Southwestern's sports shooting team hosted a home shoot at the High Lakes Outdoor Alliance Shooting Range in Afton on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. The weather was windy and rainy, making for tough shooting conditions. 

The Spartans ended up capturing the third place trophy with a 462. Leading the way for Southwestern was Tom Steinbach, freshman, of Creston, with a 95; Dillon Glenn, freshman, of Bethany, MO, with a 93; Blake Binns, freshman, of Winterset, with a 92; Cole Harder, sophomore, of Hancock, with a 92; and Hunter Albers, sophomore, of Indianola, with a 90.

For high individual men, Steinbach ended up in 10thplace, Glenn at 17th, Binns at 22nd, Harder at 24th, and Albers at 31st.

High individual women for SWCC were Jessica Aupperle, sophomore, of Wiota, in ninth place, Sydney McElfish, sophomore, of Greenfield in 13th place,  Mallory Bell, freshman, of Colfax in 14th, and Makayla Flora, freshman, of Adel, in 15th.

Spartan Head Coach Marc Roberg likes what he sees in the Spartans' weekly progress this fall.

"We are improving every meet," stated Roberg. "We ended at seventh in our first meet, fifth in the second, and now finished third. We are headed in the right direction." 

The next outing for the Spartans will be Saturday, Oct. 21, in Cedar Rapids, hosted by Kirkwood.