The 4-H Shooting Sports National Championships are held yearly in Grand Island, Nebraska. South Dakota youth must qualify at one of three competitions to compete at nationals. Competitors can only participate in a division once at nationals but can return to nationals in other divisions.
2025 National Championship Results
South Dakota's 4-H Shooting Sports team included 35 youth and 9 coaches. The team finished fifth place overall in 2025 Tom Davison Sweepstakes Award. (Courtesy: Kay Ruden)
The 2025 4-H Shooting Sports National Championships were held June 22 through 27 in Grand Island, Nebraska. The competition featured 737 youth representing a total of 40 states. South Dakota sent 35 youth and 9 coaches to this year’s contest.
Highlighting this year's competition was the air pistol team, which finished first place overall and featured overall individual champion Caden Chelmo of Brule County.
For the 2025 Tom Davison Sweepstakes Award, each state collected points throughout the competition based on individual placings across the divisions. Each day’s points were tallied up for the overall score. At the end of the event, South Dakota’s team had 228 overall points to claim fifth place. View the results below for a complete list of outstanding individuals and teams from this year's event.
Air Pistol
- Air Pistol Individuals (73 total)
- Rapid Fire: Caden Chelmo, Brule, 2nd Place
- Rapid Fire: Ella Hanson, Lake, 10th Place
- Silhouette: Caden Chelmo, Brule, 5th Place
- Slow Fire: Caden Chelmo, Brule, 2nd Place
- Slow Fire: Ella Hanson, Lake, 5th Place
- Overall Individuals: Caden Chelmo, Brule, 1st Place
- Overall Individuals: Ella Hanson, Lake, 7th Place
- Air Pistol Teams (18 total)
- Rapid Fire Teams: 2nd Place
- Silhouette Teams: 3rd Place
- Slow Fire Teams: 2nd Place
- Overall Teams: 1st Place
Air Rifle
- Air Rifle Individuals (87 total)
- 3-P: Lydia Blachford, Faulk, 10th Place
- Standing: Lydia Blachford, Faulk, 9th Place
- Silhouette: Joseph Gilbertz, Brule, 9th Place
- Silhouette: Mya Heinje, Roberts, 10th Place
- Overall Air Rifle Individuals: Lydia Blachford, Faulk, 7th Place
- Air Rifle Teams (20 total)
- 3-P Teams: 5th Place
- Standing Teams: 5th Place
- Silhouette Teams: 3rd Place
- Overall Air Rifle Teams: 4th Place
Archery - Compound
- Compound Archery Individuals (123 total)
- FITA: Devon Mueller, Grant, 5th Place
- Compound Archery Teams (20 total)
- FITA Teams: 5th Place
Archery - Recurve
- Recurve Archery Individuals (53 total)
- Field Archery: Riley Kneen, Sanborn, 5th Place
- FITA: Caleb Kneen, Sanborn, 9th Place
- Overall Recurve Archery Individuals: Riley Kneen, Sanborn, 5th Place
- Teams (10 total)
Muzzle Loader
- Muzzle Loader Individuals (79 total)
- Muzzle Loader Teams (18 Total)
Shotgun
- Individuals (115 total)
- Trap: Gage Whitehead, Meade, 2nd Place
- Teams (28 total)
Hunting Skills
- Hunting Skills Individuals (48 total)
- Wildlife ID/Wildlife Mgt/Archery: Landon Tieszen, Turner, 5th Place
- Wildlife ID/Wildlife Mgt/Archery: Regan Schwartz, Hamlin, 7th Place
- Wildlife ID/Wildlife Mgt/Archery: Addison Heinje, Roberts, 8th Place
- Decision Making/Compass Course/Rifle: Landon Tieszen, Turner, 1st Place
- Overall Hunting Skills Individuals: Landon Tieszen, Turner, 4th Place
- Hunting Skills Teams (13 total)
- Wildlife ID/Wildlife Mgt/Archery Teams: 3rd Place
- Skills/Compass/Shotgun: 5th Place
- Decision Making/Compass Course/Rifle Teams: 5th Place
- Overall Hunting Skills Teams: 4th Place
22 Rifle (Small-Bore Rifle)
- Small-Bore Rifle Individuals (87 total)
- Silhouettes: Luke Dangel, Charles Mix, 10th Place
- 3-P: Mason Stoeser, Hughes, 7th Place
- 3-P: Karlie Kammerer Pennington, 9th Place
- Overall: Mason Stoeser, Hughes, 5th Place
- Overall: Karlie Kammerer, Pennington, 9th Place
- Small-Bore Rifle Teams (20 total)
- Silhouettes Teams: 4th Place
- CMP Teams: 5th Place
- 3-P Teams: 2nd Place
- Overall Teams: 2nd Place
22 Pistol (Small-Bore Pistol)
- Small-Bore Pistol Individuals (64 total)
- Slow Fire: Chance Riley, Lincoln, 8th Place
- Camp Perry: Chance Riley, Lincoln, 5th Place
- Overall: Chance Riley, Lincoln, 7th Place
- Small-Bore Pistol Teams (10 total)
- Slow Fire Teams: 5th Place
- Camp Perry Teams: 4th Place
- Overall Team: 5th Place
Tom Davison Sweepstakes
- Tom Davison Sweepstakes (40 total teams)
- South Dakota's 4-H Shooting Sports team included 35 youth and 9 coaches.
- Of the 40 states competing in this year's competition, South Dakota finished fifth place overall in 2025 Tom Davison Sweepstakes Award with a total of 228 points.
