In our first Air Rifle match of the Potomac High School Rifle League 2017-2018 Winter season, Robinson defeated Washington-Lee with a score of 1140 to 1120 on December 7, 2017.
Our top shooters were Emily Fisher 296-19x (setting a new team record), Stefan Arseneau 288-16x, and Jacob Bzdafka 284-13x.
Also notable was Grace Cason, who shot a perfect 100 (with 10 bullseyes) in prone – the only member of our team to do so.
Congratulations to the Robinson Rifle Team in earning first, second, and third place Precision Team awards at the King George Fall 3 Position Air Rifle Tournament on October 28, 2017!
Led by Captains Emily Fisher and David Linkh (who took first and second place individually with 583-41 and 574-28) Robinson athletes captured 6 of the top 8 precision shooter spots.
Queen Anne’s NRA Open, the Nov 5, 2017 Precision Air Rifle Match
Robinson Gold and Blue teams participated in the 60 shot standing air rifle match hosted at the Queen Anne 4H Grounds in Centreville, MD.
Gold took second place and Blue took third out of the five teams who participated. Captain Emily Fisher earned third place overall with a total of 578-29.
The 2017 Centreville Cup Challenge consisted of a 60 shots standing and a 3×20 match on October 29, 2017 @ the IWLA Arlington/Fairfax Bucky Sills Range.
Congratulations to Robinson Gold, who took second and third place overall in the precision category.
Special congratulations go to Captain Emily Fisher (not pictured), who scored first place for individual precision in both matches with 585-36 and 587-37 in the qualifiers then added top scores to achieve 688.5 and 690.4 in the finals (respectively).
The Robinson rifle team participated in the Maryland Junior Precision Air Rifle and 3P Metric State Championships, hosted by the Seaford High School NJROTC program, on Sunday 10 SEP 2017 in Centreville, MD.
Congratulations to our teams, who placed second and third in each championship match.
Special mention for individual performances by Emily Fisher, (5th place standing with 565-25x) and Emily, Jack Curry, and David Linkh, who placed 7, 8, and 9 in the 3P event, respectively.
Kat and Dillon McGrail, Jack Kersey and Jack Curry all participated in the CMP Camp in Anniston, AL. Dillon finished with a 460 (15th place) and is well on his way to obtaining his Letter, Kat finished with a 488 (12th place), Jack Kersey with a 557 (6th place), and Jack Curry finished with a 573 (3rd place). Both Jack Kersey and Jack Curry made it into the finals with Jack Kersey finishing 5th and Jack Curry finishing 4th. Additionally, Jack Curry won the Guts match.
Filling 11 of 33 precision slots at the CMP 3P Camp in Annapolis this past week, our Robinson Rifle athletes excelled, with 7 of our athletes earning personal bests. This included Riley Blackburn, who earned his varsity letter. Way to go, Riley!
photo credit: Coach Nolan
Grace Cason was among our athletes who garnered 5 of the top 10 spots in the EIC Cup Match at the end of camp, including 4 of the 8 slots in the finals, where Robinson finished 1-2-4-5. Earning Gold was Emily Fisher, while Jacob Bzdafka earned Silver. They were followed by Stefan Arseneau and Alison Chapman.
Emily also earned 4 EIC points towards her HS career goal of Junior Distinguished Shooter!
Earlier in the week, Jacob Bzdafka won top honors in the Guts Match. Congratulations to all our athletes for a week of hard work, with excellent results.
Congratulations to all our athletes for a week of hard work at both camps, the excellent results show that practice and patience pays off. Thank you to thecmp.org and also to our parents for making it all possible.
Congratulations to 2016 Olympian and team alumni Lucas Kozeniesky for winning a gold medal at the USA Shooting National Championships on June 27, 2017 @Ft. Benning, GA.
Also notable: Alison Weisz, a teammate of alumna Hayley Carroll, was one of the counselors when the team attended last summer’s CMP Camp in Annapolis, MD.
Jason Katz was the only Robinson Class of 2017 graduate and one of only fifteen FCPS seniors to win a National Merit Scholarship. Congratulations and good luck next year!