Members of Team LoCo Motion have risen to
state-wide prominence having recently won state championships at the Scholastic
Action Shooting Program State Match. Established
in 2015, Team LoCo Motion participates in the Scholastic Action Shooting
Program (SASP) where youth, ages 12 – college shoot pistols and rifles at steel
targets while timed. The state match
took place at the NRA Headquarters range in Fairfax. In one of his first official acts, NRA
President Oliver North was on hand to welcome the athletes.
During the competition, athletes competed as a four-person
squad shooting both rimfire pistol and rifle.
The Team LoCo Motion Red Squad took 2nd place in the rimfire
pistol division, just missing first place by only 0.62 seconds. Red Squad members included Nathan Ellis of
Leesburg, Adam and Ethan Jardines of Purcellville as well as Corrine Whisenant
of Harpers Ferry, WV. In the rimfire
rifle - optics division, the Team LoCo Motion Crimson Squad took 3rd
place. Squad members included Lauren
Creese of Purcellville, Anna and Ben Soltis of Round Hill and Corrine
Whisenant.
At the individual level, the team took the lions share of
championships:
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Michael Soltis of Round Hill took 1st place
in the collegiate rimfire pistol as well as collegiate rifle - iron sights
divisions
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Adam Jardines of Purcellville took 1st place
in the high school rimfire pistol division
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Ethan Jardines of Purcellville took 1st
place in the middle school rimfire pistol and rifle – iron sights divisions
Team LoCo Motion, has received grant funding from the NRA
Foundation and the Town of Purcellville. As a way of assisting other youth development
programs, the team runs pistol qualifications sessions for the VIKING Division
Sea Cadets in Purcellville, as well as the Leesburg and Winchester Civil Air
Patrol squadrons. For more information
about the team, visit www.locomotionfoundation.org.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT:
Eliot Jardines – admin@locomotionfoundation.org
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