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Vic Reinders	Joe Hiestand	Mark Arie	Nora Martin Ross

A. J. Stauber of Los Angles. The first shooter
with a .9900 singles average.(.9905 in 1927)
This is Stauber at the 1909 Grand American in Chicago.
Trapshooting immortality would come to this man
22 years after this rare photograph.

After breaking 200 straight in the Clay Target Championship at the 2008 Grand American Handicap, Foster Bartholow and Leo Harrison III set a new ATA shootoff record after four straight nights of smashing targets. At the conclusion of 36 rounds Bartholow and Harrison were declared co-champions with 900 straight shootoff targets, 275 more that the previous record.

Stu Welton and Ted Schlecht set an ATA one-day singles shoot-off record on May 25th, at the 2001 Idaho State Shoot. Six broke 100 straight in the program and by the sixth round of the shoot-off, only Welton and Schlecht remained. Ted missed his 623rd target while Stu posted another straight in this 25th and last round to end the shoot-off at 625-624.

Brian Whalen and Michael Blaisdell pictured after their historical shootoff at the 2005 Eastern Zone, held at the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's Association homegrounds in Elysburg, PA. Blaisdell won 575-574.

Steve Crothers (right)
Broke the first 200x200 in Singles at Vandalia.
1925

Rudy Etchen (left)
Broke the first 100x100 in Doubles at Vandalia
1950

I. GRAND AMERICAN RECORDS (Current through 2006 Grand American)
ATA Record Title	Holder	Year	Record
Most Clay Target titles. (thru 2006 GAH)	Joe Hiestand	………	5
	Ray Stafford	………	4
Most Women's Clay Target titles. (thru 2006 GAH)	Nora Martin	………	12
	Lela Hall Frank	………	8
Most Senior Vet Clay Target titles. (thru 2006 GAH)	Allen Tomnitz	………	4
	David George	………	2
	J. B. Hudson	………	2
Most Vet Clay Target titles. (thru 2006 GAH)	Don Beck	………	3
	Karrol Hillebrand	………	2
	Donald Whitlow	………	2
	J. B. Hudson	………	2
	Walter Johnson	………	2
	Don Englebry	………	2
	Homer Clark	………	2
Most Junior Clay Target titles. (thru 2006 GAH)	James Bonner	………	3
	Eddie Trotter	………	2
	Charles Keenan Jr.	………	2
	George Burruss	………	2
	Fred Waldock	………	2
	Bobby Lee Stifel	………	2
	Rudy Etchen	………	2
	Homer Clark Jr.	………	2
	Ned Lilly	………	2
	Dudley Shallcross	………	2
Most Sub Junior Clay Target titles. (thru 2006 GAH)	Britt Robinson	………	3
	Leslie Foster	………	2
	Mark Ptak	………	2
	W. R. Jacobson	………	2
	Roy Foxworthy	………	2
	Ray Fienup	………	2
	Rudy Etchen	………	2
	Howard Kieffer	………	2
Most Preliminary Grand American Handicap titles. (thru 2006 GAH)	Leo Harrison III	………	2
Most HAA Grand American Titles (thru 2006 GAH)	Vic Reinders	………	5
	Phil Miller	………	5
	Leo Harrison III	………	5
Most HOA Grand American titles. (thru 2006 GAH)	Leo Harrison III	………	12
	Ray Stafford	………	7
	Joe Hiestand	………	7
	Ned Lilly	………	5
	Frank Troeh	………	4
Most Grand American Handicap titles. (thru 2006 GAH)	Many	………	1
Highest Score, HAA. (thru 2006 GAH)	Roger A. Smith Harlan Campbell Jr.	1983 2005	399x400
	Richard Marshall Jr.	2006	398x400
	Leo Harrison III	2003	398x400
	Leo Harrison III	1993	398x400
	Gary Bonetti	1991	398x400
	Dan Bonillas	1982	398x400
Highest Score, HOA. (thru 2006 GAH)	Leo Harrison III	1990	991x1000
	Chris Vendel	2005	989x1000
	Ray Stafford	2003	988x1000
	Leo Harrison III	1993	988x1000
	Leo Harrison III	1991	986x1000
	Brad Dysinger	1988	986x1000
First 200 straight in singles at Grand American.	Steve Crothers	1925	……..
First 200 straight in singles at Grand American by a woman.	Iva Pembridge Jarvis	1956	200x200
First 100 straight in doubles at Grand American.	Rudy Etchen	1950	100x100
First 100 straight in doubles at Grand American by a woman. (Saturday, Aug. 18, 1990, and then after 120x120 in shootoff, she won the ATA Doubles Championship.)	Nora Martin	1990	100x100
First 100 straight from 27 yards at Grand American.	Dan Bonillas	1975	100x100
