GRAND ISLAND, Neb. – For the second outing in a row, Concordia University Shooting Sports celebrated a team championship. The Bulldogs took first place overall out of 10 teams at the Hastings Bronco Invitational held at Heartland Shooting Park in Grand Island, Neb., over the weekend (Oct. 9-10). Concordia cracked 1,845 total targets while outshooting second place Midland (1,829).
Head Coach Scott Moniot’s squad also captured the team title at its own Concordia Bulldog Sporting Invitational a week earlier. On the way to the top of the Hastings Invite leaderboard, the Bulldogs won the events of trap, skeet doubles and sporting clays. Individually, Concordia’s Colten Uitermarkt seized the high overall men’s individual title and Sarah Schwacher did the same on the women’s side.
In winning team performances, the Bulldogs shot 464 in trap, 242 in skeet doubles and 419 in sporting clays. Concordia finished two targets shy of first in super sporting and four away from the lead in skeet. In terms of total targets hit at the Hastings Invite, the top five Bulldog competitors were Uitermarkt (376), Wyatt Hambly (373), Schwacher (359), Sam Blevins (356) and Breyer Meeks (355). Below is a summary of the best Concordia shooters in each of the disciplines won by the Bulldogs. Uitermarkt shot a perfect score in skeet doubles.
Trap – 464
· Colten Uitermarkt – 95
· Wyatt Hambly – 94
· Buchannan Tietjen – 93
· Sarah Schwacher – 92
· Emily Rasmussen/Wyatt Eriksen/Mack Origer – 90
Sporting Clays – 419
· Wyatt Hambly – 88
· Sam Blevins – 85
· Colten Uitermarkt – 84
· Breyer Meeks – 83
· Sarah Schwacher – 79
Skeet Doubles – 242
· Colten Uitermarkt – 50
· Sam Blevins – 49
· Breyer Meeks – 49
· Emily Uitermarkt/Nicole Breese/Wyatt Hambly/Sarah Schwacher – 47
Schwacher also starred as the top overall female shooter at the Concordia Invitational. Meanwhile, Hambly won the conference title the week prior to the home shoot. It’s been an impressive fall season for the Bulldogs, who have placed third or better as a team at all five competitions. They finished as the runner up at the Midland Warrior Open and at the Prairie Circuit Conference Championships.
Team overall finishes in 2021:
Fort Hays State Shoot (Sept. 11-12) – 3rd
Midland Warrior Open (Sept. 17-19 – 2nd
Prairie Circuit Conference Championships (Sept. 24-26) – 2nd
Concordia Bulldog Invitational (Oct. 2-3) – 1st
Hastings Invitational (Oct. 9-10) – 1st
Concordia is scheduled to return to action Oct. 28-31 at the ACUI Midwest Super Shoot in Grand Island. The final event on the fall schedule will be the ACUI Easter Super Shoot in Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 11-14.