Combat shooting team wins pistol, rifle contests
2/27/2011 7:28:06 PM
(Feb. 27, 2011) The combat
shooting club at North Georgia College & State University took first-place
honors in both pistol and rifle competitions at the Maneuver Center of
Excellence Championships this month at Fort Benning in Columbus.
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| North Georgia's first-place rifle team: Cadets Weston Lee, Robert Hull, Casey Jemelka, and Jacob Freeman and Coach/adviser SGM Timothy Foster |
The rifle and the pistol competitions are open to all
active, reserve, National Guard and ROTC units from Georgia and the surrounding
areas. North Georgia won first place in team competition in both the pistol
events, held Feb. 9-10, and the rifle events, held Feb. 22-24. Also, Cadet
Robert Hull took first place in the individual rifle competition.
The first-place rifle team consisted of Cadets Weston C. Lee, freshman from
Bluffton, Ga.; Robert T. Hull, junior from St. Simons, Ga.; Casey
Jemelka, senior from Dahlonega, Ga.; Jacob A. Freeman, senior from Suwanee,
Ga.; and Coach/advisor SGM Timothy Foster.
The North Georgia team of Cadet Michael T. Glass, sophomore from Chickamauga, Ga.; SFC
Timothy Bare; 1LT Steven Russell; and SGM Timothy Foster took second place in
the rifle competition.
The first-place pistol team consisted of Cadets Erik H.
Carlson, senior from Cumming, Ga.; Freeman; Jemelka; and Hull.
Cadet teams from North Georgia also took third and fifth
places in the pistol team competition: Karl F. Knowlton, junior from Winder, Ga.; Clayton B. Turner,
senior from Odessa, Fla.; Lee; Travis R. Hunt, junior from Grayson, Ga; Glass;
Zachary T. Hippe, sophomore from Raleigh, N.C.; Tanner G. Edmonds, sophomore
from Sharpsburg, Ga.; Kyle W. Ramsey, freshman from Conyers, Ga.; and Stephen
C. Frain, sophomore from Cumming, Ga.
In the individual pistol competition, Rangers took first and
second, though North Georgia cadets Carlson, Hull, Freeman and Jemelka took
third through sixth places.
Hull and Jemelka won bronze Excellence in Competition badges
in the rifle competition and Freeman and Hull won the Distinguished Pistol
Badge. Both honors may be worn on dress uniforms for their entire military
careers.
Combat Shooting Team advisors SGM Foster and SFC Bare would
like to thank several alumni who donated money for ammunition, allowing the
team more training time.
"I would like to thank all the supporters and the
alumni for their support of the North Georgia shooting program," Foster
said. "Without their support, this would not have been possible."
Visit the shooting
sports website to learn more about the Combat Shooting Sports program. You
also may click here
to make a tax-deductible donation.