Hillsdale College Action Shooting Team Competes at World Speed Shooting Championship
HILLSDALE, Mich. — Hillsdale College Action Shooting Team members Gregory Clement (‘23) and Zechariah Steiger (‘24) competed at the World Speed Shooting Championship hosted by the Steel Challenge Shooting Association in Talladega, Alabama from April 26 to 30.
Clement competed in the limited division in the unclassified class, earning a score of 95.05 seconds and second place; the carry optics division as a grand master, earning a score of 91.52 seconds and fourth place; and the rim fire pistol optics division as a grand master, earning a score of 71.69 seconds and eleventh place. With an overall score of 258.26 seconds, Clement received the Steel Master Award, which is given to the competitor with the lowest aggregate score in three completed match times. Steiger shot in the production division in B class and received a total score of 120.15 seconds, placing seventh overall.
“The consistent hard work and dedication this team puts forth both at home and at matches is remarkable,” said Adam Burlew, coach of the Hillsdale Action Shooting Team. “The World Speed Shooting Championship was a great experience.”
First established as a club in 2017, the Hillsdale Action Shooting Team has seen rising success in recent years, earning two consecutive national championships during the Scholastic Action Shooting Program’s College Nationals.
The Steel Challenge is a fast-paced shooting competition governed by the SCSA. It features eight standardized stages with small, large, and rectangular steel targets. The winner is determined by their overall completion time.
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About the John Anthony Halter Shooting Sports Education Center
The Halter Center is a state-of-the-art shooting facility located five miles from the Hillsdale College campus. Opened in 2008, the Center aims to introduce individuals to shooting sports and encourage interest across all levels of experience. The Halter Center also serves an educational purpose by promoting the principles of the Constitution and teaching beginner and experienced shooters in various classes. Home to Hillsdale College’s collegiate shooting teams and the USA national team, the Halter Center is also a resource for the public through camps, conferences, and other programming. For more information, visit shootingsports.hillsdale.edu.
Hillsdale College has been the home of the USA Shooting National Team since 2019 and has hosted USA Shooting Junior Olympic Trap and Skeet development camps and championships. The Center boasts 113 range acres, four international skeet fields, a 22-station sporting clays course, five international bunkers, a small arms range, an action shooting range, a five-stand range, an international archery range, nine American Trap fields, and an AcuSport lodge and grill.