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SHOOTING TO BE THE BEST MEET KAITLYN CROSS, FLORIDA’S TOP GUN IN LIGHT RIFLE FINALS
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Written by: Dale Bliss
hen some kids were just lacing their shoes, Kaitlyn Cross was a good shot with a rifle. The North Fort Myers, Florida, girl at 4 was shooting with her father Bill Cross on family outings with mom Christin and an older brother, William.
Rodeo Association, I knew she was going to do great.”
It was fun family adventures, says Bill Cross, who is now Kaitlyn’s shooting coach. His daughter, Cross says, “is a natural. She has had a gun in her hand from a very young age. When she started shooting with the Florida High School
A 2021 graduate of Riverdale High School in the Buckingham area in Fort Myers, Kaitlyn, along with her fellow light rifle competitors, was allotted 36 rounds—12 standing, 12 kneeling and 12 in the prone position—from 50
Great, for sure, as Kaitlyn, now 18, is the top gun in Florida High School Rodeo Association, or FHSRA, state competition, winning first place in Light Rifle division finals in April at the Quail Creek Plantation in Okeechobee.
Florida's Light Rifle division top gun with championship buckles from this last season.
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