Sean McLelland was a member of the United States International Skeet Shooting team at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. McLelland put on a great performance at the Olympics, falling just one target shy of advancing to the finals.
McLelland finished his Olympic competition by hitting 118 of 125 targets during the five round prelims, which tied him for sixth place with six other shooters. In the shoot-off to determine which of those seven shooters would get the final spot in the six-person final, McLelland missed one of two targets on the first attempt and finished 11th out of 41 shooters in the competition.
McLelland opened up the event by hitting scores of 24, 23 and 23 on day one, which tied him for 10th place. He was a perfect 25-of-25 in the fourth round before finishing with another 23.
McLelland's final score of 118 after the prelims was better than 13 players above him in the world rankings, including five players in the Top 10. McLelland, who was ranked 41st in the world rankings before the Olympics, tied his best score in an international competition and had his best individual finish.
McLelland is the top shooter to come out of Lindenwood’s clay target shooting team, which is the top collegiate program in the country. McLelland was a member of Lindenwood’s ACUI Collegiate National Championship teams in 2005, 2006 and 2007 and he had top-five individual finishes all three years.
