MARSHALL, Minn. – The Southwest Minnesota State University athletics department held its fifth annual “Mustang Shootout” at Shooter's Sporting Clays in Marshall on Saturday, Sept. 11.

Proceeds from the event, sponsored by Marshall Radio and Shooter's Sporting Clays, go towards student-athlete scholarships at SMSU.

A record number 93 individuals participated in the event with individual first place honors going to Lance Hurd from LeMars, Iowa.  Doug Lemke from Ceylon, Minn., finished in second place, while Mark Maschoff of Ceylon, Minn., earned third place.

The team champion, sponsored by Ralco Nutrition of Marshall, included Ryan Wendland, Doug Lemke, Mark Maschoff and Loren Anderson, while the team of Chet Lockwood, Gary Hurd, Jeff Iverson, Dan Schneider and Lance Hurd, sponsored by Lockwood Motors of Marshall, earned second place honors.

Drew Benson from Cottage Grove, Minn., won the Champion of Champions shoot-off.  The special competition featured this year's champion and the four previous individual Mustang Shootout champions.

The Grand Prize drawing, a grill donated by Running's Farm & Fleet in Marshall, was won by Nathan Buysee.

“I would like to thank Brad Strootman of Marshall Radio and Steve and Nate Peterson of Shooters Sporting Clays for their continued support of the Mustang Shootout,” said Tim Steinbach, SMSU's athletic development director.  “The coaches and student-athletes of SMSU are truly grateful for their generous donation of time and resources to such a great event.”

SMSU Athletics would also like to thank the following businesses and individuals for their continued support of this event.

KHC
D&G Construction
Runnings Farm & Fleet
SMSU Foundation
Lockwood Motors
Culligan Water
D&M Implement
Ralco Nutrition
Alpharma
Tersteeg's
Borch's
Wood Lake Lumber
Southwest Sanitation
Investor's Choice Financial
Greg Boerboom and Boerboom Farms
Dave Taylor
Ron Halgerson
Marshall Liquor Store
Cenex Numart of Marshall