The University of Minnesota Crookston (UMC) trap team finished the 2024 fall season in sixth place in Conference 6 in the USA College Clay Target League. UMC had 797.5 points in the final week of the regular season to finish with 4,473.5 points, just shy of Lake Area Technical College. Lindenwood University won Conference 6.
Lily Krona (Sr., Bemidji), Braxton Qual (So., Mahnomen), and Louis Siegel (Jr., Anoka) all shot 25-straight rounds in week five. Krona finished the fall season tied for fifth among all females in the USA College Clay Target League. Krona tied for fourth among females in Conference 6.
Krona, Qual, and Siegel paced the Golden Eagles in week five, hitting 48-of-50 targets. Jayden Bergerson (Jr., Gully), and Kelsey Harms (Jr., Norwood Young America) each hit 47-of-50 for the week. Heather Kaup (Sr., Forest Lake, and Garrison Worthen (Fr., Prior Lake) were 46-of-50. Hunter Pierson (Jr., Saint Hilaire), and Evan Singsank (Sr., Watertown) hit 45-of-50 targets for Minnesota Crookston. Payton Homme (So., Goodridge), Allison Jepson (So., Frazee), Hunter Kasprowicz (Sr., Radium), and Chase Nelson (So., Red Lake Falls) went 43-of-50. Ellen Payne (Sr., St. Louis Park) connected on 42-of-50 targets. McKenna Bennett (So., Greenbush), Rebecca Morstad (Fr., Cavalier, N.D.), and Collin Schlomann (Sr., Lake Lillian) went 41-of-50. C.J. Walsh, and Kara Wold (So., Belgrade) both hit 40-of-50 targets.
UMC is set to compete at the 2024 USA College Clay Target League National Championship November 1-3 at Brittany Shooting Park in Bunker Hill, Ill. The Golden Eagles were the runner-up last season. This will be the first time they will compete against live competition at a neutral site for the National Championship.