II. NATIONAL TRAPSHOOTING RECORDS
ATA Record Title	Holder	Year	Record
Long run, Singles. (men)	David Shaeffer, Jr.	2009	2166
Long run, Handicap. (men)	Daro Handy	………	505
Long run, Doubles. (men)	Sean Hawley	2008	1130
Highest HAA at a ATA sanctioned shoot.	Phil Kiner	………	400x400
	Phil Kiner	………	400x400
Youngest person to reach 27 yard line.	Richard E. MacIntosh	March 15, 1997	11 Years 9 Months 22 Days
Longest Shootoff in ATA History: After 200 straight in the Clay Target Champinship at the Grand American, Sparta, IL. Declared Co-Champions by ATA President Bruce Reed.	Foster Bartholow Leo Harrison III	2008	900 900
Second longest shootoff in ATA History: After posting 100 in Friday's class singles at the 2001 Idaho State Shoot, Welton went straight in the one-day shoot-off and was declared the winner after Schlecht missed his 623rd target.	Stu Welton Ted Schlecht	2001	625 624
III. TRAP AND FIELD AVERAGE AWARDS…COMPOSITE AVERAGES, SINGLES, HANDICAP AND DOUBLES
Current through 2010 Season
ATA Record Title	Holder	Year	Record
Highest Single Season Composite Average (men)	Stu Welton	2009	0.9841
	Ray Stafford	1989	0.9832
	Sean Hawley	2003	0.9824
Highest Single Season Composite Average (women)	Nora Martin	1993	0.9702
	Nora Martin	1992	0.9684
	Nora Martin Ross	2006	0.9669
Highest Single Season Composite Average (industry)	Pete McCall	1984	0.9693
	Mike Jordon	1994	0.9680
	Pete McCall	1986	0.9667
Highest Single Season Composite Average (vet)	Kay Ohye	2005	0.9754
	Kay Ohye	2006	0.9735
	Louie Morgan	2005	0.9630
Highest Single Season Composite Average (senior vet)	B. J. Alley	2005	0.9521
	David George	1997	0.9517
	Hubert Johnson	2003	0.9499
Highest Single Season Composite Average (junior)	Dustin Klein	2006	0.9687
	Derek Stringer	2006	0.9681
	Chuck Redding	1992	0.9664
Highest Single Season Composite Average (sub-junior)	Steph Carmichel	2006	0.9595
	Brett Hamilton	2003	0.9567
	Jessre Moistie	2003	0.9567
Most Trap and Field Average Award Selections (men)	Dan Bonillas	………	25
	Ray Stafford	………	20
	Leo Harrison III	………	18
Most Trap and Field Average Award Selections (women)	Nora Martin Ross	………	28
	Debbie Ohye Nielson	………	8
	Vickie Larkin	………	8
IV. ATA AVERAGE LEADERS (Current through 2010 season)
ATA Record Title	Holder	Year	Record
Most 99% Singles Averages. (2500 target minimum)	Ray Stafford	1971-2010	37
	Leo Harrison III Robert Munson Kay Ohye Dan Bonillas Frank Hoppe Pete McCall Frank Little Drew Waller Ron Alcoriza Phil Kiner Harlan Campbell Jr. Fred Nagel Dean Bright John A. Hughes Louie Morgan Nora Martin Ross	1979-2010 1977-2010 1970-2009 1971-2005 1981-2007 1980-2006 1970-1992 1982-2006 1985-2006 1987-2009 1994-2010 1994-2010 1985-2003 1985-2005 1985-2008 1984-2006	31 30 29 27 22 22 21 18 17 17 16 15 15 15 15 15
High Singles Average, one year, men. (2,500 target minimum).	Al Ferreira	1993	0.9983
	Dan Orlich Keith Ditto Al Ferreira Scott Gens David Shaeffer Jr. Leo Harrison III Keith Ditto Jack Morris Frank Little Ray Stafford Frank Little Ron Alcoriza Leo Harrison III Robert Munson Tony Willoughby Stuart Welton	1968 2004 1992 2003 2009 1987 2008 1968 1987 1995 1989 1993 1988 1992 1997 2009	0.9982 0.9979 0.9978 0.9976 0.9976 0.9974 0.9974 0.9973 0.9972 0.9972 0.9971 0.9971 0.9970 0.9970 0.9970 0.9970
High Handicap Average, one year, men. (1,500 target minimum).	Dale Amos	1992	0.9827
	Dale Amos Dale Amos Bart Kirkham Leo Harrison III Dale Amos William Sayles Scott Gens William Sayles Bart Kirkham	1993 2000 2001 2009 2001 2007 2003 2008 2001	0.9760 0.9753 0.9669 0.9707 0.9706 0.9695 0.9675 0.9670 0.9669
High Doubles Average, one year, men. (1,000 target minimum).	Sean Hawley	2003	0.9967
	Terry Bilbey Eric Munson Dan Bonillas Sean Hawley Dan Bonillas Stuart Welton Chuck Redding Leo Harrison III James Spurlock Sean Haley	2008 2004 1997 2005 1996 2009 1994 2006 1995 1998	0.9927 0.9926 0.9922 0.9919 0.9918 0.9917 0.9910 0.9909 0.9908 0.9908

