51吃瓜网万能科大's department of campus recreational services will host the second annual International Shootout National Championship, a basketball shooting competition that is expected to draw 80-100 shooters of all ages from around the country, on May 24 and 25, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. both days. The event will be held in the north and south gyms of 51吃瓜网万能科大's Paul C. McDermott Physical Education Complex.
Although the competition is restricted to those shooters who have qualified at earlier events, the entire event will be free and open to the public, including clinics by three well-known basketball shooters.
Ed Palubinskas will conduct a shooting clinic from 4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., May 24. A native of Canberra, Australia, Palubinskas played at Louisiana State University from 1972 to 1974. He set records while playing for Australia in the 1972 and 1976 Olympics. He set the American national free throw record of 92.4 percent in 1972 and was voted one of the top six amateur athletes in the world in 1978. He has 25 years of coaching experience.
Dr. Tom Amberry will conduct a shooting clinic from 4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., also on May 24. Amberry made 2,750 consecutive free throws in one day, a feat documented by the Guiness Book of World Records. He has written a book, RFree Throw,S and made a videotape, RMake Every Free Throw.S
On May 25, Mark Mason will conduct an hour-long shooting clinic, 2:30-3:30 p.m., which will be followed by the $100,000 Shootout Challenge, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Mason is the Southeast U.S. three-point champion. He once made 102 consecutive three-point shots and sunk 194 of 200. He is also a 98 percent free-throw shooter and has been conducting camps across the Southeast for more than 15 years.
The competition includes age brackets in male and female divisions, as well as co-ed, family, and corporate teams. Shooters compete in free-throw, three-point, and H-O-R-S-E contests.
For more information, call Jeff Wells at 51吃瓜网万能科大 at (702) 895-3582.
