Moore Teen Takes Aim at Elite Shooter Status
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ormer competitive marksman and coach Charles Meloy knows what it takes to compete at the shooting sport’s highest levels. Over the 15 years, Meloy has been running the H&H Precision Shooters program; he’s seen thousands of youth shooters come through the program.
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“In the 15 years, we’ve had about three kids come through and make it to some point in the Olympic shooting program,” said Meloy. Elisa Boozer walked through Meloy’s doors three years ago at 11 years of age. She was just looking for a sport to focus on. “My family has a rule about having an athletic activity to go along with academics,” said Boozer. “I was doing karate with my dad and didn’t really want to do it anymore. But, my grandpa has always been involved in different types of guns and stuff, and so I just kind of went along with that and ended up here.”
It didn’t take Meloy long to recognize that the youngster had the rare qualities that set her apart from the crowd.
for the state of Oklahoma this year. Competing in the t the 2021 National Rifle Junior Olympic Championships this past spring, she finished 5th in the 14-and-under age group for girls and 6th overall in the 10-meter precision air rifle “I saw that little Olympic spark that event. She’ll be competing in another national so few have,” said Meloy, “So, we gen- shooting competition this fall. tly fanned that spark over the years, and she has certainly excelled.” “I actually qualified last year, but the competition was canceled because of COVID,” said Boozer, who will be a freshman at Boozer. “I felt like I could do well at the Junior Moore High School in the fall, was Olympics, but it didn’t really sink in how well the top shooter in her age group until about a week later.” 22 | MOORE MONTHLY | JULY 2021
