Just a few highlights from Kirsten’s competition career
Scroll down, and you’ll find a list full of World Championships, World cups, Olympic short-list, NCAA and more
— but it pales in comparison to where she is now in her journey.
“My hope is you’re simply inspired and encouraged by anything I ever share with you, including these highlights.
Though I’ve had amazing success in my career. I’ve never been a huge fan of the weight we put on medals. They never tell the whole story.
The Japanese masters measure success in a more holistic way – as action becomes art, and art becomes interwoven in life.
Any meaningful accomplishment takes effort, but before you scroll down it’s important to understand that medals and conventional measurements of success in sports don’t prove as much as we like to think they do. I can say that openly, because I’ve had conventional success myself as well as witnessed others with high levels of conventional success.
A person can have many medals without ever truly experiencing the journey, mastery, & art of shooting, while another person can experience the true art of shooting without ever gaining a single medal.
The bottom line is:
Medals pale in comparison to the internal journey and overall enjoyment of purely shooting. Medals don’t signify internal mastery of the art into life. They are just one small way to mark your path if you so choose — but not the only way.
Your journey is your own. The experience, lessons, and enjoyment along the path, is the true reward and the way to true mastery – in shooting & life.” – Kirsten
And now just a few stats:
Gold Medal – NRA National Smallbore Championships – Women’s National Champion
Gold Medal – Smallbore International Match Bisley, England
Silver Medal Overall – NRA National Smallbore Championships
ISSF World Championships Shooting Team
Olympic Short-List
Munich World Cup Team
Silver Medal – Champion of Champions Match/Fall Selections
Top Performing US Athlete – Munich World Cup
U.S. Olympic Trials – Top Finalists
Czech Liberation Cup Team
Rocky Mountain Games Prone Super Final
Silver Medal – NCAA Individual Smallbore
Smallbore – All Collegiate
NRA All-American, Smallbore
CRCA All-Collegiate, Smallbore
NRA All-Collegiate, Smallbore
All-GARC, Smallbore
Bronze Medal – Open prone National Championships
Gold Medal – World Championship Team Tryout
Gold Medal – Junior Prone National Champion
Silver Medal- junior smallbore National Championships
Silver Medal- Junior Olympic National, Smallbore
Gold Medal- State Champion – USA Junior Olympic
2 Gold Medals – National Guard Competitions
Team medals – Gold & Bronze (smallbore/air rifle) International Match Bisley, England
Silver Medal – Sharpshooter Camp Perry
USA Shooting National Development Team (4 years)
Eight-time Big 12 Commissioner’s Spring/Fall Honor Roll
Off the range, Weiss excelled in the classroom. She finished her Husker career with eight spots on the league academic honor roll and a 3.8 overall GPA.
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This list is not comprehensive, but rather a few highlights from Kirsten’s competition career.
This list does not include records set and accomplishments currently with performance shooting and other exciting endeavors.
