Posted June 21, 2016 10:01 am by Comments

By Duncan Johnson

Wright, Jacob Win Skeet Titles to Close National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships
Wright, Jacob Win Skeet Titles to Close
National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships
National Junior Olympic Shooting Championship (NJOSC)
National Junior Olympic Shooting Championship (NJOSC)

Colorado Springs-(Ammoland.com)- The National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships wrapped today with training partners Trey Wright and Katie Jacob claiming top honors in Men’s and Women’s Skeet at the International Shooting Park in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

“It was stressful honestly,” Wright said. “It feels great to have it all done. I was just thinking mainly that I want to come out of this top three or top two! It’s pretty awesome though. I’ve been working so hard.”

Wright (17, Albany, Georgia) shot not only a perfect 16/16 targets in the Semifinal match, but an additional perfect 16 targets as well to claim the gold medal during an often windy competition. He’d have to shoot that level of perfection to edge out Nic Moschetti (Broomfield, Colorado), who would go on to claim the silver medal. Moschetti, who led after the first day of competition, also shot a perfect 16 targets in the Semifinal, but dropped just one target in the gold-medal match. Elijah Ellis (College Station, Texas) would …Read the Rest

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