RIFLE TEAM 2020-2021
Update: March 10, 2021
SRQ County JROTC Marksmanship League - County Champions!!
In a year starting out with the challenges of COVID-19 and working our way through the CDC and Sarasota County guidelines, the Sarasota County JROTC Marksmanship League continued to compete in Virtual/Postal Competitions. In these competitions, teams do not travel as they conduct the same course of fire as others in the same competition at their home range and then all targets are scored and uploaded online.
In the County League, the SMA Rifle Team took 1st Place in 4 of the 5 matches and the County Championship. Our team was led by 9th grader Gabby Ayers who had the top score in the league in the final match of the year, with a 260. Second year junior Noah Broneill was 1 point behind and the 2nd Place Individual while first year junior Liam Ries had a 258, which was the 3rd Place Individual score for the league. The following cadets also competed and improved a great deal over the year: Juliana Courie, Ethan Hylwa, Julia Mello, Cody Ogden and Maria Ospina.
Army JROTC Postal Match and Earning a Spot in the JROTC Nationals!!
The SMA Rifle will represent Army JROTC in the JROTC Virtual Nationals this year as we continue our 16th consecutive year in through the regionals and onto the JROTC Nationals for the 10th straight year and 13 of the last 15 Nationals Competition.
Our Precision team was led by senior Sophia Olazabal as Kendall Goebel, Daniel Delzer and Andersen Suter rounded out the 4 person team and two more competitors were Isabella Evans and freshman Lily Minahan.
Although the Sporter team did not make it through as a team, we did have Gabby Ayers and Noah Broneill earn spots into the next round as individuals. Special recognition to Maria Ospina Echeverry as she performed well with a personal record 471.
SMA Rifle Team Update
10 March 2021
American Legion Junior Shooting Sports National Postal - Sporter and Precision State Champions
The SMA Rifle Team earned three (3) State Championship titles in the American Legion National Postal in two (2) classes for the Precision and Sporter teams along with the Florida Individual Champion in Precision as senior Sophia Olazabal earned the title.
The Precision team consisted of both Olazabal, Goebel, and first year Isabella Evans and junior Andersen Suter. Also competing was Daniel Delzer and Lily Minahan. Both Olazabal and Goebel moved to the second round with their qualifying scores of 580 and 576 respectively.
The Sporter team was led by Junior Noah Broneill’s 504 followed closely by freshman Gabby Ayers’ 499. The team had personal records by Maria Ospina (471) and Juliana Courie (457).
USA State Junior Olympic Rifle Championship !!
Kendall Goebel and Isabella Evans both competed in their first Women’s 3 Position Rifle match in the State Junior Olympic Rifle Championships in Hollywood, Florida February 19-20. Both performed extremely well with Kendall Goebel tentatively in 1st place in the state with one last round of shooting the 3rd week of March.
Congratulations... the Standards of Excellence continues!
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