The excitement from SPC Eller’s Gold medal yesterday has everyone he comes in contact with fired up—to include people he meets on the street. The pride you see in Americans as they shake his hand and have their pictures taken with him is fantastic, and the group of people from Minnesota that had their pictures taken with him yesterday will be talking about that for a long time.

SPC Eller, who is an easy going guy, was a real class act with all the media interviews. Eller follows football coach Tom Laundry’s philosophy on how to handle himself after victory. He didn’t act all crazy like he had never won before or he never expects to be there again, he was very professional. Although when we spoke 7 hours later he still had the grin on his face that he had from the medal ceremony, which will probably be there for a long time.

19 year old PFC Vincent Hancock was walking around like a caged tiger yesterday. PFC Hancock is shooting the International Skeet event on the 15^th and he can’t wait. He has his priorities right also and is staying focused. His family and new bride show up the same day he gets to practice and there is no doubt practice is his priority. Hancock has not been able to shoot since he got here and said, “I just can’t wait to get this thing started. I’m really looking forward to match.” The confidence from this humble but confident Soldier seemed to grow as fellow USAMU Soldier Eller won and Holguin finished just outside of the medals.

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