Riflery
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Coaches
![Suffield Academy Member Paul Caginalp]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1681911777/suffieldacademyorg/fbw16euxi8zbujdfevqw/pcaginalp.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1681911777/suffieldacademyorg/fbw16euxi8zbujdfevqw/pcaginalp.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1681911777/suffieldacademyorg/fbw16euxi8zbujdfevqw/pcaginalp.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1681911777/suffieldacademyorg/fbw16euxi8zbujdfevqw/pcaginalp.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1681911777/suffieldacademyorg/fbw16euxi8zbujdfevqw/pcaginalp.jpg","width":1310}])
![Nate Zwirko]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1681911776/suffieldacademyorg/ujiydtxkdaw1iuesfgpx/nzwirko.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1681911776/suffieldacademyorg/ujiydtxkdaw1iuesfgpx/nzwirko.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1681911776/suffieldacademyorg/ujiydtxkdaw1iuesfgpx/nzwirko.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1681911776/suffieldacademyorg/ujiydtxkdaw1iuesfgpx/nzwirko.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1681911776/suffieldacademyorg/ujiydtxkdaw1iuesfgpx/nzwirko.jpg","width":1310}])
Results
vs.
Xavier High School
Away
Loss
915-931
Suffield Riflery traveled to Blue Trail Range to take on Xavier school Wednesday. Xavier has some great shooters on their team and we knew they would be a tough team for a season opener.
Suffield shot a 915 which is a strong beginning score. We were led by Jerry Chen who scored a new PR with his 188. Robin Su and Howard Yu tied at 185, which was a new PR for Howard. Thomas Koester followed closely with a 183, and James Li finished our scoring five with a 174. Also notable in the match Eric Zhang and Milly Janevathanavitya both scored new PRs as well with a 174 and 173 respectively, but narrowly missed scoring in the top five for the match.
Unfortunately Xavier's shooters were excellent and scored a 931 for the day so they won the match. Suffield has some work to do for the season to bring up our scores but we are up to the challenge.
vs.
POSTAL Match, North Haven (CT) HS
Away
Win
929-889
Suffield Riflery had a postal match versus North Haven High School on Friday January 19th. We shot very well and were happy to show our strongest shooting score so far this year. The team was led by Robin Su with a 189. Jerry Chen and Thomas Koester both tied their PRs at 188. James Li was next to score with a 185, and Abby Quinby secured her spot on Varsity with a 179. The team is shooting well and we see strong improvement across the board. With a score of 929 the team has the ability to challenge the top teams in Connecticut. We won this match over North Haven High and proved that our team can compete at the highest level this year.
vs.
Wilbraham & Monson Academy
Away
Loss
898-930
Suffield Riflery travelled to Wilbraham & Monson to shoot against the perennially strong Titans. Coming off of a
postal match the day before the team didn't perform our best. The team posted an 898, the lowest score of the season. Robin Su led the scoring with a 182 followed by Thomas Koester with a 181. Jerry Chen scored a 179 while Howard Yu and Eric Zhang shot 178s. This was Eric's first time scoring in a varsity match which secures him as a varsity shooter. The team was clustered together but much lower than our usual scores, so we need to rebuild from this match.
vs.
Xavier High School
Away
Win
937-928
The riflery team hosted Xavier for our second match of the season with them. The first match Xavier won with a margin of roughly fifteen points, but our shooters have been working hard to improve their scores.
Led by Robin Su with a 191 the team all shot exceptionally well, with many earning new PRs or tying PRs. Robin had a 191-9 which means in 20 shots he covered the center of the bullseye 9 times. Right behind him was Thomas Koester with a score of 190 and a new PR. Jerry Chen scored a 188 and tied his PR. Eric Zhang missed his PR by 2 points with a 186 and James Li finished off our top five scores with a 182. Overall the team shot an excellent 937 while Xavier shot a 928. Xavier is shooting great scores, but our shooters have proved themselves to be among the strongest teams in Connecticut. It will be an exciting state championship this year.
vs.
Connecticut State Riflery Shoot-Out
Away
Scores reported later
The Riflery team travelled to Blue Trail Range on Wednesday February 21st to participate in the Connecticut Gallery Match. This is the 93rd year of the CT Gallery Match and it draws shooters of all ages from all over the state. There are two matches simultaneously happening as the "junior" match includes only people under 20 years old. The "senior" match includes any age as anyone can elect to shoot in the senior match. The senior match is also a self-sighted match so no coaching is allowed. Many of our students enter the junior match and our top four students enter the senior match.
We had nine students shoot in the junior match which makes two teams of four, and with one student shooting as an individual.
Our top team shot a 726 out of 800 total possible points. It consisted of Robin Su (185), James Li (181), Jerry Chen (180), and Thomas Koester (180).
Our second team shot a 716 out of 800 and consisted of Abby Quinby (182), Naoya Kobayashi (180), Howard Yu (178) and Eric Zhang (176)
Milly Janevathanevitya shot as an individual with a 180. We won't know final placements in the match until much later, but it was a good showing with many of our shooters putting up scores close to their PRs.
In the senior match we had one team shoot which consisted of Robin Su (184), James Li (180), Jerry Chen (189), and Thomas Koester (175). The team shot a 728 together out of 800. Again we won't have the rest of the match scores for a while, but we are hopeful that the team will have a good showing against the rest of the shooters in Connecticut.
Schedule
vs.
Xavier High School
Away
Details
vs.
POSTAL Match, North Haven (CT) HS
Away
Details
vs.
Wilbraham & Monson Academy
Away
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Xavier High School
Away
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Wilbraham & Monson Academy
Away
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Connecticut State Riflery Shoot-Out
Away
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Connecticut State Riflery Shoot-Out
Away
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Roster
| Name | Class | Hometown |
|---|---|---|
| Jerry Chen | 2024 | Chengde |
| Michael Fang | 2027 | Shanghai |
| Wendy Hu | 2027 | Chengdu |
| Milly Janevathanavitya | 2025 | Bangkok |
| Herrie Kim | 2026 | Seoul |
| Naoya Kobayashi | 2025 | Tokyo |
| Thomas Koester | 2024 | Bronxville, NY |
| James Li | 2026 | Guangzhou |
| Vincent Prescott | 2025 | Somers, CT |
| Abby Quinby | 2025 | Windsor, CT |
| Robin Su | 2024 | Shanghai |
| Howard Yu | 2024 | Xi'an |
| Eric Zhang | 2024 | Shanghai |
| Caelyn Zwirko | 2026 | Suffield, CT |
Team Overview
The Suffield Academy Riflery Team continues to be one of the premier sports programs at Suffield Academy.
In the last two decades the team has earned the Prep School Championship title three times [1999, 2000, and 2001] and the Connecticut High School Championship title seven years in a row [2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015] with six of the seasons being undefeated. The team has also been runner up twice [2003 and 2016]. The team record for the last two decades is an amazing 193 – 36 – 1.
8-Time Western New England Independent School Riflery League Champions: 1964 • 1968 • 1996 • 1997 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002
