The purpose of the “Shooter Spotlight” is to help shooters get to know their fellow competitors a little bit better. We cover a wide range of shooters from “Marksman to Master.” This is the 39th interview in the series.
Kelly Rosales
Where do you call home?
Ashland, Massachusetts.
How long have you been shooting?
Well, I shot on club teams from 2007-2009. Last year I was introduced to competitive shooting.
How did you get involved in shooting competitively?
4 years ago I attended the Mass Junior Conservation Camp and signed up to take “Small Bore Rifle”, stupid me thought it was “shooting small boar” (blonde moment). Mr. Mike Yacino was the instructor and helped me get into the sport after camp. After finding a club team to shoot on and doing well, I was asked to join the Mass State Team where I started shooting in competitions.
What is a little known fact about yourself that your fellow competitors might not know?
Well…I’m pretty talkative so there’s not much mystery to me, but I’m a wicked science nerd. I’m hoping to be a pathologist or epidemiologist after college.
What do you consider your finest shooting achievement?
Beating Dan and Erik in a Prone Match! Kidding, kidding :). No, my finest shooting achievement is when I came in 2nd out of 70 shooters in a Dewar match at Camp Perry last summer.
What is your favorite pre-match meal?
It used to be one or two…or three doughnuts, but I’m not allowed to eat stuff like that anymore. Now its just a plain bagel or bar, fun.
What is your favorite post match drink?
A Chill Zone from Cumby’s is pretty nice after a long match.
Do you have a favorite shooting range?
I got to say Camp Perry. I love the challenge of wind, mirage, heat, and the occasional tornado. My favorite range in Mass though is the indoor range at Taunton. I love the carpet and waterfall-thing!
Do you have any short term and/or long term goals?
For short-term goals I’m working on stabilizing my kneeling position and getting a shooting rhythm down. My long term goals include doing well on the Ole Miss Rifle Team and getting an invite the Colorado Springs Olympic Training Center this winter.
What shooting skill are you currently focusing your energy on?
As of now I’m focusing 90% of my energy on the mental aspects of shooting. Positive thinking and working on goals is a lot harder than I expected, but I have a wicked awesome coach, Rick Johnson to teach me!
Thanks Kelly for sharing a little bit about yourself with the pronematch.com community!
Good piece about Kelly Roseles. Two weeks ago, I shot the HPM along with Kelly and many others in the worst wind I have seen in a while. Every flag and wind mill in my view changed for every shot of the match with no logic I could decode. I dropped more points in this one 40 shot match that I hoped to drop in nearly 10 matches. I noticed that scope shooters had a problem that night also. Kelly and I both shot irons, except she dropped 1/3 the points I did. When asked how she shot so well in the terrible wind, she made a comment like “you mean it was windy tonight”? Apparently, not worrying about bad wind gave Kelly a great score on a terribly night. Good going Kelly!