COLUMBUS, Ohio – The top male and female athletes in Bunker Trap were recognized by the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) at the 2016 National Team Championships for their outstanding individual performances in each of its three competitive divisions.

Honored for their ability to break clay targets on the Bunker Trap field at the SCTP Nationals were women shooters Julia Stallings (Rossville, Tenn.) of the St. Agnes Shooting Stars in the Collegiate Division who broke 75 targets; Jessica Ciezki (Waterford, Wisc.) of the Waterford Wolverine Shooting Team in the Intermediate Division with 59; and Kaitlyne Hakes (Knoxville , Tenn.) of the N2Dust Shotgun Sports in the Senior Division with 72.

Among the men competing this year the top performances came from Mark Beardsley (Glen Rock, Pa.) of the Mason-Dixon Clay Busters in the Collegiate Division with 78; Tristan Schroder (Battle Creek, Mich.) of the Fudd Dusters Shotgun Sporting Team in the Intermediate Division with 65; and Andrew Loitz (Coral Springs, Fla.) of the Young Guns At Quail Creek in the Senior Division with 80.

Held July 9-16 at the Cardinal Shooting Center in Marengo, Ohio, nearly 2,200 athletes representing 28 states faced more than 961,000 clay targets during eight days of competition in the shooting disciplines of Trap, Skeet and Sporting Clays.

The Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) is a youth development program in which adult coaches and other volunteers use the shooting sports of Trap, Skeet and Sporting Clays, as well as the Olympic disciplines of Bunker Trap, Trap Doubles and International Skeet to teach and to demonstrate sportsmanship, responsibility, honesty, ethics, integrity, teamwork, and other positive life skills. Nationally, there are nearly 13,700 students and more than 2,900 coaches from 43 states participating in the Scholastic Clay Target Program.

The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. (SSSF), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is the National Governing Body for the Scholastic Clay Target Program. SCTP was started by the National Shooting Sports Foundation in 2001.

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