by Hap Rocketto
2015 National JORC Women’s 3P
While most of the New England lady air rifle shooter took to, well, the air to return home to school or the last few days of spring break a few stayed behind and joined new arrivals in suiting up for the three position match. With every New England state fielding a shooter or two in this event it may well have also been a regional champiohsip.
Mackenzie Martin, the 2012 bronze medalist, shot a 571-21X on the first day as she made a run a returning to the podium. She notched a 573-21X on day tow but fell four points short of a shoot-off position placing tenth.
Vermont’s Julia Hatch, a holdover from air rifle, started out with a 575-18X but fell of to a 568-25X on the second day which cost her a place in the shoot-off and placed her 12th overall.
New Hampshire’s J2 Elizabeth Dutton opened with a 558-20X and made a six point improvement for her second match ending in 26th with an 1122-42X while topping all New England J2s.
Bay State shooter Maggie Flanders, another J2, posted a first day score of 541-9X. She made a 13 point improvement on day two for a 554-17X giving her an aggregate score of 1095-26X.
It was a bit of a family affair for Sarah Schnupp, a junior at the Catherine McAuley High School in Portland, Maine. Her brother Patrick made the cut for the men’s tournament ans was preparing for his trip to Colorado as she shot a 538-6X on day one followed by a 540-3X for a 1078-9X finish.
Dani Makucevich, who will join Julia Hatch at Akron in the fall, shoots out of the Newport Rifle Club in Rhode Island. She carded a 530-13X to edge out Connecticut’s Quinnipiac University freshman Kristina D’Agostino who, based at Connecticut’s Blue Trail Range, fired a 530-2X.. The second day saw Makucevich make a small improvement to a 539-7X giving her a two day total of 1069-20X. D’Agostino saw her performance fall off precipitously dropping to a disappointing 489-8X and giving her a two day total of 12019-10X.
The indoor season comes to a close with the JORC and the participants will travel home to prepare for outdoor season focusing on USAS at Fort Benning and the NRA Championships at Bristol.
