Daniel S.

• 2007 NRA 3P National Championship - Silver Medal, 3P Sporter Air Rifle
• 2007 NRA 3P Illinois State Championship - Illinois State Champion/Gold Medal, 3P Sporter Air Rifle
• 2007 Illinois Junior Olympic 3P State Championship - Illinois State Champion/Gold Medal and New State Record, 3P Sporter Air Rifle
• 2007 U.S. Army National Postal Competition - Illinois State Sporter Champion and 8th Place Overall of 1200 Competitors

2007 NRA Sectional Championship gold and silver medals for 3P Precision air rifle

2005 Illinois Junior Olympic Sporter-Class
Team State Champions

Bronze Medalists - 2004 National Junior Olympic Three-Position Championship, Sporter Club category

4th Place Sporter Team - 2004 National Junior Olympic Three-Position Championship overall standings

2004 Illinois Junior Olympic Sporter-Class
Team State Champions

2005 Illinois Junior Olympic
Sporter-Class State Champion

2004 Illinois Junior Olympic
Sporter-Class State Champion

To further expand on its mission to promote Olympic-style shooting,  AIAC recognized the need to start a junior shooting program to development the next generation of Olympic shooting athletes. The Arlington International Airgun Club – Junior Division, the “AIAC Juniors”, was formed in February of 2002 with the support of Christian Liberty Academy (CLA) of Arlington Heights, Illinois, and a grant from the NRA Range Grant Program. This enabled the club to purchase the required equipment, and build a separate 3-position (3P) junior air rifle range with 16 firing-points. The AIAC Juniors 3P Junior Olympic air rifle program teaches students in grades 7 to 12 proper gun safety, while also encouraging marksmanship proficiency and competitive advancement. The club supplies all of the equipment necessary for its students to participate in 3P sporter-class air rifle training sessions and competitions for a minimal membership cost and a small nightly range fee. The junior club is based on the most popular junior shooting discipline in the United States – 3P sporter-class air rifle. The 3P sporter-class air rifle discipline stresses training over equipment by restricting the type and cost of guns used, as well as limiting special shooting clothing.

All range activities operate under the control of an experienced Range Officer. The program is run by a NRA Certified Rifle Instructor, and utilizes coaches with experience in many different shooting disciplines. Guest coaches also present regular advanced training clinics for junior club members. Recent clinics have featured a former U.S. National Champion, U.S. National Rifle Team and U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (AMU) member, a former member of the India National Rifle Team, and a former Russian International rifle coach.

In its first year of existence, the AIAC Juniors have already begun to advance into national-level competition. Club members have won area NRA Sectional matches and placed in the top 5 at the Illinois State 3P Junior Olympic championships, with the AIAC Juniors team placing second in-class. Three out of four members on the sporter-class air rifle team representing Illinois at the 2003 NRA Junior National Air Gun Team Championships are AIAC Juniors members.

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