High Singles Average, one year, women. (2,000 target minimum)	Nora Martin	1993	0.9962
	Cathy Wehinger	2001	0.9953
	Nora Martin Ross	2006	0.9948
	Nora Martin Rachel Hopkins	1991 2009	0.9944 0.9941
	Nora Martin	1997	0.9930
High Handicap Average, one year, women. (1,000 target minimum)	Nora Martin Ross	2006	0.9447
	Nora Martin	1992	0.9441
	Nora Martin	2002	0.9409
	Betty Marks	1966	0.9400
	Nora Martin Sara Phipps	2000 2009	0.9390 0.9390
High Doubles Average, one year, women. (500 target minimum)	Nora Martin	1993	0.9772
	Debbie Ohye Neilson Debbie Ohye Neilson Vickie Larkin Nora Martin Nora Martin	2009 2005 1991 1994 1990	0.9730 0.9712 0.9709 0.9708 0.9705
V. FAMOUS TRAPSHOOTING FIRSTS THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE
ATA Record Title	Holder	Year	Record
First Lady to break 100 in the GAH. Second Lady to break 100 in the GAH. (NOTE: No other ladies have completed this feat)	Lynn Vincent Jennifer Schwartz	1990 1998
First shooter to reach 27 yard line (Las Vegas Gun Club)	Merle Stockdale	February 12, 1955	………
First shooter to reach 27 yard line (Las Vegas Gun Club)	Arnold Riegger (later squad)	February 12, 1955	………
First women on the 27 yard line.	Evelyn Primm	April 16, 1955	………
First women on the 26 yard line.	Evelyn Primm	February 25, 1955	………
First women on the 25 yard line.	Evelyn Primm	1954	………
First senior vet (70-over) on 27 yard line.	Carl Thacker	1970	age 70
First Junior on the 25 yard line. ( back fence ) First junior on the 27 yard line. ( back fence)	Dick Baldwin Frank E. Smith	Aug. 7, 1945 1958	age 17 ………
First sub-junior (14-under) on the 27 yard line. (Set on 8/18/1968 during Prelim Thursday's Handicap at the Grand when he became the first sub-junior to be punched to the 27.)	Bobby Jacobsen	August 18, 1968	14 Years
			11 Months
			13 Days
First 100 straight from the 27 yard line. (Throckmorton's 100 from 27 was on 7/19/1964 at Four Corners Roundup, Cortez TC, Cortez, Colo.)	Col. E. S. Throckmorton	July 19, 1964	………
First 100 straight in doubles. (Great Western Handicap at the Denver, Colorado Municipal TC.)	Mark Arie	July 18, 1926	………
First ATA Shooter to break 200 straight in their first 200 target event. (Record set in July of 1985 at the Minnesota State Shoot)	David Wisted	1985	………
First shooter to register a .9900 or better singles averages in one target year.	A. J. Stauber	1927	.9905
	A. J. Stauber	1928	.9912
	E. F. Woodward	1930	.9905
First 100 straight in Handicap at the Grand American in Vandalia.	Charles 'Sparrow' Young	1926	………
First 100 straight in Handicap at any Grand American...Chicago Gun Club, Chicago, IL.	Riley Thompson	1910	………
First shooter to complete "Grand Slam"	Dan Orlich	July 30, 1964	………
Second shooter to complete "Grand Slam"	George Snellenberger	Aug. 24, 1965	………
Third shooter to complete "Grand Slam"	Larry Gravestock	May 21, 1966	………
VI. ATA TARGET ATTAINMENT RECORDS (Current through 2010 Season)
ATA Record Title	Holder	State	Record
Most lifetime singles targets.	Gerald Burkhart	OH	1,613,550
	A. J. Olivito Jr. George T. Griggs Ashley M. Jones Paul E. Shyers	OH PA FL OH	1,385,300 788,500 718,100 710,500
Most lifetime handicap targets.	Jimmy R. Heller	CA	308,550
	Shingo Kariya Claud E. Felix Charles W. Long Alvin Connerley	CA MO TX ID	305,750 285,700 272,800 266,500
Most lifetime doubles targets.	Charles W. Long	TX	349,200
	Charles R. Graham Tom Burns Bill Roff Steven W. Williamson	IN AZ OK CA	313,600 302,000 244,000 227,150
VII. ALL AMERICAN TEAMS (Current through 2007 selections)
ATA Record Title	Holder	Year	Record
Most Selections to Men's 1st Team.	Ray Stafford	………	35
Most Selections to Women's 1st Team.	Nora Martin	………	29
Man Selected to Most 1st & 2nd Teams. (including Category Teams)	Vic Reinders	………	37
Woman Selected to Most 1st & 2nd Teams. (including Category Teams)	Lou Ann Munson	………	32

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