Fourth Jacksonville SE Collegiate Invitational
Attended By 82 Athletes from 9 Universities
By David T.
Dobson, MBA
NSCA
Certified Instructor, Level III
NSSA
Certified Instructor, Level III
JU Faculty
& JU Varsity Shooting Team Head Coach
This past
weekend, Jacksonville University & the JS&T Club hosted its fourth Jacksonville SE Collegiate Invitational (Regional)
Shoot with 82 Collegiate athletes from 9 Universities attending.
Clemson University took top honors, followed by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University,
and
Jacksonville University in very tight numbers . Both Clemson & JU
are former ACUI Divisional National Champions. Rounding out the field were:
Florida State University, Abraham
Baldwin Agricultural College, University of North Florida, Stetson University
and Emmaual College. All schools competed in American Skeet, Trap &
International Wobble Trap (and the cold!) with 20 plus MPH winds. We also added
a Sporting Clays event at Amelia Shotgun Sports (www.ameliashotgunsports.com),
with Clemson taking top honors and Jacksonville University RU. MANY thanks to our Jax Gun Club volunteers
who reffed, cooked and braved the elements to make this happen, as well as to
Barbara Martin (GM) of Amelia Shotguns Sports for all of her efforts in our
fist ever Sporting Clays event on Sunday!
TOP Five
Placing Tourney Teams:
Tourney HOA
Champion: Clemson University
Tourney RU: Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University
Tourney Third: Jacksonville University
Tourney Fourth: Florida State University
Tourney Fifth: Stetson University
Top
Five Placing Individual Champions:
High
Overall Tournament MEN’s Champion (HOA): Zach
Wyatt (CU)
High
Overall Tournament MEN’s Champion (RU):
Joe Williams (ER)
High
Overall Tournament MEN’s Champion (Third): Hunter Baughman (CU)
High
Overall Tournament MEN’s Champion (Fourth: Aston Player (CU)
High
Overall Tournament MEN’s Champion (Fifth): Jeremy Jackson (EC)
High Overall
Tournament WOMEN’s Champion (HOA): Katie
Stansell (CU)
High
Overall Tournament WOMEN’s Champion (RU): Catherine Blankenship (CU)
High
Overall Tournament WOMEN’s Champion (Third):
Corey Weigand (ER)
High
Overall Tournament WOMEN’s Champion (Fourth): Erin Felker (JU)
High
Overall Tournament WOMEN’s Champion (Fifth):
Amy Gileon (FSU)
Medals were
also awarded to the top five individual shooters in Men’s and Women’s in each
of the three events:
SKEET (Men’s):
HOA: Jeremy Jackson (EC)
RU: Joe Williams (ER)
Third: Scott Hensley (JU)
Fourth:
Grant Bledsone (UNF)
Fifth: Hunter Baughman (CU)
SKEET
(Women’s):
HOA: Catherine Blankeship (CU)
RU: Katie Stansell (CU)
Third: Amanda Freeman (ABAC)
Fourth: Lori
Hubbard (ER)
Fifth: Alexis Crouch (JU)
TRAP
(Men’s):
HOA: Zach Wyatt (CU)
RU: Alberto Abed (ER)
Third: Brad Parker (UNF
Fourth:
Austin Rodgers (CU)
Fifth: Jarrett Lowe (ER)
TRAP
(Women’s):
HOA: Corey Weigand (ER)
RU: Katie Stansell (CU)
Third: Catherine Blankenship (CU)
Fourth: Amy
Gileon (FSU)
Fifth: Julianne Evans (JU)
International
Wobble Trap (Men’s):
HOA: Player Astin (CU)
RU: Hunter Baughman (CU)
Third: Joe Williams (ER)
Fourth:
Alex McHale (CU)
Fifth: Gavin Royal (FSU)
International
Wobble Trap (Women’s):
HOA: Catherine Blankenship (CU)
RU: Katie Stansell (CU)
Third: Amy Gileon (FSU)
Fourth:
Erin Feker (JU)
Fifth: Corey Weigand (ER)
Sporting
Clays (Sunday)
HOA:
Clemson University
RU: Jacksonville University
Monies from
the Scholastic Clay Target Program (www.shootsctp.org),
funded by the Midway USA Foundation (www.midwayusafoundation.org), made
all of this possible. This shoot is hosted by JU and the SCTP and is held every
Fall & Spring at Jacksonville Skeet & Trap, with the next shoot
happening on October 19, 2013. There are over 225 Colleges and Universities
with Clay Target Shooting Teams/Clubs. ALL teams compete just like Varsity
programs with no distinction, and are represented by Divisions I, II, &
III, but are not NCAA (by design), depending on program size. The schools in this
past weekend’s shoot are all Division II schools.
