WAUKEE, IOWA - The Viking gunners competed this past weekend at the New Pioneer Gun Club in Waukee, and finished 4^th overall in the final competition before heading to San Antonio, Texas for the National Collegiate Championships.

Cole Haynes, from the Viking squad, finished in the 6th position overall, while Cass Ruzicka finished in the 7th position overall in the women's division. In the trap shooting event, both Cass Ruzicka and Braeden Hirsch broke 96 out of 100 targets, just two targets behind the leaders. In the Sporting Clays event, Cole Haynes and Braeden Hirsch ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively on the leaderboard. During the Skeet shooting event, Cole Haynes and Will Hinrichs had to battle in a 5-way shoot-off for the 3rd place podium, which Cole Haynes won. Will Hinrichs was the top Viking in Super Sporting, only 3 targets shy of the podium.

FROM COACH MUNDY 
"I'm a little disappointed in our efforts this past weekend, especially on the eve of the National Championships, but I know this team and what they are capable of. We just need to clean up a few things and get rid of the unneeded pressure that we are putting on ourselves and just go out and do what we've been training to do all year. This squad has an enormous amount of talent and capability, some of them just need to get out of their own way and believe in themselves the way that I believe in them." 

UP NEXT? 
The Vikings compete in the National Collegiate Championships on March 21-23rd, they will prepare hard leading up to it.