Jacksonville Southeast Collegiate Invitational draws more than 130 athletes

Jacksonville University’s Shooting Team and the Jacksonville Skeet & Trap Club recently hosted the seventh Jacksonville Southeast Collegiate Invitational (Regional) Championship Shoot, with 131 athletes from nine universities attending, making it one of the largest collegiate regional shoots in the country.

Emmanuel College took HOA (High Over All) Team by just 4 targets over runner-up JU, which also took third in the Sporting Clays portion of the Oct. 18-19 event. Rounding out the field for third, fourth and fifth were University of Kentucky, Clemson University and Embry-Riddle. ABAC, FSU and UNF filled out the balance of the collegiate field.

All schools competed in American Skeet, American Trap & International Wobble Trap on Saturday, Oct. 18, and Sporting Clays on Sunday, Oct. 19.

Many thanks to our Jacksonville University Sporting Clays, Skeet and Trap Team (JUSSTC), Jacksonville Gun Club volunteers and parents who refereed and did all else in between, as well as to Barbara Martin of Amelia Shotguns Sports for all of her efforts in our third Sporting Clays event on Sunday.

Money from the Scholastic Clay Target Program (www.shootsctp.org), funded by the Midway USA Foundation (www.midwayusafoundation.org), made the event possible. The shoot is hosted by JU and the SCTP and held every fall and spring at Jacksonville Skeet & Trap. More than 225 colleges and universities have Clay Target Shooting Teams/Clubs. All teams compete just like varsity programs, with no distinction, and are represented by Divisions I, II and III, but are not NCAA (by design), depending on program size. The schools in the Oct. 18-19 shoot were all Division II schools.

JU is a three-time ACUI Divisional National Champion and SCTP Runner-up National Champion across all divisions. For more on the team, visit http://www.ju.edu/jusstc.

OCT. 18-19 EVENT RESULTS:

Top Five Teams in Oct. 18 Skeet, Trap & I-Wobble Events:

Tourney HOA Champion: Emmanuel College (705)

Tourney RU:                       Jacksonville University (701)

Tourney Third:                   University of Kentucky (683)

Tourney Fourth:                 Clemson University (681)

Tourney Fifth:                  Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (636)

 

Top Five Individual Champions:

High Overall Tournament WOMEN’s Champion (HOA):     Shelby Evans (EC)

High Overall Tournament WOMEN’s Champion (RU):     Stephanie Beardsley (EC)

High Overall Tournament WOMEN’s Champion (Third): Libby Sabo (CU)

High Overall Tournament WOMEN’s Champion (Fourth): Shelby LoPresto (JU)

High Overall Tournament WOMEN’s Champion (Fifth):   Catherine Blankenship (CU)

 

High Overall Tournament MEN’s Champion (HOA):           Jeremy Jackson (EC)

High Overall Tournament MEN’s Champion (RU):             Wil Jackson (UK)

High Overall Tournament MEN’s Champion (Third):         Scott Hensley (JU)

High Overall Tournament MEN’s Champion (Fourth:        Nick D’Asto (JU)

High Overall Tournament MEN’s Champion (Fifth):          Christian Salavanera (EC)

 

SKEET (Women’s):

HOA:       Shelby LoPresto (JU)

RU:        Shelby Evans (EC)

Third:   Libby Sabo (CU)

Fourth:   Catherine Blankenship (CU)

Fifth:     Julianne Evans (JU)

 

SKEET (Men’s):

HOA:       Jeremy Jackson (EC)

RU:         Nick D’Asto (CU)

Third:    Adam Willey (CU)

Fourth:   Jonathan Henrici (UNF)

Fifth:     Noah Adair (EC)

 

TRAP (Women’s):

HOA:     Shelby Evans (EC)

RU:         Haylea Carter (CU)

Third:   Stephanie Beardsley (EC)

Fourth:  Libby Sabo (CU)

Fifth:    Heather Stewart (UK)

 

TRAP (Men’s):

HOA:       Wil Jackson (UK)

RU:         Jeremy Jackson (EC)

Third:    Mike Esposito (JU)

Fourth:    Ben Edwards (FSU)

Fifth:     Jose Pagola (ER)

 

International Wobble Trap (Women’s):

HOA:     Shelby Evans (EC)

RU:         Stephanie Beardsley (EC)

Third:    Catherine Blankenship (CU)

Fourth:  Shelby LoPresto (JU)

Fifth:     Haylea Carter (CU)

 

International Wobble Trap (Men’s):

HOA:     Wil Jackson (UK)

RU:         Forrest Neyman (UK)

Third:    Jeremy Jackson (EC)

Fourth:  Brett Laudeman (CU)

Fifth:     Benji Felder (JU)

 

Top Five Teams in Oct. 19 Sporting Clays events:

 

HOA:     Clemson University

RU:        University of Kentucky

Third:    Jacksonville University

Fourth:  Emmanuel College

Fifth:     ABAC

 

Sporting Clays (Ladies):

HOA:     Bailey Crenshaw (CU)

RU:         Haylea Carter (CU)

Third:    Shelby LoPresto (JU)

Fourth:  Mary K. Bamberg (CU)

Fifth:     Heather Stewart (UK)

 

Sporting Clays (Men’s):

HOA:    David Tucker (CU)

RU:         Forrest Neyman (UK)

Third:    Conrad Salvagin (CU)

Fourth:  Gordon MacQuirter (ABAC)

Fifth:     Ron Palazetti (JU)