Hillsdale College’s John Anthony Halter Shooting Sports Education Center in Hillsdale, Michigan, is hosting the 2024 USA Shooting Junior Olympic Development Camps this summer. The camps are open to intermediate-to-advanced trap and skeet shooters ages 12-20.
USA Shooting’s 2024 Junior Olympic Development Camps will take place at the Hillsdale College Halter Center on these dates: July 14-19 for trap and July 21-26 for skeet.
Designed to help promising young shooters advance in the Olympic shotgun disciplines, the Junior Olympic Development Camps provide Olympic hopefuls with high-level training from national team members, former Olympians and world champions.
“These are some of the most promising young shooters in the country—maybe even the world,” Caitlin Connor Royer, assistant program development and competition manager for Hillsdale College’s Halter Center and multiple World Cup medalist said. “These camps provide them with the coaching and mentorship they need to take it to the next level. USA Shooting is already one of the top programs in the world. Events like this ensure it will become even stronger.”
Following each camp, the Halter Center will host the Junior Olympic Championships for each respective discipline. If they choose to compete, attendees will have the opportunity to test their shooting prowess against one another on the national stage.
Some 2024 Junior Olympic Development Camp attendees may even qualify for the Junior Olympic team.
“The Halter Center really is the perfect place to host these events,” Royer said. “Its shooting sports facilities are state-of-the-art, and lodging, meal and transportation accommodations provided by Hillsdale College help everyone to concentrate on what they are here to do—shoot.”
More information about the Hillsdale College Halter Center: “Opened in 2008, the Halter Center aims to introduce individuals to shooting sports and encourage interest across all levels of experience. The Halter Center also serves an educational purpose by promoting the principles of the Constitution and teaching beginner and experienced shooters in various classes. The Halter Center boasts 113 range acres, four international skeet fields, a 22-station sporting clays course, five international bunkers, a small arms range, an action shooting range, a five-stand range, an international archery range, nine American trap fields and an AcuSport lodge and grill. Home to Hillsdale College’s collegiate shooting teams and the USA national team, the Halter Center is also a resource for the public through camps, conferences and other programming.”
Hillsdale College has been the home of the USA Shooting National Team since 2019 and has hosted the Junior Olympic Nationals in shotgun, Senior Nationals in shotgun, the Para Grand Prix in shotgun, Part One Olympic Trials for the 2024 Olympics and Junior Olympic Trap and Skeet development camps and championships.
Learn more about USA Shooting and Hillsdale College.
