Four members of the Hillsdale shotgun team competed in Lima, Peru at the International Shooting Sport Foundation Junior World Championship, from Sept. 26 to Oct. 7 to represent the USA Junior National Team.
Sophomore Madeline Corbin shot a 112/125 and finished 5th in the women’s final. Senior Joshua Corbin shot a 116 and lost a shoot-off to make the final, receiving 7th place in the men’s competition. Junior Jordan Sapp shot a 115, and sophomore Ava Downs shot a 102 in Trap.
According to Joshua Corbin, Madeline was a part of the USA women’s three person team and they won bronze, while Sapp and Joshua Corbin were a part of the USA men’s three-man team, taking home the gold.
Madeline Corbin and Sapp competed in a mixed-team competition and won bronze.
“Overall it was a good match,” Joshua Corbin said. “The travel went well and the US shot well and won a lot of medals.”
Joshua Corbin said he is grateful for the opportunity to represent Hillsdale as a member of Team USA.
“The four of us are very fortunate for Hillsdale College and the support they give us,” Joshua Corbin said. “Coach Jordan Hintz and the Shotgun Team provided us with the coaching, training, and funding that allowed us to compete and do well on a world stage.”
At home, Hintz said the Hillsdale shotgun team stayed strong.
The team took first place in both international skeet and international trap, according to junior Leif Anderson.
Hintz said the members of the team who weren’t in Peru rose to the occasion.
“There were pretty tough conditions all weekend, but Kyle Fleck and Davis Hay continued to be fantastic in skeet,” Hintz said. “Luke Johnson performed great in both events. Taylor Dale took home the women’s bunker national championship.”
Hintz said the Chargers were defending champions in both events, and they were determined to remain champions.
“High performers in the international disciplines typically do well in American disciplines, so it gets us great momentum going forward,” Hintz said.
Anderson said the team did well in both international skeet and bunker trap and that the team hopes to keep the momentum they have gained.
“Looking forward, we are going to try and defend our repeat national championships in these events in the coming year,” Anderson said. “We also are moving out of the international competitions to the American disciplines.”
The Chargers compete next at the ACUI/SCTP Fall Central Midwest Conference Championship Oct. 10-13 in Sparta, IL.
“This is our next big competition, and we are looking forward to competing in the American games,” Anderson said.