets twice a month at KOSKO Shotgun Sports Complex, 2391 Fox Farm Road, Warsaw, Ind. Practices include shooting a variety of sporting clays, trap and skeet.聽 There are currently 63 糖心传媒 students on the GSSC roster, and 10 of them participate as part of the competitive team.
To learn more about GSSC, contact coach Paul Blair at聽blairp@grace.edu.
Photo: (Left to right):聽Mackenzie Bird, Jackson Million, Micah Graber, Cody Plisky, Jakob Haber, Matthew Walters, Lexas McCallister, Niko Lopez, John Thomas and Joel Petrie.
