(Seguin) — Seguin High School student Karsyn Ross has Olympic aspirations as she competes internationally for the Team USA Junior Skeet Shooting team.
The 16-year-old junior has been competing since she was 13 years old. Ross competed for the USA Junior Olympic Team in International Skeet in Lima, Peru back in 2021.
She qualified for the team again after placing in the Junior Nationals in Hillsdale, Michigan in 2022 and the Junior selection match in Kerrville earlier this year. Ross will travel to back to Michigan on May 16th for this year’s Junior Nationals which will also serve as part 1 of the Olympic Trials for the 2024 Paris games and also part 1 of the junior team selections for the games.
Ross says she puts in a lot of hard work to prepare for the junior skeet shooting nationals.
“A lot and a lot of practice out at the Bexar County community shooting range is where I practice about four or five times a week to try to get ready to win a gold medal.”
Ross will be traveling to Suhl, Germany on May 29th for the Junior World Cup. Following the Junior World Cup, Ross will travel to Changwon, South Korea in July for the Junior World Championship.
She says her ultimate goal is to bring home Olympic gold.
“It would be amazing.” Ross said. ” The ultimate goal is to be an Olympian and I want a gold medal. I want an Olympic gold medal so if I do well enough at the Olympic trials (and) when they finalize the team I’ll be an Olympian, which is what I have been working towards.”
A National Junior Honor Society student, Ross also plays volleyball and basketball at Seguin High School. She has plans to attend either Texas Christian University or Baylor and study neuroscience after her graduation in 2024.
If she qualifies for the Olympic skeet shooting team, Karsyn Ross will represent Seguin and Team USA in Paris, France next summer.