State Champion

In February, I shot my first match in several months, as I had taken some time off to have a baby. Needless to say, the match was not a great one, resulting in the lowest scores I have show in Sport Pistol and Standard Pistol in quite some time. Air Pistol scores were better. I have found that shooting Friday evening instead of Saturday morning comes with its own set of challenges. My focus is different since I have had a whole day of other things going on leading up to the match. When I am scheduled to shoot on Saturdays, I wake up with shooting on the brain and have an easier time getting in the right mindset.

March is the month for the Utah State Championship match. This time, I shot my air match on Friday evening, and Women's Sport Pistol on Saturday. My Air scores were very close to those of last month. I was able to keep all my shots within the 8 ring until the 8th string, then shot 2 7's in that string!

Women's Sport Pistol started out extremely well, with 5 10's . . . as my sighters! My match shots weren't too terrible but there weren't any strings of 10's like my sighters! Duel went better than I anticipated. I had a couple flyers, but overall a good match, much better than last month. My final score was 556, only one point below my personal best. A couple conclusions after this match: 1, exercising helps my scores. I do not tire as quickly and that is one less distraction. 2, shooting air the previous evening helps my scores. I am focused, and steady. Shooting air helps my not to anticipate. 3, if I can shoot a 556 with very little training, then I can BEAT my personal best with a little work!

Unfortunately, there was another woman shooter that beat my score in Women's Air, however, I was able to pull off a win for Women's Sport Pistol and am now the Utah State Women's Sport Pistol Champion, probably for the last time. Sad sentiment, but still something great to take away!