Dewitt
Terri DeWitt was just seven years old when her father, FSA Trap Section Leader Charlie Wentzel, joined Fairfield Sportsmen’s Association. Growing up in a shooting household, it might seem natural that Terri would become a shooter but in shotgun shooting she found not only an enjoyable pastime, but a calling. She determined to hone the craft of wingshooting to as fine an edge as she could accomplish.
After earning a degree from The Ohio State University and shooting (casually and seriously) with her parents for some time, Terri joined the United States Army and was assigned to the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit at Ft. Benning, Georgia. While her primary mission was to compete and win in National and International competitions, Terri was also received training as a Military Police officer.
Included among her accomplishments are 6 U.S. National Championships in International Trap and Double Trap, 5 National Records, and 16 World Cup and World Championship medals. Terri also won the Gold Medal at the 12th Pan-American Games (1995, Mar Del Plata, Argentina), followed by a Silver Medal in Women’s Double Trap at the 1996 World Cup USA held in Atlanta, Georgia.
Later that same year Terri, as a member of the U.S. Olympic Team, represented the United States at the XXVI Olympiad, held (for the Summer Games) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, finishing in 4th place in Women’s Double Trap.
She followed up with U.S. Women’s National Championships in 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, and 2006. In 1999, she also earned the U.S. Women’s National Championship in Double Trap and a Silver Medal at the World Cup match in Lonato, Italy, and in 2006, she won another Silver Medal in Trap at the World Cup USA Match in Kerrville, Texas.
Gold was hers again in Trap at the 2008 World Cup USA match, again in Kerrville, Texas.
Although Terri has retired from the U.S. Army and from competitive shooting, she remains deeply involved in the sport through coaching and teaching. She recently earned a “C” level coach’s certification from the ISSF (the International governing body for the Olympic shooting sports), is an NRA Level 3 Shotgun coach, and is close to finishing a Master’s degree in Sport Coaching. Her seminars on Olympic Trap are well-attended and she is currently the Head Coach for the SCTP National Team, carefully cultivating the sport’s leaders and medalists of tomorrow.
We are proud that Terri remains a longtime member of FSA and a faithful member of the FSA family.
Quigley
George Quigley, Jr. began shooting Olympic style skeet at age 12, just about a year after his dad, longtime FSA Corporate Secretary George Quigley, Sr., joined FSA. George, Jr., known familiarly as “Quigs”, quickly excelled at his chosen sport.
As a junior competitor through his years at Moeller High School in Cincinnati, Quigs won the title of Junior National Champion several times, thereby earning a place on the National Junior Shotgun Team as a 15 year old. Continuing his competitive career at Xavier University, Quigs earned two degrees while at the same time being named an All-American athlete five times, winning the National Collegiate Championship three times, and reaping a bronze medal at the World University Games in 1989.
Also during his collegiate career, Quigs was the NSSA World Skeet Champion in 1987 and 1989. After completing his education, he went on, competitively, to win the Cairo, Egypt World Cup in 1993, setting a new world record while doing so. Then, in 1994, he repeated the win, taking the gold medal again at Cairo.
Quigs’ performances won for the United States one of the coveted starting-place quotas for the skeet competition at the XXVI Olympiad, held in Atlanta, Georgia USA in the summer of 1996. At those games, Quigs was a member of the US Olympic Team, one of only three team members shooting skeet. Although he did not make the medal round, Quigs’ unfailing friendliness and care for those around him made for him, at the Olympics and elsewhere, fast friends around the world, both in and out of the shooting community. His Olympic performance and behavior provides a shining example of the whole point of the Olympic movement as envisioned by the Baron de Coubertin.
A big man, Quigs’ size and presence can be intimidating. But, as he coaches and teaches new and experienced shooters, young and old alike, his gentleness and sense of humor quickly disabuse any such feeling. If you haven’t yet met Quigs, keep your eyes open around the club. He’s often there, either shooting, teaching, or helping out with the many maintenance and improvement tasks necessary in our volunteer organization. Make a point to say hi, and to get to know him. You’ll be richer for the experience.
We are proud that Quigs remains a longtime and active member of FSA and one of the “usual suspects” who can be found around the club, getting done that which needs doing.