Final Day of JORC Men’s Smallbore
The men’s competition of the 2016 Junior Olympic Rifle Championship is now in the record books and New England shooters acquitted themselves well.
The last day closed with finals in prone and 3X40 but not before the second half of the position match was fired. It was an exciting day for young Kyle Kutz, Darien, Connecticut, who was making his first trip to the Olympic Training Center. Opening with an 1103 he followed up with an 1100 for a 2303. While not the highest score posted by a regional shooter it was the second best posted by a J3 and Kutz found himself on the second step of the awards podium with a silver medal hanging around his neck.
Tobin Sanctuary seemed to homestead in 13th place, his position finish was the same spot he occupied in the prone match as he followed up an opening 1133 with an 1142 for a 2275. Jared Desrosiers finished four places better than his prone match with an aggregate score of 2261, 1135-1125. Eric Sloan also picked up a few positions in position ending up 35th on the back of combination of an 1122 and 1117.
Brandon Bryer had a solid 2236 with two close performances of 1113 and a 1115.
The men packed up and headed home to make room for the women and one has to wonder just what the conversation might have been between Kutz and his sister Kaitlyn as they passed each other during the transition.
