For the seventh consecutive year, the Lindenwood Clay Target Shooting team has won a national championship. Competing at the ACUI Intercollegiate National Championships in San Antonio, Texas, the Lions made history by beating Southeastern Illinois College by over 90 targets.

The Lions won every single team event and Travis Mears won the high overall individual title on the men's side of the competition. Jenna McLean fell just short one target short on the women's side and finished in second place.

International Skeet

The Lions started off the championships with a dominating win in the international skeet competition. The team of Travis Mears, Jesse Molstre, and Alexander Chiang hit 272 targets out of 300 to take top honors.

In the individual event Mears won the men's side while teammates Rod Auerbach, Cody Reid, and Jesse Molstre finished fourth, fifth and sixth respectively.

On the women's side Chiang finished second while fellow Lady Lions Sarah Hughes and Jenna Mclean placed third and fourth.

International Trap

For the second time in as many events the Lions were the team champion in International Trap. Lindenwood edged Bethel College by just four targets.

The individual event was dominated by the Lions as Josh Creswell finished first while teammate Bret Court finished just behind in second place.

The women's side was much like the men's as two Lady Lions finished in the first two spots. Megan Orle  finished on top of the podium while Katelyn Bonn was right behind in fourth place.

American Skeet

Just like the first two events of the championship the Lions finished in first place during the American Skeet competition. Southeastern Illinois College finished six targets behind the Lions as Lindenwood hit 491 out of 500 possible targets.

Geri Williams missed only four targets out of 100 to win the women's individual championship in American Skeet. On the men's side Jared Darby finished in second place behind Adam King of Missouri Science and Technology.

American Trap

The American Trap competition saw the Lions win another team event. The five man team of Tyler Smith, Garett Blankenship, Pat Klug, Tyler Wallace, and Print Zutavern hit one more target than the University of Nebraska-Omaha to win the team championship.

In the women's individual event, Megan Ore was the champion with 97 out of 100 targets. This was the second time Ore had finished in the top five of the event.

Five Stand

The Five Stand team kept the Lions winning streak alive. Lindenwood would connect on 13 more targets than Southeastern Illinois College for the event win.

The individual five stand event was also won by the Lions as Molstre would finish ahead of Mike Ervin of Iowa State and teammate Travis Mears.

Sporting Clays

It was the most dominating event for the championships for the Lions as they destroyed their next closest opponent by over 19 targets. With the win in the Sporting Clays competition the Lions won every single team competition at the event.

For the third time at the championships, Travis Mears was crowned an individual event champion. Mears bettered his teammate, Jesse Molstre, by a slim margin to win the crown.