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

Honored for their ability to break clay targets on the Skeet fields at the SCTP Nationals were women shooters Carey Garrison (Crossville, Tenn.) of the Cumberland County Clay Crushers in the Rookie Division with 152; Makayla Dame (Franktown, Colo.) of the Rocky Mountain Clay Busters in the Intermediate/Entry Level Division with 166; Shelby Summers (Paris, Tenn.) of the Henry Co. No Fly Zone in the Intermediate/Advanced Division with 189; Ashley Blenker (Cooper City, Fla.) of the Young Guns At Quail Creek in the Junior Varsity Division with 191; Tori Brown (Columbia, Tenn.) of the Santa Fe Sharpshooters in the Varsity Division with 194; and Sarah McInturff (Jonesborough, Tenn.) of the Unaka Shooters in the Collegiate Division with 192.

Among the men competing this year the top performances came from Owen Knight (Macy, Ind.) of the Kosko Dust Devils in the Rookie Division with 189; Thomas Miles (Brooks, Ga.) of the Wolf Creek Shotgun Team in the Intermediate/Entry Level Division with 198; Preston Bailey (Columbus, Mont.) of the Smokin Guns in the Intermediate/Advanced Division with 196; Max Bunning (Plymouth, Minn.) of the Wayzata Youth Clay Target Club in the Junior Varsity Division with 199; Jacob McInturff (Johnson City, Tenn.) of the Unaka Shooters in the Varsity Division with 200; and Clint Hinton (McKenzie, Tenn.) of the Bethel University in the Collegiate Division with 197.

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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