No less than 5,875 high school shooters competed in the 2023-24 JROTC Three-Position Postal Championship. That makes it by far the USA’s largest air rifle competition!
Yes the JROTC championships are shot at “just” 10 Meters range. However, the Three-Position (3P) rules mean that there’s a forced, equal number of prone, kneeling and standing shots with 10 rounds fired on each target. Don’t knock it, it’s really TOUGH, Olympic-style shooting!
When HAM Publisher Stephen Archer visited Camp Perry some years ago to watch the Finals, he was amazed at the maturity of the competitors and their incredible concentration as they zoned-out the noise and kept firing those pellets right through the centre of the target!
Not only that but the girls are cleaning-up in 3P competition, as you can read below…
Competition Overview
There’s two categories at the USA’s largest air rifle competition: Sporter and Precision.
Precision class allows the competitors to shoot any air rifle – think FWB, Walther, Auschutz – and to wear dedicated shooting jackets, pants and shoes.
As an alternative, Sporter class places a limit on the cost of the air rifle in 3P competition. The Crosman Challenger dominates here. Sporter Class competitors shoot in regular clothes, mainly jeans and tee-shirts.
Sure, the scores in Sporter Class are lower than in Precision, but they are not THAT MUCH lower. As you can read below…
The 2023-2024 JROTC Three-Position Postal Air Rifle Championship was facilitated by the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP), running from September to December.
High school students compete in Sporter and Precision air rifle classes from across the country. They fire upon official targets at their home ranges and return them to the CMP Headquarters for scoring.
Teams and individuals are ranked against one another, with top competitors moving on to the JROTC Service Championships – set to be held in Utah, Alabama and Ohio in February 2024.
Here’s The Results
This year, a total of 5,875 junior athletes competed in the Postal event. Finishing as the overall Sporter competitor in the JROTC Postals was Celeste Guerrero, 17, of Buda, Texas, with a score of 285-14X.
Kameron Wells, 18, of Granbury, Texas, was the leading Precision shooter with a score of 298-25X. Yes, you read that right, a score of 298 out of a maximum 300 with no less than 25 bullseyes!
WOW, that’s incredible shooting and several others were not far behind, including Chloe Shannon with 294-19X…
Other leading athletes and teams from the JROTC 2023-2024 Postal include:
Army:
Sporter Individual:
Linzey Pope, 16, Mulberry High School, FL – 283-11X
Eryka Vazquez, 17, Mariner High School, FL – 283-10X
Rhett Daniel, 17, Ozark High School, MO – 280-13X
Sporter Team:
Mariner High School, FL – 1104-41X
Mulberry High School, FL – 1081-34X
Walhalla High School, SC – 1076-32X
Precision Individual:
Gabrielle Ayers, 17, Sarasota Military Academy, FL – 296-21X
Liv Lusky, 18, Lumpkin County High School, GA – 295-22X
Jens Gigstad, 16, Fountain Fort Carson High School, CO – 295-18X
Precision Team:
Fountain Fort Carson High School, CO – 1169-70X
Sarasota Military Academy, FL – 1153-59X
Claudia Taylor Johnson High School, TX – 1152-55X
Marine Corps:
Sporter Individual:
Celeste Guerrero, 17, Jack C. Hays High School, TX – 285-14X
Ebin Arzac, 18, West Valley High School, AK – 279-8X
Nanchaya Bailey, 17, Daniel Boone High School, TN – 278-13X
Sporter Team:
Jack C. Hays High School, TX – 1112-42X
Daniel Boone High School, TN – 1099-41X
West Valley High School, AK – 1087-31X
Precision Individual:
Kameron Wells, 18, Granbury High School, TX – 298-25X
Aidan Fogg-Anderson, 17, West Valley High School, AK – 294-22X
Ronja Wagner, 17, West Valley High School, AK – 294-21X
Precision Team:
Granbury High School, TX – 1172-82X
West Valley High School, AK – 1167-72X
Eldorado High School, NM – 1165-70X
Navy:
Sporter Individual:
Kalinn White, 18, Zion Benton High School, IL – 280-11X
Adreyona Smith, 15, Norview High School, VA – 277-11X
Savannah Mello, 17, McDowell High School, NC – 277-8X
Sporter Team:
Zion-Benton High School, IL – 1106-41X
McDowell High School, NC – 1093-26X
Pascagoula High School, MS – 1089-40X
Precision Individual:
Leslie Avitia-Lozano, 18, West Mesa High School, NM – 296-24X
Danjela DeJesus, 18, Camden County High School, GA – 296-23X
Chance Phillipy, 17, New Albany High School, IN – 295-20X
Precision Team:
Joshua High School, TX – 1174-80X
Camden County High School, GA – 1165-65X
Manzano High School, NM – 1157-65X
Air Force:
Sporter Individual:
Daniella Ornelas-Ramirez, 16, Republic High School, MO – 276-12X
Cody Egbert, 18, Cheyenne East High School, WY – 272-10X
Kylie Kinnamon, 17, Reagan High School, NC – 270-7X
Sporter Team:
Republic High School, MO – 1050-24X
Reagan High School, NC – 1047-21X
South Panola High School, MS – 1045-26X
Precision Individual:
Chloe Shannon, 18, Union High School, OK – 294-19X
Sydney Watson, 18, Cherokee High School, GA – 287-16X
Amy Filippone, 17, North Gwinnett High School, GA – 286-19X
Precision Team:
Cherokee High School, GA – 1137-51X
Kaiserslautern High School, AE – 1125-46X
Del Norte High School, NM – 1121-42X
Congratulations to all the shooters!
For a complete list of results at the USA’s largest air rifle competition, visit CMP Club & Competition Tracker | Match Display. A list of those invited to the 2024 JROTC Three-Position Service Championships may be found on the CMP website at JROTC 3PAR Matches - Civilian Marksmanship Program.
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