SAN ANTONIO, TX – The Washington College Trap and Skeet Team (WCTS) competed in the largest ACUI-SCTP Collegiate Clay Target National Championships on record. with approximately 1,250 athletes, 60 Division 3 schools, and 31 Division 3 schools in the HOA. WCTS contended with less than ideal weather conditions all week but the team rose to the occasion and while the podium was just out of reach, the team had a tournament for the record books. 

Monday - WCTS took the Sporting Clays range for the first event of the championships posting the 2nd highest team score ever with 397/500 earning them a 15th place finish out of 58 schools. The shoremen were led by Trice Moore '28 (84/100). Rounding out the rest of the top 5 scores were Max McNulty '27 (81/100), Chris Johnson '26 (80/100), Hunter Clark '25 (79/100), Marcus Rosenstiel '28 (73/100). 

Tuesday - Continuing with the sporting disciplines the team shot the Super Sporting Clays event breaking 427/500 and finishing 13th out of 49 schools. WCTS was led by both Hunter Clark and Chris Johnson (89/100) and followed closely by Marcus Rosenstiel (88/100), Trice Moore (83/100), and Colin Krug '26 (79/100). 

Wednesday - Beginning the line games with Doubles American Skeet the Shoremen and Shorewomen set a program record breaking 451/500 and finishing 8th out of 43 schools. The top 5 scores were posted by Marcus Rosenstiel (96/100), Trice Moore (90/100), Max McNulty (90/100), Hunter Clark (89/100), and Hartley Meyer '25 (86/100).

Thursday - Saw the conclusion of American Skeet with WCTS finishing 5th out of 59 schools. WCTS set two new program records, first breaking 477/500 and second by team leader Marcus Rosenstiel who posted the team's first scored 100/100 in American Skeet. Also contributing to the team score were Hunter Clark (97/100), Trice Moore (96/100), Katie Opielski '26 (96/100), and Hartley Meyer (88/100).

Friday - Both trap events were completed on the final day of competition beginning with American Trap where the team set another program record breaking 478/500 finishing 8th out of 60 schools. WCTS was led again by Marcus Rosenstiel (99/100), Hunter Clark (96/100), Trice Moore (96/100), Gracie Heintzelman '28 (95/100), and Chris Johnson (92/100).

In the afternoon the team finished off the 6 event series with American Doubles Trap setting one last program record breaking 434/500 and finishing 6th out of 40 schools. The team score was shot by Hunter Clark (91/100), Gracie Heintzelman (89/100), Chris Johnson (86/100), Trice Moore (85/100), and Marcus Rosenstiel (83/100).

Overall, in all six events, WCTS finished in 9th place out of 31 Division III Colleges with a combined score of 2665/3000. This is WCTS's highest overall finish in the program's history. 

Individual Overall Finishes:
Hunter Clark 541/600; 108 out of 630 in Men's HOA
Marcus Rosenstiel 539/600; 155 out of 630 in Men's HOA
Trice Moore 534/600; 158 out of 630 in Men's HOA
Chris Johnson 507/600; 325 out of 630 in Men's HOA
Max McNulty 504/600; 346 out of 630 in Men's HOA
Colin Krug 461/600; 510 out of 630 in Men's HOA
Gracie Heintzelman 476/600; 92 out of 145
Hartley Mayer 471/600; 97 out of 145
Catherine Opielski 471/600; 99 out of 145

Individual Highlights
Chris Johnson, Hartley Mayer, Marcus Rosenstiel, and Max McNulty all received academic certificates of achievement for athletes with GPAs greater than 3.5.

Marcus Rosenstiel Jr. - Men's Combined Trap/Skeet - 199/200 - 2nd out of 900

* Denotes Personal Record

American Trap 
Marcus Rosenstiel Jr. - Men's AA - 99/100 - 9th  out of 194 *
Trice Moore - Men's A - 96/100  - 41st out of 346 *
Hunter Clark - Men's A - 96/100 - 48th out of 346
Gracie Heintzelman - Women's A - 95/100 - 15th out of 90

American Doubles Trap
Hunter Clark - Men's A - 91/100 - 26th out of 251
Gracie Heintzelman - Women's A - 89/100 - 10th out of 61*

American Skeet
Marcus Rosenstiel Jr. - Men's AA - 100/100 - 10th out of 175*
Hunter Clark - Men's A - 97/100 - 28th out of 320
Catherine Opielski - Women's A - 96/100 - 7th out of 78

American Doubles Skeet
Marcus Rosenstiel Jr. - Men's AA - 96/100 - 17th out of 155

Sporting Clays
Trice Moore - Men's C - 84/100 - 11th out of 363*
Max McNulty - Men's C - 81/100 - 26th out of 363
Christopher Johnson - Men's C - 80/100 - 38th out of 363
Hartley Meyer - Women's C - 71/100 - 42nd out of 119*

Super Sporting Clays
Hunter Clark - Mens B - 89/100 - 64th out of 204*
Christopher Johnson - Men's C - 89/100 - 31st out of 289*
Catherine Opielski - Women's C - 78/100 - 44th out of 88*

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