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SAN ANTONIO, Texas – In the wrap up to the 2021-22 season, the Concordia University Shooting Sports team traveled 25 competitors to the 2022 ACUI Collegiate Clay Target National Championships that played out over the course of a week and concluded on March 26. Out of 17 teams in the Division 2 breakdown of the national shoot, the Bulldogs placed fifth while cracking a total of 2,774 targets. Concordia captured national titles in Doubles American Skeet and International Skeet and Emily Uitermarkt took home an individual championship in women’s Doubles American Skeet (additional special awards are listed below).
A team inspired and pushed forward by the late Scott Moniot beat out rival Midland while moving up from last season’s seventh-place national finish. At the 2022 event, the Bulldogs placed behind only the University of Tennessee Southern, Emmanuel College (Mass.), Fort Hays State University (Kan.) and Angelo State University (Texas). Once again, the national championships were staged at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio, Texas.
The championship winning total for Emily Uitermarkt in Doubles American Skeet was 96. Meanwhile, Concordia posted team title-claiming totals of 479 in Doubles American Skeet and 245 in International Skeet. In American Skeet, three Bulldogs – Colten Uitermarkt, Wyatt Hambly and Mackenze Origer – each shot 99s while Damien Stewart and Brennen Stones did the same in American Trap. Concordia was not far off school records with its team scores of 491 in American Trap and 490 in American Skeet. The Bulldogs placed second in American Skeet.
In terms of high overall performances, conference champion Wyatt Hambly (565) paced Concordia on the men’s side while Sarah Schwacher (540) led the way for the women. Schwacher took third place high overall among women’s competitors. Hambly emerged as the top Bulldog in American Skeet (99), Sporting Clays (83), Super Sporting (93), Doubles American Skeet (98) and Doubles American Trap (94). The team’s top shooters by discipline are broken down at bottom.
From a high over all perspective, the top five Concordia men were: Wyatt Hambly (565), Colten Uitermarkt (554), Russell Malterud (539), Breyer Meeks (537) and Joseph Blevins (529). The top five women were: Sarah Schwacher (540), Claire Kee (515), Nicole Breese (514), Emily Rasmussen (498) and Emma Singer (493). The ACUI National Championships featured 597 men and 150 women that qualified for the high over all leaderboard.
It was a strong finish to a season that would have made Moniot proud. Before his passing in November 2021, Moniot guided the Bulldogs to team championships at the Concordia Bulldog Sporting Invitational and the Hastings Bronco Invitational and to runner-up claims at the Midland Warrior Open and the Prairie Circuit Conference Championships. Throughout the second semester, members of the team have worn “Shooting For Scott” t-shirts in honor of Moniot, who served as the program’s head coach from the summer of 2018 through the fall of 2021.
In Moniot’s absence, the likes of graduate assistant Russell Malterud, former graduate assistant Erin Lokke and Terry Kriz of Oak Creek Sporting Club have collaborated on coaching duties. So too has Associate Athletics Director Angela Muller. The 2021-22 season included a total of nine events over the fall and spring. The program will have a new head coach for the 2022-23 season.
2022 ACUI National Championships
Concordia placed 5th out of 17 teams in Division 2 with a total of 2,774 targets.
Concordia Special Awards
- International Skeet 3-Man Team - 1st Place
- International Skeet 1 Man/1 Woman Team - 1st Place
- Open Individual Doubles Skeet - Claire Kee (2nd Place); Emily Uitermarkt (3rd Place)
- Individual Women's Super - Sarah Schwacher (1st Place)
- ISO Women's Skeet - Emily Rasmussen (2nd Place); Sarah Schwacher (3rd Place)
Top five Concordia performances, by event
American Skeet – 490 (2nd)
1. Colten Uitermarkt – 99
1. Wyatt Hambly – 99
1. Mackenze Origer – 99
4. Breyer Meeks – 97
5. Sarah Schwacher – 96
American Trap – 491 (4th)
1. Damien Stewart – 99
1. Brennen Stones – 99
3. Wyatt Hambly – 98
3. Joseph Blevins – 98
5. Colten Uitermarkt – 97
Sporting Clays – 402 (6th)
1. Wyatt Hambly – 83
2. Russell Malterud – 81
2. Colten Uitermarkt – 81
4. Breyer Meeks – 79
5. Sarah Schwacher – 78
Super Sporting – 451 (4th)
1. Wyatt Hambly – 93
2. Colten Uitermarkt – 91
2. Russell Malterud – 91
4. Sarah Schwacher – 88
4. Joseph Blevins – 88
Doubles American Skeet – 479 (1st)
1. Wyatt Hambly – 98
2. Claire Kee – 96
2. Emily Uitermarkt – 96
4. Colten Uitermarkt – 95
5. Damien Stewart – 94
Doubles American Trap – 461 (4th)
1. Wyatt Hambly – 94
2. Nicole Breese – 92
2. Joseph Blevins – 92
2. Jack Nelson – 92
5. Colten Uitermarkt – 91
International Skeet – 245 (1st)
1. Damien Stewart – 86
2. Emily Rasmussen – 80
3. Sarah Schwacher – 79
International Trap – 227 (4th)
1. Joseph Blevins – 83
2. Jack Nelson – 74
3. Madeleine Taylor – 70