Sports Illustrated spotlights Collegiate Shooter

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SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SPOTLIGHTS COLLEGE SHOOTER . . . Columbus State's Jonathan Hall, the 2010 NCAA air rifle individual national champion, is featured in the "Faces in the Crowd" section of this week's Sports Illustrated. Hall's winning total score of 699.9 in the air rifle competition was the highest ever in the history of the NCAA Rifle Championships.
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ACUI COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIPS CONTINUE TO GROW . . . More than 40 schools from around the country were represented this past weekend at the ACUI College Clay Target Championships. It was the largest turnout in the event's history, thanks to a continuing influx of shooters from youth programs now competing at the college level. Within the past year, new schools have created shooting teams and have expanded existing programs with the help of NSSF's Collegiate Shooting Sports Initiative grant program. Bethel University, one of 15 schools to receive an NSSF grant last year, fielded a team of 16 at the ACUI championships. It was the school's first year competing at the event. NSSF is a major sponsor of the annual college shotgun championships and will also be sponsoring upcoming broadcasts of it on ESPNU and ESPN2. Air times will be announced in Bullet Points. Read coverage from this year's ACUI championships from the National Rifle Association.

RANGE GIVES TV NEWS REPORTER INTRO TO SHOOTING . . . Lafayette, Ind., shooting range Applied Ballistics, which will be hosting a First Shots seminar on May 8, recently introduced a local TV news reporter to the shooting sports on live television.
Watch the video segments from WLFI-TV.

RHODE, SZARENSKI WIN GOLD AT ISSF WORLD CUP IN BEIJING . . . America's four-time Olympic medalist Kim Rhode took a big step toward making history when she won the gold medal and equaled the existing world record in women's international skeet at the ISSF World Cup event held in Beijing, China. Daryl Szarenski also brought home gold, taking first in the men's 50m pistol event. Both victories will help secure American entries at the 2012 London Olympic Games, where Rhode hopes to compete. If she medals in London, she would become the first American Olympian to earn medals in five consecutive Olympic Games in an individual sport.