Concordia International Tournament Results
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. – Though the 2025 ACUI Collegiate Clay Target National Championships were held in March, 12 Bulldogs took advantage of one final opportunity to compete during the 2024-25 academic year. Concordia University, Nebraska Shooting Sports hosted the Concordia Bulldog International Tournament at Heartland Public Shooting Park in Grand Island, Neb., on April 12-13. When the dust settled, Devin Harris emerged as the top shooter in International Skeet while Kaylee Hinton prevailed in Bunker.
The Concordia International Tournament took place for the third-straight year. Graduate Assistant Coach Sam Blevins was on hand in Grand Island to oversee and facilitate the event, which included 13 total competitors.
“It was amazing to see Kaylee jump to first place in the bunker finals,” Blevins said. “She was able to come back and win. Then Devin shot really well in International Skeet. You could tell he was really focused the entire time. It was just Concordia competing with Concordia. It was good to see some team spirit and team competition. We saw some people put up some good scores. This stuff is really close to my heart because it’s what I grew up shooting. It’s nice to see our athletes expand what they like shooting and be willing to take a risk. For some of them, they were trying it for the first time.”
For those unfamiliar, the NCSSAA explained the two international events as follows, “Bunker has five shooting stations, but rather than having only one machine in a trap house, it has fifteen fixed machines housed in a bunker. The targets fly faster and at a wider angle than American Trap, which makes it considerably more difficult. International Skeet features a low-gun position and variable-timing target release. Similarly to Bunker, the speed of the targets thrown in International Skeet is much faster than in American Skeet.”
A junior from Hiawatha, Kan., Hinton sat in sixth place heading into the finals of Bunker. Carter McKenna had led the way by cracking 86 of 125 targets in the Bunker preliminary round. Other Bulldogs in the field included Mason Ward (84), Brennen Stones (82), Katie Welker (81) and Jaggar Luetje (77). Then in the finals, Hinton outdueled Stones, 35-27, for the title. Stones took first place on the men’s side of Bunker. Next in line in the finals were McKenna and Welker.
In International Skeet, the senior Harris of Kansas City, Mo., paced the field in the preliminaries (90/125) before triumphing in the finals with a score of 41 (out of 50 targets). Other competitors in International Skeet were Breyer Meeks (87 in the prelims), Cael Washburn (69), Lane Schoff (66), Faith Ritchie (53) and Rayne Larrison (46). Harris narrowly held off Meeks, 41-40, in the finals. Larrison finished as the highest placing Concordia female athlete.
The 2024-25 season is now in the books for Head Coach Dylan Owens’ program. For a look back at the 2025 national championships, check out the recap HERE.