submitted by Keith Jylkka
New Hampshire held its Junior Olympic Smallbore State Championship on Friday, 1/07 & Saturday, 1/08. Eighteen competitors came to the Hudson, NH Fish and Game Club to shoot the 3×20 course of fire. Four of those are first time JO shooters.
The Prone stage was ended with the top three men separated by five points. Brad Driscoll ruled with a 99 and a clean 100 for 199. Brian Jylkka was 2nd with a 195 and Joe Bogar following closely with 194. The high woman in Prone was Megan Polonsky with a 189, followed by Carley Bogar with 187 and Bailey Urbach with 185.
In Standing, again Driscoll stood tall with a 186, Jylkka right behind with a 182 and Bogar with 180. With 2/3 of the match complete, Brad holds the lead with 385, Brian 2nd with 376 and Joey B 3rd with 375.
Megan Polonsky led all shooters in standing with a very strong 187. Carley Bogar and Lacey Hamelin were 2nd and 3rd women with 175 & 137 respectively. The women’s match to this point is led by Megan with 379, Carley holds 2nd with 362 and Lacey 3rd with 318.
With the match leaders stretching their leads, kneeling remains. Brian Jylkka fires a strong 190 in kneeling. But it’s not enough to close the gap between him and Brad. With Brad firing a 188, Brad cinches the Junior Olympic Gold. Alex Martin stepped up with a fine 184 in kneeling.
Megan struggled with her first 10 shot string in kneeling but came back strong with a 95 in her 2nd 10 shot string ending with a 181 kneeling total. Carley actually fired the women’s best kneeling with a 182. Bailey Urbach steps up again with a 173 in kneeling.
With all three stages done, Brad Driscoll earns the New Hampshire Men’s Junior Olympic Gold medal with 573 total. Brian Jylkka wins the silver medal with 566 and Joe Bogar gets Bronze with 557.
Winning the New Hampshire Women’s Junior Olympic Gold is Megan Polonsky with 557 total. Carley Bogar earns the Silver medal with 544. Lacey Hamelin earns her first ever Junior Olympic medal with a 478 for Bronze.
Congratulations to all those earning Junior Olympic honors.
Complete results can be downloaded here: 2011_nh_jorc_smallbore (PDF, 12KB)
