New Mexico was represented by the Grant County 4-H Shotgun Team at the National 4-H Shooting Sports Invitational held in Grand Island, Nebraska June 24-28. The Grant County 4-H Shotgun Team consisted of Austin Moore, Trevor Jensen, Dustin White, and Mike Deloff. The team was coached by Rob Bates and Elvin George. Also traveling with the team was Ty Dalton who helped the Grant County team qualify for the national contest by competing on the state winning team but was ineligible to compete at the national contest due to national contest age limit requirements.

The Shotgun team competed in three different shotgun disciplines during the national shoot. These disciplines consisted of Sporting Clays, Trap, and Skeet. The New Mexico team placed 15th overall in the nation as a team. Thank you to those individuals, groups and businesses in the Grant County community that have made donations to assist the shotgun team on their trip to the national contest.

Your continued support of the Grant County 4-H program is greatly appreciated! Congratulations to the Grant County New Mexico Shotgun Team on all of their accomplishments at the state and national levels.