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title="AmmoLand Reports" href="http://www.ammoland.com/" target="_self">Ammoland.com)- The Junior Olympic program for USA Shooting can often be the beginning of the Olympic journey.
For four participants in the Tennessee Scholastic Clay Target Program, it’s the opportunity they’ve been working toward.
Grant Dorris of Henderson County 4-H, Trey Hill of Middle Tennessee Christian School in Mufreesboro, and Hannah Houston and William Stewart from Maury County have been selected to receive the support, assistance and coaching needed to advance through the ranks of competitive shotgun shooting.
“The talent pool has strengthened over the past year, and the competition was steep,” said Team USA National Shotgun Coach Bret Erickson, a four-time Olympian.
“We’re happy to acknowledge this group of young kids in hopes that they’ll gain the confidence and maturity necessary to be elite-level shooters in our program down the road.”
The team is comprised of nine trap, nine skeet and four double trap shooters.
About USA Shooting:
/> USA Shooting, a 501c3 non-profit corporation, was chartered by the United States Olympic Committee as the National Governing Body for the sport of shooting in April 1995. USA Shooting’s mission is to prepare American athletes to win Olympic medals, promote the shooting sports throughout the U.S. and govern the conduct of international shooting in the country. Check us out on the web at www.usashooting.org and on Twitter at twitter.com/USAShooting.
