By Ashley Dugan, CMP Staff Writer
The results are in for the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s (CMP) 2024-2025 National Three-Position Postal Competition. The annual sporter and precision junior air rifle event saw over 1,830 participants in total through the course of the postal period, which ran from October 2024 to January 2025.
Leading individuals included Ashley Carr, 17, of Alliance, NE. Carr led the sporter class by two points over the second and third place competitors, who each reached a score of 284. Katlyn Sullivan, 18, of Statesboro, GA, pulled out an even tighter win in the precision division – claiming the top spot only by x-count, with an outstanding score of 299-24X. In team competition, Zion Benton High School from Illinois claimed the overall sporter match, while Yellowstone Rifle Club from Montana earned the precision title.
High individuals and teams of the 2024-2025 CMP Three-Position Postal Competition:
Individuals:
Sporter:
- Ashley Carr, 17, Alliance, NE – 286-17X
- Timothy Longacre, 18, Greeley, CO – 284-18X
- Evelyn Yang, 14, San Jose, CA – 284-12X
Precision:
- Katlyn Sullivan, 18, Statesboro, GA – 299-24X
- Isabella Goldstein, 16, Chesapeake, VA – 299-21X
- Kennedy Wells, 17, Granbury, TX – 297-25X
Four-person Teams:
Sporter:
- Zion Benton High School, IL – 1100-37X
- Mulberry High School, FL – 1094-40X
- Pearl City High School, HI – 1093-25X
Precision:
- Yellowstone Rifle Club, MT – 1176-79X
- Ole Mill Rangers, GA – 1174-78X
- Claudia Taylor Johnson High School, TX – 1174-73X
Top scoring athletes of the Postal event move on to the Regional Championships, set to be held in Ohio, Alabama and Utah in April. The culminating National Championships will be held at the Gary Anderson CMP Competition Center in Camp Perry, Ohio, June 19-21 (sporter) and July 7-9 (precision).
View a complete list of results of the 2024-2025 CMP Three-Position Postal Competition at https://ct.thecmp.org/2025CMPPostalResults.
About the CMP Three-Position Postal Competition:
The competition is designed for sporter and precision junior marksmen involved in 4-H, Scouts, American Legion, club or JROTC air rifle programs. During the Postal match, competitors receive targets by mail to record shots at their home ranges in each of the three positions: kneeling, prone and standing. Targets are then submitted back to CMP headquarters for official scoring by staff members. State Championships, also part of the CMP Three-Position Air Rifle series, are conducted by CMP State Directors or specially appointed Match Directors. Learn more about these championships at https://thecmp.org/youth/three-position-national-postal-competition/.
The Civilian Marksmanship Program is a federally chartered 501 (c) (3) non-profit corporation. It is dedicated to firearm safety and marksmanship training and to the promotion of marksmanship competition for citizens of the United States. For more information about the CMP and its programs, log onto www.TheCMP.org.
