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How did you get started? [National Junior Team member] Mindy Miles text- ed me one night four years ago – we’ve been friends for quite a while – and told me
How do you get from 4-H to committing to Ohio State next year? I have been blessed with
very, very good coaches to begin with. They gave me a
When did you realize you could be competi- tive at this? At CMP camp three years
ago, I was about to quit right before the camp. It was a
What does your training schedule look like, when you have to balance school and shooting? I train to 2-3 hours a day
after school. I shoot small- bore at Lone Star Guns Gal-
Rhiann Travis won bronze in Women’s Air Rifl e and took gold in Junior Women’s Air Rifl e at this year’s Rocky Mountain Rifl e Championships.
lery and Gear and I shoot air in my living room or at my coach’s house. It also helps a lot that my
that she had been shooting in 4-H, really liked it, and said that I should come try it. I thought “Okay, I don’t really have anything to do tonight” so I went over, tried it, and I really liked it so I just kept it up from there! Mindy also helped coach me when I was À UVW VWDUWLQJ RXW
good foundation and from there, I’ve been able to work at it. I’ve had the help of several incredible people to kind of guide me.
Why shooting? I like the precision it
takes, just perfecting the same thing every time — that striving for perfection — that really spoke to me.
7KUHH 3RVLWLRQ 5LÁ H FDPS DW the Olympic Training Center and I ended up third over- all. When I was standing on the podium, I thought “you know, I really like the feel- ing of being on the podium. I mean, I really like this. I want to be on top!” And that’s kind of when I realized that if I wanted to do this, I could do it.
teachers are amazing. Just all the faculty and staff at my school are super, super supportive of my shooting and travelling. I would not be able to do as much as I do without their support.
Tell us about your latest European trip – you did very well in Austria and Germany. This was actually my sec-
ond trip to Europe. On that À UVW RQH >IRU WKH -XQLRU :RUOG Cup], I started overthinking it – maybe just because it ZDV P\ À UVW WLPH LQ (XURSH
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