We wish to
thank all of the volunteers who came out to ref, cook and run this Collegiate
event – we could not have done it without you, and this shoot is putting us on
the National map!
Many
thanks to the Jacksonville Gun Club, and all of the other Clubs here and around the
country who have stood behind our Youth and Collegiate shooters, as they are
our future. God Bless and safe shooting!
David Dobson is one of our long-term Resident
(Master) Teaching Pros and life member here at JGC. He and Addie, also a NSCA Certified
Instructor, live in Ponte Vedra Beach.
He is President & CEO of Dobson & Associates, Inc., as well as the
founder of Dobson Performance Shooting School (www.daviddobson.com), and current Founder/Head
Coach of the JU Varsity Shooting Team and a member of the JU Faculty. He is
also the Founding Head Coach for the UNF Shooting Team. He can be reached at:
(904) 285-9500, or via Email at Ddobsonpvb@aol.com.
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On November 17th and 18th the Hancock Shooting Academy will be at the
Jacksonville Gun Club doing an International Skeet
Clinic. Vinnie Hancock, a 2-time Gold medalist in Olympic Skeet at 23! Will be
at the clinic to shoot and coach along with,
Craig Hancock and Frank Edwards! This is going to be the shooting even of the
year. More information on times and registration coming soon!
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A young Jacksonville University team competing for the last time in Division III placed among the elite at the recent ACUI Clay Target Collegiate National Championships.
The JU Sporting, Skeet & Trap Team, up against 58 other teams at the 44th annual event in San Antonio, placed
third overall in Division III, third in American Skeet and third in
International Skeet. The team moves up to Division II next year.
“This
was a very green team, as we lost some top shooters from last year's
Division III National Championship Team,” said coach David T. Dobson.
“However, given the new crop of inexperienced shooters, we did very well
and went to the podium three times -- very proud of this team.”
A strong team is expected to return to JU next fall, Dobson noted.
“We
have some superb talent that is up and coming. The Clay Target Sports
are much bigger than just shooting clay targets: we are building skills
and solutions for life in terms of responsibility, accountability,
professionalism, discipline, respect, manners, keeping it safe and
overall character.”
This year's Nationals Team consisted of 14 members: Justin
Felker (Team Captain); Ashley Kohler (Co-Captain); Scott Hensley
(Co-Captain); Eric Baker; Kara Feinstein; Leigh-Anne Edwards; Tarrant
Dunford; Charlie “Bulldog” Needham; Erin Felker; David Gonzales; Rob
Searcy; Adam Granic; Dustin Mollohan; and Becky Killinger.
The
Intercollegiate Clay Target Championships are the only national
tournament in which collegiate shooters may compete in six different
clay target events within the same program. The events include
International Skeet, International Trap, American Skeet, American Trap,
Sporting Clays and Five-Stand Sporting. Sponsoring partners include
Midway USA, Midway USA Foundation, the National Shooting Sporting
Foundation, the National Rifle Association collegiate and School
Programs, and the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation.
This
year’s event from March 27-April 2 was again held at the National
Shooting Complex in San Antonio. Members of the USA Shooting Team
(Olympic Team qualifier) and ESPN were also on hand. To learn more about ACUI and the event, visit www.ACUI.org/claytargets.
Results are in from the SE Collegiate Spring
Invitational!
We had eight colleges and 80 Collegiate shooters compete on Saturday March
3, 2012. Congratulations everyone on a great day of shooting! We hope
to see everyone and more next year for the SE Collegiate Fall Invitational
next year!
HOA:
Men's: Justin Felker (JU - Won in Shoot Off)
Ladies: Ashley Kohler (JU - Won Outright)
Skeet:
HOA: Scott Hensley (JU - Outright)
Runner-Up: Hunter Baughman (Clemson - Shoot Off)
Third Place: Justin Felker (JU - Shoot Off)
Trap:
HOA: Hunter Baughman (Clemson - Won Outright)
Runner-Up: Alex Rennart (UF - Shoot Off)
Third Place: Justin Felker (JU - Shoot Off)
Wobble Trap:
HOA: Alex Rennart (UF - Won in Shoot Off)
Runner-Up: Justin Felker (JU - Shoot Off)
Third Place: Gabriel Garriga (Embry-Riddle - Shoot Off)
Overall Team
Ranking for top three:
HOA: Clemson University
Runner-Up: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Third Place: Jacksonville University
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http://jacksonville.com/sports/outdoors/2010-10-31/story/outdoors-ju-unf-teams-taking-their-best-shot
http://www.nssfblog.com/nssf-grants-for-colleges/
http://www.realtree.com/hunting/articles-and-how-to/outdoor-news/collegiate-target-shooting-grows-nssf-grants
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYytNesZVYA
The Southeast Collegiate shoot will be broadcasted LIVE on 10/29/2011 on ihgih.com network! To watch the event please go to http://www.ihigh.com/school31386. Broadcasting will start at 9:30am EST.
