Posted July 1, 2015 10:57 am by Comments

By Patriot Outdoor News

This young lady is making competitive-shooting history.

Sunday the 28th of June brought a new record to USA Shooting’s National Championships as eighth-grade pistol shooter Carson Saabye earned a bronze medal in Women’s Air Pistol, thus becoming the youngest National Team member in the history of USA Shooting. Saabye earned two of the medals handed out in Air Pistol. Along with her bronze medal, she was the runner-up to Lydia Paterson in the junior event. She’ll compete later this week in the Sport Pistol event.

Amazingly, Carson is just three years into the sport. She’s a straight-A student, a member of the National Junior Honor Society, and shooting isn’t the only sport she’s good at: She’s also the starting shortstop for her softball team, Team Colorado Rawlings, which recently won the Triple Crown state championship and qualified to play at Nationals later this summer in Park City, Utah.

Carson’s part of an rising group of junior competitors training at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs as part of the National Training Center Junior Shooting Club program. Her teammate, 14-year-old Will Shaner, broke a J3 (14 years and younger) national record in Men’s Prone Rifle on his way to a silver medal …read more

Source:: Patriot Outdoor News

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