Students Place Sixth in Fishing Competition
One pound was the only thing standing between two Truman students and the chance to compete for $50,000 worth of prizes.
Mike McCarthy and Spencer Clark, members of the University’s Fishing Club, competed in the National Guard FLW College Fishing Challenge Oct. 31-Nov. 1 in Murray, Ky.
Mike McCarthy (left) and Spencer Clark (right) weigh their fish during the National Guard FLW College Fishing Challenge. The Fishing Club members finished in sixth place out of 20 teams, narrowly missing a shot at $50,000 in prizes and a spot in the College Fishing National Championship.
McCarthy and Clark finished in sixth place out of 20 competing teams.
After two days of competition the duo’s combined total of six fish came up one pound short of fifth place, which would have given them the right to compete in the final round for a chance to win $25,000 for Truman along with a $25,000 boat in school colors for the Fishing Club.
A fifth place finish would have also given the Truman Fishing Club a spot in the College Fishing National Championship in April 2010.
Mike McCarthy and Spencer Clark, members of the University’s Fishing Club, competed in the National Guard FLW College Fishing Challenge Oct. 31-Nov. 1 in Murray, Ky.
Mike McCarthy (left) and Spencer Clark (right) weigh their fish during the National Guard FLW College Fishing Challenge. The Fishing Club members finished in sixth place out of 20 teams, narrowly missing a shot at $50,000 in prizes and a spot in the College Fishing National Championship.
McCarthy and Clark finished in sixth place out of 20 competing teams.
After two days of competition the duo’s combined total of six fish came up one pound short of fifth place, which would have given them the right to compete in the final round for a chance to win $25,000 for Truman along with a $25,000 boat in school colors for the Fishing Club.
A fifth place finish would have also given the Truman Fishing Club a spot in the College Fishing National Championship in April 2010.