JU wins Intercollegate shoot at Flager Gun Club on April 10, 2011 to see
full standings and pictures from the event please visit
www.flaglergunclub.com.
JU Shooting Club Wins Honors at ACUI Clay Target National
Championships
Jacksonville, Fla. — The Jacksonville University Shooting Club is the
Division III, National 5-Stand Sporting Clays Champion after competing in the
43rd Association of College Unions International (ACUI) Clay Target National
Championships held March 31 thru April 4 at the National Shooting Complex in San
Antonio, Texas. JU’s Club was also runner up in both International Trap and
International Skeet, as well as placing third in American Skeet and Sporting
Clays and fifth in American Trap, all Division III.
This was the Club’s first national event since its inception in the fall
of 2009. There were 50 colleges that competed, broken into three divisions, and
432 individual competitors, including members from the United States Shooting
Team. Being a club sport, the activity is not funded by the school so members
have to pay for their own supplies, etc., but all of the schools compete as
varsity teams, as the ACUI makes no distinction between club or varsity.
“We’re undefeated in regular season competition, two years running,” said
David Dobson, MBA, JU adjunct professor and head coach and founder of the JU
Shooting Club. “This is a big deal for JU, and I hope to get it fully funded and
approved as a varsity concept for JU as it will help with recruitment and
retention for the University. Students love it, and the clay shooting sports are
the fastest-growing, recreational sport in the country today, and that goes for
colleges and universities, as there are more than 200 universities who have
Shooting Teams or Clubs.”
Dobson, who is also the head coach for the Shooting Club at University of
North Florida (UNF), proposed the club to JU in April of 2009. With the help of
Dr. Priscilla Berry, assistant professor of business communications, the Club
started in the fall of that year with the aid of a National Shooting Sports
Foundation (NSSF, www.nssf.org<http://www.nssf.org>) grant written by Dobson.
JU’s Shooting Club was the pilot program for the state of Florida with respect
to the NSSF Collegiate Shooting Sports Initiative and partners with the Club
from UNF for practices.
In regional competition on April 9, JU won the Spring Collegiate
Conference Shoot held at Flagler Gun Club, besting UNF, FSU, UF, Stetson,
Embry-Riddle and Daytona College. The club also earned the JU Leadership Award
for Best New Club in 2010 from Campus Activities.
They have earned several
grants from the NSSF to put toward their practice and shooting expenses. Funding
is always a challenge for the Club, as shooting facilities have fees for targets
and shells, and traveling to competitions incurs additional costs.
“We’ve worked hard to raise money, but it would be such a huge relief if
we had more help,” said Ashley Kohler, a junior and vice president of the Club.
“We’ve gone to work at the gun show and even sold cookies, but funding is still
the biggest obstacle.”
The Shooting Club at JU started in the fall of 2009 and now has 16
members. The current members on the shooting club roster are: Justin Felker -
president, Ashley Kohler - vice-president, Matt Arn - secretary, TJ Urbanek -
treasurer, Anthony Flock, Phillip Rowley, Arthur Pareene, Laura Wade, Alexis
Crouch, Steve Lundy, Pete Sutherland, Tarrant Dunford, Michael Esposito, Charles
Needham, Jacob Parr and Scott Hensley.
The JU Shooting Club also currently works to support the Wounded Warrior
Project (WWP,
http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/),
based here in Jacksonville. They wear patches on their vests and WWP hats when
they compete in order to spread awareness of the WWP and its mission to help
wounded vets acclimate back into civilian life after traumatic injury in combat.
This cause is important to them, as a club member, former Army SGT. Pete
Sutherland, is a combat veteran, Wounded Warrior and graduate of WWP “TRACK
Program”. Additionally, Dobson’s nephew-in-law, Dan Nevins, is an EVP with the
WWP and also a Wounded Warrior after losing his legs in combat in Iraq in
2004.