The Ohio State pistol team opened its season by capturing two of five individual medals at the Ohio Cup competition Oct. 7-8, while the rifle team opened its season with a loss to Kentucky Oct. 15-16.
Senior Anthony Douglass and sophomore Teresa Meyer both won an aggregate championship to lead the OSU pistol team at the Ohio Cup.
Douglass won the three-gun aggregate championship with a score of 1,575 and won the free pistol competition with a score of 501, tying with Ernest Oelkler, who competed unattached. Douglass finished third in the air pistol competition and fourth in the standard pistol competition.
"Overall I'd say it was decent," Douglass said. "It's an ongoing thing. Everyone continues to improve as I hope that I will."
Douglass earned All-American honors in all three open events last season, and will try to repeat the achievement this season.
Meyer won the women's two-gun aggregate championship with a score of 939. Meyer finished second in the standard pistol, air pistol, and women's sport pistol competitions and finished third in the women's air pistol competition.
Junior Chip Mardis earned the Buckeyes' second individual title, winning the standard pistol competition with a score of 551. Mardis finished one point ahead of fellow Meyer.
"Mardis is shooting all three events for us this year," coach James Sweeney said. "He is the defending National Champion in standard pistol, and will be a three-gun all around shooter this year."
Kristina Kask of Garrett won the air pistol competition with a score of 561, and Judy Tant finished one point ahead of Meyer to win the women's sport pistol competition with a score of 574. Tant competed unattached.
This season, the Buckeyes have an experienced team, returning five seniors. Douglass and Mardis are joined by seniors Rich Hart, Nate Hamm, Rodrick McNeil. Junior Krystin Schmid and sophomores Meyer, Lauren Diefenderfer, and Justin Walters round out the squad.
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