The results are in for the 2022-2023 JROTC Three-Position Postal Air Rifle Championship. The competition was facilitated by the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP), running from September to December.
The JROTC Postal Championship is a three-position competition where high school sporter and precision air rifle athletes from across the country 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 2023.
Finishing as the overall sporter competitor in the JROTC Postals was Charles Bratton, 17, of Clover High School, South Carolina, with 283-15X. Danjela DeJesus, 17, of Camden County High School, Ga., was the leading precision individual with a score of 299-29X.
Other leading athletes and teams from the JROTC 2022-2023 Postal include:
Army:
Sporter Individual:
- Jose Gonzalez, 17, North Brunswick High School, North Carolina – 278-15X
- Benjamin Beaubien, 16, Spanish Springs High School, Nevada – 277-14X
- John Turi, 18, Claudia Taylor Johnson High School, Texas – 277-11X
Sporter Team:
- Ozark High School, Missouri – 1091-35X
- North Brunswick High School, North Carolina – 1087-43X
- Spanish Springs High School, Nevada – 1082-39X
Precision Individual:
- Liv Lusky, 17, Lumpkin County High School, Georgia – 296-20X
- Alysa Yancey, 17, Marion High School, Indiana – 295-22X
- Leila Ybarra, 17, Stuttgart High School, AE – 295-19X
Precision Team:
- Ozark High School, Missouri – 1147-63X
- Fountain Fort Carson High School, Colorado – 1144-57X
- Sarasota Military Academy, Florida – 1144-57X
Marine Corps:
Sporter Individual:
- Hope Dobek, 17, Des Moines Central High School, Iowa – 278-14X
- Samantha Zermeno, 18, Nation Ford High School, South Carolina – 275-9X
- Aleena Owens, Mountain View High School, 19, Virginia – 274-12X
Sporter Team:
- Nation Ford High School, South Carolina – 1087-32X
- Des Moines Central High School, Iowa – 1082-35X
- Jack C. Hays High School, Texas – 1073-34X
Precision Individual:
- Caroline Martin, 18, Granbury High School, Texas – 298-26X
- Ashton Arlington, 18, Granbury High School, Texas – 296-21X
- Kameron Wells, 17, Granbury High School, Texas – 295-20X
Precision Team:
- Granbury High School, Texas – 1183-87X
- East Coweta High School, Georgia – 1158-61X
- La Cueva High School, New Mexico – 1157-64X
Navy:
Sporter Individual:
- Dayanara Alvarado Lopez, 17, Pascagoula High School, Mississippi – 281-10X
- Christopher Mardones, 18, Patuxent High School, Maryland – 278-10X
- Addyson Gustafson, 15, Zion Benton High School, Illinois – 275-9X
Sporter Team:
- Zion-Benton Township High School, Illinois – 1088-29X
- Pascagoula High School, Mississippi – 1088-27X
- Patuxent High School, Maryland – 1070-32X
Precision Individual:
- Danjela DeJesus, 17, Camden County High School, Georgia – 299-29X
- Chance Phillipy, 386926, New Albany High School, Indiana – 293-20X
- Kaitlyn Ward, 372168, Sahuarita High School, Arizona – 292-19X
Precision Team:
- Camden County High School, Georgia – 1163-67X
- Manzano High School, New Mexico – 1152-60X
- Oak Harbor High School, Washington – 1144-55X
Air Force:
Sporter Individual:
- Charles Bratton, 17, Clover High School, South Carolina – 283-15X
- Madison Landers, 17, Burleson High School, Texas – 282-12X
- Isabell Schumacher, 16, North Pole High School, Alaska – 275-9X
Sporter Team:
- Clover High School, South Carolina – 1068-33X
- South Panola High School, Mississippi – 1047-23X
- North Pole High School, Alaska – 1035-28X
Precision Individual:
- Chloe Shannon, 17, Union High School, Oklahoma – 291-17X
- Katelynn McEntee, 14, Kaiserslautern High School, AE – 289-16X
- Sydney Watson, 17, Cherokee High School, Georgia – 288-16X
Precision Team:
- Cherokee High School, Georgia – 1145-54X
- Kaiserslautern High School, AE – 1131-50X
- Alconbury High School, AE – 1100-36X
For a complete list of results, visit https://ct.thecmp.org/2022JROTCPostalResults. A list of those invited to the 2023 JROTC Three-Position Service Championships may be found on the CMP website at https://thecmp.org/youth/jrotc/.
— By Ashley Dugan, CMP Staff Writer
The Civilian Marksmanship Program is a federally chartered 501 (c) (3) non-profit corporation. It is dedicated to firearm safety and marksmanship training and to the promotion of marksmanship competition for citizens of the United States. For more information about the CMP and its programs, log onto www.TheCMP.org.