After a Championship win in Houston, the next week Kayli competed in San Antonio. She is the 2024 San Antonio Livestock Show Shootout FFA Ladies Sporting Clays Champion.
In order to make finals, Kayli had to shoot above a 79/100 in the sporting clays qualifier round. She pulled it off with an 82/100.
Scores from the qualifier round and the final round are added together for a total score.
Kayli went into Sunday’s final round with a seven target deficit from the lead.
She shot an awesome 91/100, which gave her a total score of 173/200. Ultimately, Kayli won the division by two targets.
Sporting clays is the closest thing to actual field shooting of all shotgun sports. Rather than having clay birds thrown from standardized distances and angles as with skeet or trap, sporting clays courses are designed to simulate the hunting of ducks, pheasants, other upland birds, and even rabbits. Since there is no set season and it can be shot at any time, many hunters shoot sporting clays to further their wing shooting skills during the off-season. Targets may be thrown from literally any angle or distance to simulate wing shooting, and six different sizes of clay targets are used to further give the shooter the experience of actual hunting conditions.