Eden Samson has been on the Wasilla Warrior Clay Target Team since her freshman year. She has competed in the Junior Olympic Nationals In Colorado Springs the last two years, winning a bronze medal in her division this last summer. She will be attending Martin...
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Clay wins silver medal at national competition in Nebraska
Cade Clay of Haines won a silver medal in a men's trap shooting event at the Upper Midwest Regional Championships in Grand Island, Nebraska. He finished second out of 35 shooters after breaking 94 of 100 targets. Clay, of Haines High fame, was seventh in this...
Cogdell-Unrein medals for sixth time after hitting final target
With a medal on the line, Eagle River trapshooter Corey Cogdell-Unrein did what she does best. She came up clutch. Fearless in the big moment, Cogdell-Unrein used a strong Day 2 showing to lead her trap mixed team to a bronze medal at the USA Shooting national...
Cogdell-Unrein remains on target, wins second medal this month
Eagle River trapshooter Corey Cogdell-Unrein teamed with California’s Jake Wallace to lift Team USA to a gold medal at the final ISSF World Cup of the season in Tucson, Arizona. It was the second medal in trap mixed team competition this month for the three-time...
Cogdell-Unrein to represent U.S. in new trap mixed team in Asia
Eagle River’s Corey Cogdell-Unrein is finding new ways to dominate the sport of trapshooting. The two-time Olympic bronze medalist and World Cup gold medalist participated in the first-ever Team USA trap mixed team tryout near Colorado Springs, Colorado. There was...
Clutch Cogdell-Unrein helps Team USA win gold in Russia
Eagle River’s Corey Cogdell-Unrein came up clutch again with the pressure on, scoring the second-highest point total in the find round to help Team USA win a gold medal in Moscow, Russia. The 30-year-old shotgun shooter has a reputation for hitting the mark when it...
Edmunds, Toth win gold medals for Team USA in Hungary
Alaska trap shooters Desi Edmunds and Matt Toth each won team gold medals at the 2017 World FITASC shoot in Budapest, Hungary. Edmunds, who grew up in Anchorage and now lives in Houston, was part of the three-woman American team that beat a group from Great Britain...
Cogdell-Unrein secures 7th selection to Worlds in storied career
When it comes to shooting a trap under pressure, there’s nobody better than Eagle River’s Corey Cogdell-Unrein. The 30-year-old shotgun shooter won in walkoff fashion after she hit the 50th and final target to claim third place at the USA Shooting National...
Cogdell-Unrein caps super season with third major medal in trap
Eagle River’s Corey Cogdell-Unrein closed a productive trapshooting season with her third major medal. The world’s third-ranked shotgun shooter overcame a string of uncharacteristic misses to win the bronze at the ISSF World Cup today in Rome, Italy. Cogdell-Unrein...
Cogdell wins shootout to claim second career Olympic bronze
There is clutch under pressure, and there is Corey Cogdell-Unrein at the Olympics. For the second time in the last three Olympics, the trapshooter from Eagle River won a bronze medal after winning a do-or-die shootout. At the Rio Games today the 29-year-old upset...
Cogdell-Unrein qualifies for third Olympics with shotgun in trap
She has been the best trapshooter in the country since 2008 and the scary thing is Corey Cogdell-Unrein of Palmer isn't even 30 yet. The 29-year-old booked her ticket to this summer's Olympic Games after securing Team USA's only spot in women's trapshooting with her...