RESULTS: Full Event Results | Concordia Only (PDF)
BRAINARD, Neb. – The spring portion of the 2024-25 season is underway for Concordia University, Nebraska Shooting Sports. The Bulldogs welcomed a field of nine teams to the ninth annual Concordia Bulldog Sporting Invitational held at Oak Creek Sporting Club in Brainard, Neb., Feb. 28 – March 1. Concordia wound up fourth place HOA (high overall) while posting a team total of 1,292. The Bulldogs also used the event to honor their senior class.
Head Coach Dylan Owens’ squad competed in six events during the fall semester. At the Concordia Invitational, all athletes were tasked with taking aim at 200 sporting and 100 super sporting clay targets. Friday action on the blue course was impacted significantly by windy conditions.
“That’s probably the hardest course to shoot in that wind, and even so, we came out with some pretty decent scores in the mid to high 80s,” Owens said. “I’m very happy with that. On Saturday morning on the red course, we had five more people shoot a national qualifying score, which was really cool. We would like to place a little higher than fourth as a team, but our attitude is really good. Terry (Kriz) and Oak Creek put on a great event, and the support from the parents was awesome.”
The top three team place finishers at the Concordia Invite were Fort Hays State University (1,355), Midland University (1,324) and Hastings College (1,312). The best overall individual score was delivered by FHSU’s Dawson Arnett with 277 out of a possible 300. Bulldog senior Breyer Meeks of Filer, Idaho, tied for the seventh best overall score (268) in a field of more than 130 individuals. Meeks took third place among men’s competitors in sporting by cracking 184 targets and then winning a shoot-off over teammate Brennen Stones. On the women’s side, Rayne Larrison and Katie Welker took second and third place, respectively, in sporting.
Meeks headlined the efforts of 16 Bulldogs who took to the home range in Brainard. The four other individuals that counted towards the team’s overall score were seniors Buchannan Tietjen (265), Brennen Stones (262), Cael Washburn (251) and Devin Harris (246). The team’s top 10 was rounded out by Rayne Larrison (245), Sam Blevins (244), Kaylee Hinton (242), Katie Welker (242), Carter McKenna (231) and Lane Schoff (231).
The class of seniors honored prior to the start of day two action are listed below. Said Owens, “I really appreciate those guys. We had a nice dinner with them and their families.”
2024-25 Seniors
· Sam Blevins (La Grange, Ky.)
· Devin Harris (Kansas City, Mo.)
· Breyer Meeks (Filer, Idaho)
· Brennen Stones (Crete, Neb.)
· Buchannan Tietjen (Hebron, Neb.)
· Cael Washburn (Fort Collins, Colo.)
Concordia will have one final outing prior to the 2025 ACUI Collegiate Clay Target National Championships (March 16-22) in San Antonio, Texas. The Bulldogs will be headed to nearby Lincoln Trap & Skeet in Lincoln, Neb., for the Iowa Western Community College Invite this Saturday and Sunday. The invite will feature 200 doubles trap and 200 doubles skeet targets. Two events during the fall were hosted at the same location.