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2006 Eastern Region JROTC Air Rifle Championship
By Sommer Wood, Staff Writer/Editor
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On February 9th-11th 213 individuals and teams representing 58 different Army, Marine Corps and Navy JROTC units went shoulder-to-shoulder in the
2006 Eastern Region JROTC Air Rifle Championships. The three-in-one match determined Army, Marine Corps and Navy JROTC team and individual champions for their Eastern Regions as well as who from each service would advance from the Eastern Region to the
National JROTC Air Rifle Championship in March.
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| Army JROTC Sporter Class Individual Champion: Derric Lee, Craigmont HS, Memphis, TN.
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The JROTC Eastern Region Championships were held at Fort Benning, GA, home of the U. S. Army Marksmanship Unit. Equipment checks and electronic targets were a new experience for many of the competitors who attended their first major competition. To qualify for the Region Championships, teams and individuals had to first post top scores for their respective services in JROTC Air Rifle Postal Matches that concluded in December. These Postals were also used to determine who advanced to the Western Region Championships that will be held on February 23rd-25th in Colorado Springs, CO.
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| Navy JROTC Sporter Class Individual Champion: Chris Simmons, McDowell HS, Marion, NC.
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The competition was divided into team and individual categories in both the Sporter and Precision classes. Each Service advanced their top two teams plus their top three at-large individuals in each class to the National JROTC Championship that will take place March 23rd-25th at Fort Benning.
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| Marine Corps JROTC Sporter Class Champion: Richard Hamel, Palm Bay HS, Melbourne, FL.
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The top teams advancing to the Nationals in the Sporter class were Navy programs South Effingham HS from Georgia with a 2088, and King George HS from Virginia that also shot 2088. Army teams advancing were Craigmont HS scoring a 2062, and Ripley HS scoring a 2025. Both schools are from Tennessee. For the Marine Corps, Palm Bay HS from Florida took the top spot with a 1999, while R-S Central HS scored a 1978 to secure the second position and advance to the next round.
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| Marine Corps JROTC Precision Class Champion: Whitney Daggs, Newton HS, Covington, GA.
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In the Precision class, Shelby County HS from Kentucky scored a 2314, and Colquitt County HS from Georgia scored a 2293 to advance to Nationals for the Marine Corps. For the Navy, Luella HS posted a 2293 and Henry County HS posted a 2278 to claim the top two spots. Both schools are located in Georgia. Würzburg-American High School, which is located in Germany, was the top finisher for the Army with a score of 2239. Finishing second was Fitzgerald High School from Georgia with a score of 2220.
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| Army JROTC Precision Class Champion: Britton Watson, Sarasota Military Academy, Sarasota, FL.
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To determine the individual champions and the top at-large individuals who will represent each service in the JROTC Nationals, a Final was shot at the end of the regular 3x20 course of fire. The top eight finishers in each service shot an additional ten-shots standing, which was added to their overall score. Finals for all three services were held at the same time for each class. The top three Sporter individuals for the Navy were Chris Simmons of McDowell HS in North Carolina, 637.2; Lauren Strebel of Owen J. Roberts High School in Pennsylvania, 631.2; and Tiffany Kineard of South Effingham HS in Georgia, 626.2. Kineard qualified for the JROTC Nationals as a member of her first-place team. Simmons, Strebel and Nicholas Bertucci of Middleton HS in New York, who finished fourth overall, were the at-large individual qualifiers.
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| Navy JROTC Precision Class Champion: Megan Smith, McEachern HS, Powder Springs, GA.
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The Army’s top individuals were Derric Lee of Craigmont HS in Tennessee, 621.2; Stephan Smith from Pelion High School in South Carolina, 618.8; and Rustin Ault from Preston HS in West Virginia, 618.3. Lee will go to the Nationals as a member of his first-place Craigmont HS team. At-large Army qualifiers were Smith, Ault and Amanda Garlitz, who is also from Preston HS. The Marine Corps’ top Sporter individuals were Richard Hamel of Palm Bay HS in Florida, 612.1; Georgina Gray from R-S Central HS in North Carolina, 589.1; and Danielle Aguilar of Mexico Academy in New York, 585.9. Hamel and Gray both qualified as members of their teams. At-large Marine Corps qualifiers were Aguilar, Michael Thoma of Gloucester HS in Massachusetts, and Jacob Puckett from Mt. Juliet HS in Tennessee.
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| 213 competitors representing 60 different Army, Marine Corps and Navy JROTC units in the southeastern and eastern parts of the U. S. participated in the 2006 Eastern Region JROTC Championships.
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The top Precision class finishers for the Marine Corps were Whitney Daggs from Newton HS in Georgia, 681.0; Chase Winninger from Shelby County HS in Kentucky, 676.9; while Kent Wilcox, also from Shelby County HS, was third with 676.4. Winninger and Wilcox qualified for the Nationals as team members. At-large qualifiers were Daggs, Brian Hughett from Mt. Juliet HS in Tennessee, and Elizabeth Olivares of Parkview HS in Georgia. The Navy’s top finisher was Megan Smith, 688.2, from McEachern HS in Georgia. Steven Krieger from Henry County HS in Georgia was second with 678.3 and Matthew Baker from Stockbridge HS in Georgia was third at 677.6. At-large Navy qualifiers were Smith, Baker and Tori Kostecki, also from McEachern HS.
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| Separate finals for each service concluded the JROTC Eastern Region Championship individual sporter and precision class championships. These finalists were the top eight Marine Corps sporter class competitors.
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The Army Precision class medalists were Britton Watson from Sarasota Military Academy in Florida, 671.8; Brenna Goodman who represented Würtzburg-American HS in Germany, 666.8; and Andrew Lavender, who fired a 666.4 as a member of the Fitzgerald HS, Georgia, team. At-large Army qualifiers were Watson, Kaitlin Chaffin of Siegel HS in Tennessee, and Jon Meyer, also from Siegel HS.
After the competition was over a joint banquet and awards ceremony was held with over 350 people in attendance. Army Marksmanship Unit member and 1996 Olympian LTC Robert Harbison was the guest speaker for the event. LTC Harbison spoke to the cadets about the tremendous advances and growth that have taken place in JROTC marksmanship programs since he was a JROTC cadet in high school.
For complete results from the 2006 Eastern Region JROTC Air Rifle Championship go to, http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/report_matchResult.cgi?matchID=1157.
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