Trap and Skeet compete during season play in Maryland and Virginia

In their second official season at WC, Trap and Skeet takes home 2nd in GMU Eastern Regional Championship Championship  

By Chrissy Segrest 

Elm Staff Writer 

The past couple times the Washington College Trap & Skeet team has taken the field, they have been lighting it on fire. 

In the middle of October, the team placed second overall in the GMU Eastern Regional Championships in Virginia. Just a weekend later, at the end of the Battle of the Bay competition on Oct. 19 and 20, the team came out with a first-place trophy. 

In the second weekend of November, the team traveled to Glenn Dale Maryland to compete in the ACUI Upper East Coast Conference Championship.

While in Virginia, the team broke 923 targets in the Combined American Trap and American Skeet category, as well as breaking an additional 375 targets in the Sporting Clay category. 

They broke a total of 1,298 targets while there, beating out Virginia Tech, University of Maryland, George Mason University, University of Delaware, University of Vermont, and University of Virginia. Army was the only university that could outmatch WC.

Individually, the sophomore Will Sears finished second overall, with 92 competitors in the competition. Freshmen Chance Lowery and Greg Carpenter each smashed 249 targets, taking fourth and fifth place. 

Sophomore team captain Sammy DiLoreto placed third among women, breaking 201 targets. Freshman Emma Smith took sixth, breaking 177.

Last year, Army also beat out WC for first place. But last season, they beat WC by over 100 targets. This year it was only 32.

In one of the few events that WC hosts, WC managed to walk away with a first-place medal around all of their necks, as they beat five other schools for the victory.

WC managed to break 1,255 targets overall. Army was second, followed by Navy, University of Delaware, George Mason University, Virginia Military Institute, and University of Maryland, respectively.

Individually, senior team captain Jordan Ukishima finished fifth with 252 targets ruined. Junior Camerin Caraballo finished just one spot lower at sixth place, finishing two targets short of teammate Ukishima. Sophomore team captain Lanning Tyrrel finished with a record of 244 for ninth place.

One thought on “Trap and Skeet compete during season play in Maryland and Virginia

  1. As supporters of the WCTS varsity team and as parents of a team member, we appreciate the coverage of the WCTS in the Elm. In only the second year as a varsity sport, the WCTS team has had a great fall season and deserve the publicity and the recognition of the team and individual accomplishments. We do have some concerns over the accuracy of the stats as presented in the column by staff writer, Chrissy Segrest. The information as reported on the varsity athletics website is comprehensive and clearly stated. On the other hand, the column in the Elm lacks pertinent information concerning the team’s performance at the Battle of the Bay and the ACUI Upper East Coast Conference Championship. The name, “Battle of the Bay” of the WCTS hosted tournament was omitted from the Elm column. At the Battle of the Bay event, the WCTS team did not “walk away with a first-place medal around all of their necks” as stated in the Elm but the team actually did win three first-place team titles including high-over-all, skeet and sporting clays. Several individual awards were also presented to WCTS team members including: Samantha DiLoreto – first-place HOA women (205 targets), Emma Smith – third-place HOA women (186 targets), Jordan Ukishima – 3rd place American trap and the most astonishing omission: Nathaniel Neuland -HOA mens runner-up (257 targets) and first-place sporting clays. Neuland’s name was also not included in his photo printed with the Elm column. The lack of information regarding the results of the ACUI Upper East Coast Conference Championship held on November 9-10 is understandable when considering the timing of the event in relation to the Elm’s publication dates. We look forward to the inclusive coverage of this event in a future Elm edition.
    Sincerely – Daniel and Nayibe Neuland

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