Angelo State University Sporting Clay Team Excels at Regionals

 

SAN ANTONIO, TX — The Angelo State University Rams Clay Target Team brought home a host of individual and team medals, including two individual Gold Medals, from the recent ACUI/SCTP Lower Midwest Super Shoot competition at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio.

The competition featured over 200 competitors representing 16 colleges and universities in six states. In the Lady's Division, ASU's Kennison Thomason, a junior from Flower Mound, won the Gold Medal in Sporting Clays and took second in Doubles Skeet, finishing third in the High Over All standings.

In the Men's Division, ASU's Samuel Davis, a freshman from Corpus Christi, won the Gold Medal in American Skeet.

ASU's Samuel Davis (Left) and Kennison Thomason (Right)

ASU's Samuel Davis (Left) and Kennison Thomason (Right)

(Credit: Angelo State University)

In the team competition, Rams Clay Target Team shooters placed in the top three in five of the six contests to finish fourth in the Team High OverAll standings. ASU's top placings, with the competing team members, included:

  • 2nd Place - Sporting Clays
    • Thomason, Nick Billington of Mertzon, Hunter Jordan of Concan, Logan Lotz of Wallisville, Kyle Shaw of Spring
  • 2nd Place - Doubles Trap
    • Davis, Lotz, Colton Arrigo of Pueblo, Colo., Hayden Casson of Glencoe, N.M., Riley Smothers of Utopia
  • 3rd Place - Doubles Skeet
    • Davis, Jordan, Thomason, Monte Rankin of Conroe, Jett Thompson of San Angelo
  • 3rd Place - American Skeet
    • Davis, Rankin, Smothers, Thompson, Trenton Christensen of Allen
  • 3rd Place - Super Sporting
    • Christensen, Davis, Lotz, Shaw, Smothers

The Rams Clay Target Team is a registered student organization that competes in regional and national contests sponsored by the Association of College Unions International (ACUI) and the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP). The ASU faculty/staff sponsor is Kurtis Neal, director of human resources, and Rankin is the student president.

To support the Rams Clay Target Team, ASU is hosting the sixth annual Rams Reload Sporting Clay Shoot on Saturday, May 4, at the San Angelo Claybird Association range. More details on registering to participate and/or sponsor the event are available at angelo.edu/ramsreload.

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