COLUMBUS, Ohio – In a close battle that saw the top three squads separated by just nine targets, Colorado's Rocky Mountain Clay Busters took the Bunker Trap title in the Senior Division during competition at the 2017 Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) National Team Championships.

With their final target count of 207, the Rocky Mountain Clay Busters were led by Bryon Baca of Colorado Springs with 74 followed by Dalton Kirchhoefer of Parker with 72 and Cameron Dines, also of Parker, with 61.

Held July 8-15 at the Cardinal Shooting Center in Marengo, Ohio, more than 2,300 athletes representing 29 states faced over one million clay targets during eight days of competition in the shooting disciplines of Trap, Skeet and Sporting Clays.

Second place went to the Ankeny Centennial Jaguars Trap Team from Iowa with 203 total targets. William Merk led the squad breaking 74 of 100 targets. Chase Martin added 66 while Kael Richmond broke another 63 towards the team's total. All three shooters are from Ankeny.

The Hudson Raider SCTP Shooting Club of Wisconsin claimed third with 198 targets. Reed Meyer, who broke 82 targets, led the squad, followed by Cody Cicha with 65 and Tyler Melloy with 51. All three teammates are from Hudson.

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 14,800 students and more than 3,300 adult volunteers across 45 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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