North Dakota’s 4-H shooting sports archery team placed twelfth, the air rifle team placed fifteenth and the shotgun team placed 21st at the 2024 4-H National Championships in Grand Island, Nebraska, June 25-27.

The youth competed in a field of 33 teams in the shotgun events, 22 teams in the archery events and 21 teams in air rifle events.

The North Dakota teams consisted of competitors who qualified in the 2023 North Dakota State Championships in shotgun, air rifle and archery. Each team had four members who competed in their qualifying discipline.

Members of the archery team were Ellie Bargmann, Kendra Boehm and James McGrath from Morton County and Abigail Ferguson from Williams County. Madison Knoke, Rebecca Morstad and Adam Sobolik from Ramsey County and Brayden Smith from Hettinger County. Ward County air rifle participants included Zachary Korgel, Landen Jansen, Alyssa Korgel and Olivia Jansen.

The archery teams were required to participate in 3-D, World Federation Field Archery and a half-field round of National Federation Archery Association archery at the National Championships. The shotgun events included trap, skeet and sporting clays. Air rifle participants competed in 3P, standing and silhouettes events.

Participants earned individual and team awards for the top 10 placings in the discipline for each day and overall match awards.

Overall Individual Awards

Shotgun

• Knoke – 57th
• Morstand – 58th
• Sobolik– 73rd
• Smith– 102nd

Archery

• Boehm – 16th
• Ferguson – 46th
• McGrath – 50th
• Bargmann – 57th

Air Rifle

• O. Jansen – 21st
• Z. Koregel – 58th
• L. Jansen – 67th
• A. Korgel - 69th

Team and individual results by day

Day 1

The North Dakota shotgun team placed 23rd in sporting clays. Individual placements were:

• Morstad – 72nd (score 72/100)
• Knoke – 80th (score 68/100)
• Sobolik – 84th (score 67/100)
• Smith – 93rd (score 63/100)

The North Dakota archery team placed eighth in Federation Internationale de Tir a l’Arc archery. Individual placements were:

• Boehm – 11th (score 680/720)
• Ferguson – 28th (score 659/720)
• Bargmann – 45th (score 639/720)
• McGrath – 50th (score 635/720)

The North Dakota air rifle team placed 11th in 3P. Individual placements were:

• O. Jansen – 14th (score 525/600)
• L. Jansen – 43rd (score 491/600)
• A. Korgel – 58th (score 483/600)
• Z. Korgel – 62nd (score 475/600)

Day 2

The shotgun team finished 16th in skeet. Individual placements were:

• Morstad – 41st (score 89/100)
• Sobolik – 41st (score 89/100)
• Knoke – 72nd (score 83/100)
• Smith – 83rd (score 80/100)

The archery team placed 14th in field archery. Individual placements were:

• Boehm – 12th (score 256/300)
• Ferguson – 56th (score 234/300)
• Bargmann – 66th (score 227/300)
• McGrath – 66th (score 227/300)

The air rifle team placed 13th in standing. Individual placements were:

• O. Jansen – 31st (score 317/400)
• Z. Korgel - 34th (score 316/400)
• A. Korgel – 61st (score 287/400)
• L. Jansen – 67th (score 282/400)

 Day 3

The shotgun team finished 20th in trap. Individual placements were:

• Morstad – 66th (score 86/100)
• Sobolik – 74th (score 84/100)
• Knoke – 24th (score 92/100)
• Smith – 95th (score 80/100)

The archery team placed 11th in 3D archery. Individual placements were:

• Boehm – 42nd (score 198/330)
• Ferguson – 51st (score 187/330)
• Bargmann – 53rd (score 185/330)
• McGrath – 22nd (score 222/330)

The air rifle team placed 16th in silhouette. Individual placements were:

• O. Jansen – 30th (score 21/40)
• Z. Korgel – 57th (score 16/40)
• A. Korgel – 71st (score 13/40)
• L. Jansen – 76th (score12/40)

Shooting sports is sponsored by Scheels, a supporter of the North Dakota 4-H Foundation.

NDSU Agriculture Communication – July 30, 2024

Source: Karla Meikle, 701-877-2584, karla.meikle@ndsu.edu

Editor: Elizabeth Cronin, 701-231-5391, elizabeth.cronin@ndsu.edu