Jacob Buchanan

PERSONAL BESTS:

2017-18 (Sophomore):

All-American (air rifle, smallbore, combined)
Member of the counting team that holds the 4711 team aggregate record (1/21/19 at TCU)
Member of the counting team that holds the 2336 team smallbore record (1/21/19 at TCU)
Shot as a member of the counting team for 13/16 events in smallbore and 15/106 in air rifle
Held season averages of
- 580.5 Smallbore (Team High)
- 590.3 Air Rifle
- 1171 Aggregate (Team High)
Shot a team-high of 593 on the day in air rifle at Alaska on 10/13
Shot a team-high for the match against Nevada with a 593 in air rifle
Fired back-to-back team-high scores for the match against Air Force with and 1173 aggregate score on 11/18 and an 1175 aggregate score on 11/19

2016-17 (Freshman):

CRCA Scholastic All-American
OSU Scholar-Athlete
Held season averages of:
- 573.4 Smallbore
- 589 Air Rifle
- 1162 Aggregate
Shot for the team in every event, including the NCAA Championship
Fired a 579 in smallbore in his first collegiate event at Nevada
Posted the first of his three season-high aggregates of 1171 at West Virginia behind a solid 593 air rifle
Shot a season-high 580 in smallbore at Nebraska
Matched that 580 two events later at UTEP en route to a second season-high aggregate of 1171
Had a season-best 595 air rifle on day one at Air Force
Also had a 595 air rifle at TCU and would finish with his third 1171 aggregate of the year
Shot 590 and 589 in air rifle at the PRC Championship and NCAA Qualifier
Finished the year with scores of 577 in smallbore and 588 in air rifle at his first NCAA Championship

PRIOR TO OHIO STATE:

Had only been shooting five years prior to arriving on camp
Started his career at the Montgomery County 4-H Shooting Club
Overall Champion at the 2014 NRA Conventional 3-Position Championship, set four national records, and became the youngest winner in event history
Earned his CMP Junior Distinguished Badge for excellence in three-position Air Rifle in 2014
Gold medalist at the 2015 Junior Olympics Smallbore 3-Postion Championship and the 2015 Junior Olympics Smallbore Prone Championship
Silver medalist for his age group at the 2015 Junior Olympics Air Rifle Championship
Member of the US Junior National Team
Competed in his first international competition in Suh, Germany at the ISSF Junior World Cup where he helped the men’s junior team win a silver medal in Smallbore 3-position…
Holds 6 national records in both NRA and USA Shooting

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