Trap | 9/28/2026 9:54:00 AM

CROOKSTON, Minn. - The University of Minnesota Crookston trap team is in fifth of seven teams after the first week of the Fall season in the USA College Clay Target League. The Golden Eagles are in 1A-Conference 6 for the Fall season.

Minnesota Crookston had 615 points in their opening week. They lead State Technical College of Missouri by over 200 points. Mitchell Technical College is in seventh place with 257.5 points. The Golden Eagles are trailing Bismarck State College by 168.5 points. Southwest Wisconsin Technical College leads the conference with 1.030 points, with Alfred State College, and Lake Area Technical College placed in second and third.

Braxton Qual (Sr., Mahnomen, Minn.) is in a tie for seventh for all males in the conference after shooting an average of 24.0. Rebecca Morstad (Jr., Cavalier, N.D.) is tied for second for all females in the conference following an average of 24.0. Kylie Plambeck (Farmington, Minn.) is tied for fifth for females with a 23.5 average. Morstad is tied for fifth among all females in the USA College Clay Target League.

Morstad, Plambeck, and Qual all had 25-straight rounds in the opening week for the Golden Eagles.

Morstad and Qual led Minnesota Crookston in week one, hitting 48-of-50 targets. Plambeck and Eli Aho (New York Mills, Minn.) went 47-of-50 in the opening week. Ryder Sahr (Albertville, Minn.) connected on 46-of-50 targets for the week. Eli Devore (Jr., Park Rapids, Minn.) and Shane Francis (Fr., Faribault, Minn.) hit 45-of-50 targets for the Golden Eagles. Austin Hughes (Jr., New York Mills, Minn.) and Kallen Littler (Jr., Bemidji, Minn.) knocked down 44-of-50 clay targets. Ava Wisch (Glencoe, Minn.) connected on 43-of-50 targets. Carter Bye (St. Louis Park, Minn.) and C.J. Walsh (Stillwater, Minn.) hit 42-of-50 targets. Amelia Miller (So., Hastings, Minn.), Olivia Monger (Jr., Orono, Minn.), and Lucas Wavra (Jr., East Grand Forks, Minn.) were successful on 41-of-50 targets.