Dardas Sets Multiple Records During 2025 JROTC Service Championships

By Ashley Dugan, CMP Workers Author

By means of the weekends of Feb. 6-8, Feb. 13-15 and Feb. 16-18, a gaggle of 1,110 youth cadets participated within the annual JROTC Three-Place Service Championship – half two of the annual JROTC Air Rifle Championship collection. The JROTC Three-Place Service Championship noticed a dramatic rise in participation in 2025, with a 28 % enhance from final 12 months’s occasion.

Facilitated by the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP), the JROTC Air Rifle Service Championship is a two-day 3×20 air rifle competitors for sporter and precision athletes the place rivals fireplace 20 report photographs from three positions: kneeling, susceptible and standing. The highest eight athletes at every location (Utah, Alabama and Ohio) additionally take part in a ultimate to find out award winners.

The highest three rivals from every service included:

Military: 

Alabama Sporter:

Colin Donnelly, 17, Newsome Excessive College, FL

Valeria Alvarado, 18, North Brunswick Excessive College, NC

Ryan Roman, 17, Mulberry Excessive College, FL

Alabama Precision:

Mallory Edwards, 16, Sarasota Army Academy, FL

Drew Ridinger, 18, Ozark Excessive College, MO

Grace Bledsoe, 18, Claudia Taylor Johnson Excessive College, TX

Ohio Sporter:

Kaitlynn Burrell, 17, Walhalla Excessive College, SC 

Katelyn Miller, 18, Webb Metropolis Excessive College, MO

Johnathon Tatum, 17, Webb Metropolis Excessive College, MO

Ohio Precision:

Aurora Mayo, 17, Stuttgart Excessive College, AE

Eden Skidmore, 16, Lewis County Excessive College, KY

Sophia Durant, 17, Wiesbaden Excessive College, AE

Utah Sporter:

Nayeli Cruz, 17, Robert McQueen Excessive College, NV

Sariga Suresh, 18, Pueblo County Excessive College, CO

Allyson Aguirre, 16, Procter R Hug Excessive College, NV

Utah Precision:

Kelsey Dardas, 14, of Fountain Fort Carson Excessive College, CO

Nayleen Campos, 18, Fountain Fort Carson Excessive College, CO

Component Kimble, 18, Fountain Fort Carson Excessive College, CO

Marine Corps:

Sporter: 

Shiloh Hargrove, 17, Jack C. Hays Excessive College, TX

Joshua Prince, 16, Fort Mill Excessive College, SC

Brooklyn Zeigler, 17, Daniel Boone Excessive College, TN

Precision:

Kennedy Wells, 17, Granbury Excessive College, TX

Ashley Haymond, 16, Shelby County Excessive College, KY

Mackenzie Sookhoo, 18, East Coweta Excessive College, GA

Navy:

Sporter:

Brianna Benedetto, 18, Zion Benton Excessive College, IL

Chloe Cappetto, 17, Volunteer Excessive College, TN

Makayla Lovato, Highland Excessive College, NM

Precision:

Brooklyn Reames, 17, Joshua Excessive College, TX

Logan Corridor, 16, Floyd Central Excessive College, IN

Madison Thompson, 17, Oak Harbor Excessive College, WA

Air Pressure:

Sporter:

Wyatt Hamlin, 16, North Pole Excessive College, AK

Layla Briggs, 17, Haughton Excessive College, LA

Dalton Piotrowski, 18, McMichael Excessive College, NC

Precision:

Evan Williams, 17, Menchville Excessive College, VA

Katelynn McEntee, 16, Sickles AFJROTC Excessive College, FL

Auriana Davis, 16, Kaiserslautern Excessive College, AE 

Congratulations additionally to Kelsey Dardas, who fired the very best mixed qualification rating by means of all providers and set two new Three-Place Precision Particular person 3×20 information for her excellent Day 2 rating of 598-51X (U15 Age Group and Military JROTC), in addition to to Brooklyn Zeigler, who reached the very best mixed qualification rating for sporter.

Coinciding with the person occasion was the four-person crew match for each sporter and precision in every service department. Main groups had been:

Military:

Precision: Fountain Fort Carson Excessive College, Colorado – 4683-306X

Sporter: Webb Metropolis Excessive College, Missouri – 4322-149X

Marine Corps:

Precision: Granbury Excessive College, Texas – 4712-335X

Sporter: Jack C. Hays Excessive College, Texas – 4380-152X

Navy:

Precision: Floyd Central Excessive College, Indiana – 4696-330X

Sporter: Zion Benton Excessive College, Illinois – 4330-124X

Air Pressure:

Precision: Kaiserslautern Excessive College, AE (Germany) – 4646-270X

Sporter: North Pole Excessive College, Alaska – 4258-115X

Prime scorers general will transfer on to the JROTC Nationwide Championship, set to be held on the Gary Anderson CMP Competitors Middle at Camp Perry, Ohio, March 20-22.

Discover a full listing of outcomes of the JROTC Service Championships, together with prime scorers from every location, on the CMP’s Competitors Tracker web page at https://ct.thecmp.org/2025JROTCServiceResults. 

Extra data on the JROTC Championships could also be discovered on the CMP web site at https://thecmp.org/youth/jrotc/. Pictures from all places can be found free of charge viewing and obtain at https://cmp1.zenfolio.com/f992416689. 

The Civilian Marksmanship Program is a federally chartered 501 (c) (3) non-profit company. It’s devoted to firearm security and marksmanship coaching and to the promotion of marksmanship competitors for residents of america. For extra details about the CMP and its applications, log onto www.TheCMP.org.