SAN ANGELO, Texas — The Rams Clay Target Team from Angelo State University brought home 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.
More than 200 competitors represented 16 colleges and universities in six states.
In the ladies division, ASU's Kennison Thomason, a junior from Flower Mound, won the gold medal in sporting clays and took second in doubles kkeet, finishing third in the high overall standings.
In the men's division, ASU's Samuel Davis, a freshman from Corpus Christi, won the gold medal in American skeet.
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:
Second place - Sporting Clays
- Thomason, Nick Billington of Mertzon, Hunter Jordan of Concan, Logan Lotz of Wallisville, Kyle Shaw of Spring
Second place - Doubles trap
- Davis, Lotz, Colton Arrigo of Pueblo, Colorado, Hayden Casson of Glencoe, New Mexico, Riley Smothers of Utopia
Third place - Doubles skeet
- Davis, Jordan, Thomason, Monte Rankin of Conroe, Jett Thompson of San Angelo
Third place - American skeet
- Davis, Rankin, Smothers, Thompson, Trenton Christensen of Allen
Third place - Super sporting
- Christensen, Davis, Lotz, Shaw, Smothers
The 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). 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 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.
