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Clay Target Team Wins Two Individual National Championships

Clay Target Team Wins Two Individual National Championships

San Antonio, Texas-The University of the Ozarks clay target team won two individual national championships at the Association of College Unions International Collegiate (ACUI) National Championships last week in San Antonio.

Seniors Jeff Proctor and Grace Brown each brought home national championship titles. Proctor, from Hector, topped Dawson Peer from University of Alabama to take home the national championship in International Bunker Trap. Brown, from Booneville, topped Alicia Dale from Midland University for the International Trap title. It is the second national championship for Brown in as many years.

As a team in the Division 2 level, the Eagles finished ninth in American Skeet, third in American Trap, seventh in International Skeet, second in International Trap, sixth in Super Sporting and seventh in Sporting Clays. 
 
In the Men's High Overall (HOA), Proctor was tops for the Eagles with 531. This placed him 91st overall out of 468. Brown was the team's best finisher in the Women's HOA with 508. This placed her 25th out of 132 competitors. In Division 2, the Eagles were sixth in the team HOA standings out of 11. In the American All-Around, the Eagles finished sixth out of 12 teams.

On the men's side, Proctor had strong performances in numerous events and finished as the team's top performer. In American Skeet, Proctor was the top finisher for Ozarks hitting 98. He tied for third overall out of 343 competitors. Proctor was the team's top finisher in American Trap hitting 99. He was tied for second overall out of 363 competitors. In International Skeet, Proctor hit 73. In International Trap, he hit 96 to tie for fourth out of 306 competitors. In Super Sporting Clays, he hit 88 to tie for eleventh overall out of 303 competitors. In Sporting Clays, he hit 77. There were 336 competitors.

In the men's American Skeet Class A Division, Mason Dobbs was the team's top finisher hitting 96 to place fourth overall out of 186. In American Skeet Class B, Tristian Leonard finished highest on the team with a 85. He was 11th out of 89 competitors. In American Trap Class B, Charles Priddy received a trophy after finishing in third place overall. Priddy competed against 190 shooters. In American Trap Class B, Gavin Wheeler placed third out of 91 competitors. In International Skeet Class A, Dobbs placed eighth overall out of 165 competitors. He hit 85. In International Skeet Class B, Leonard was the team's top finisher placing 28th overall out of 79 competitors. He hit 48. In International Trap Class A, John Wagner finished fourth overall with 95. There were 172 women's and men's shooters in the competition. In International Trap Class B, Leonard finished second overall with 89. There were 81 competitors. In Super Sporting Class A, Dobbs hit 89 to place fifth overall out of 175.  In Super Sporting Class B, Wheeler was the team's top finisher hitting 76 to place ninth out of 87. In Sporting Clays Class A, Dustin Robertson was sixth overall after hitting 86. There were 190 women's and men's competitors. In Sporting Clays Class B, Leonard was the team's top finisher hitting 71 for 14th place. There were 88 women's and men's shooters.

On the women's side, Summer Sanders was the top finisher in the open division of several events. In American Skeet, she hit a team-best 84. There were 92 competitors. In American Trap, Sanders was the top finisher hitting 93 and placed eighth overall. There were 98 competitors. In International Skeet, Sanders placed 27th overall after hitting 64. There were 74 competitors. In International Trap, Sanders hit 76 to place 21st overall out of 86 competitors. In Super Sporting Clays, Sanders hit 74 to finish 19th out of 82. In Sporting Clays, Sanders hit 61 to place 26th overall out of 85.

In American Skeet Class A, Brown was the top finisher hitting 92. She finished eighth out of combined 186 men and women. In International Trap Class A, Brown was the national champion on the women's side. Brown nailed 98 out of 100 to put her in a two-way tie. Brown then had a shoot off against Midland University's Alicia Dale. Brown clinched the title at the second station. There were 190 women's and men's competitors in the event. In the women's International Skeet Class A, Brown was to the team's top finisher hitting 75. She placed 18th overall.  In Super Sporting Class, Ashton Huffstutlar was the team's top finisher on the women's side hitting 85. There were 175 women's and men's shooters. In Sporting Clays Class A, Huffstutlar was the team's top women's finisher hitting 79. There were 190 women's and men's competitors.

In ISO Skeet, Dobbs was the team's top finisher with 97 and placed 16th out of 17. On the women's side, Brown was the top women's shooter on the team with 86. She placed ninth out of 16 shooters. In ISO Skeet on the women's side, Taylor Holland was the team's top finisher with 62.

In combined American events, Proctor was seventh overall with 197. Brown was the team's top women's finisher with 190. There were 729 women's and men's competitors. In combined clays, Robertson was the team's top finisher with 172. Ashton Huffstutlar was the team's top women's finisher with 164. There were 680 women's and men's shooters. In combined International events, Brown was the team's top finisher with 173. Dobbs was the team's top men's shooter with 173. There were 617 women's and men's competitors. In combined Skeet, Dobbs was the team's top finisher with 181. Brown was the women's top finisher on the team with 167. There were 624 women's and men's competitors.  In combined Trap, Brown was the team's top finisher with 196. Proctor was the team's top finisher for the men with 195. There were 672 women's and men's competitors. In individual All-American, Proctor was the team's top finisher with 362 and finished 66th. On the women's side of All-American, Brown was the team's top finisher with 335. There were a total of 659 shooters.