I'm back
Nationals was great. Oh sure our team can't hang out together, let alone eat a meal together, and somehow we barely manage to not kill each other, but considering all that we placed 3rd in air, 4th overall, and 7th smallbore. Yours truly shot an 1143 (new pr, still one point off mary's pr of 1144) but if i had only hit ten points better we would have been 3rd in smallbore and 3rd overall. I could have too, my last standing target i hit 81 instead of 90+ like i had been shooting, i just couldn't do it, my back hurt, i was nervous, and i was worried about running out of time (i had ten minutes left, some people finish with 10 seonds left, i'm not sure how they do it), i just didn't know how to handle it, but oh well, i guess everybody could have shot better. Overall, we did well, better than last place like last year, that was embarrasing. Also ryan got all american in both smallbore and air rifle, so he was pretty excited, and coach got coach of the year, so we were all really excited, he certainly deserved it and hopefully that will help out the program. He would do anything for us and i am glad that the rest of the country knows that.
New York was pretty cool. There are a lot of things i like about the east coast, it is just that i like the west better. It was cold, but really pretty. West Point was a lot like Annapolis (suprise suprise). Flying in the trees looked like velvet on the hills, i didn't have the camera ready or you would know what i am talking about. It snowed for most of the time we were there but it got really nice the last day. The range is beautiful, the campus even better, and the airport has a whole 7 gates, we were pretty impressed.
I have uploaded some pictures so check back and i will have the comments all in the right place. The pictures aren't that great but they work, i didn't really have the camera setup right i found out later. We went to a bunch of dinners, watched a lot of tv, ate some pretty bad food, shot a bunch, watched the nra guys give dirty looks to the usa shooting guys (they don't like each other), and had a grand old time.
Last thing, the weather is looking crappy so i don't think there is going to be any nevada finding this week, which sucks, buy oh well. I think mary would kill me if i got her truck stuck somewhere and couldn't get it out, or if i broke a leg or something, maybe this weekend it will clear up, we will see. It will be good to make some money this week. Anyway, more to come later.
Posted by cmorton at March 17, 2003 10:12 PM