NCAA Rifle Championship
Current season, competition or edition: 2016 NCAA Rifle Championship | |
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| Sport | College rifle |
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| Founded | 1980 |
| No. of teams | 8 teams, 48 individual shooters |
| Country | United States |
| Most recent champion(s) |
Team: West Virginia (18) Small-bore: Ginny Thrasher, West Virginia Air rifle: Ginny Thrasher, West Virginia |
| Official website | NCAA.com |
The NCAA Rifle Championship is an annual co-educational rifle national collegiate championship sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The tournament includes an individual and team championships consisting of the two-day aggregate scoring of the smallbore competition and air rifle competition. The national championship rounds are contested annually in mid-March. West Virginia and Alaska-Fairbanks combined have won 28 of the 37 Championships, West Virginia leads all with 18, while Alaska Fairbanks has 10.
Under NCAA rules, rifle is technically designated as a men's sport, however it actually has been a coed sport since 1980. Schools sponsoring rifle may field anywhere from one to three teams. If a school chooses to sponsor more than one team, it may have any combination of men's, women's, and coed teams. Two schools field men's and women's teams, two field women's and coed teams, and VMI fields all three types of teams.
The current team national champions are the West Virginia Mountaineers who won their record eighteenth national championship in Akron, Ohio, hosted by the University of Akron on March 11 and 12, 2016. The individual titles in small bore and air rifle were both won by Ginny Thrasher of West Virginia University.
Programs
Main article: List of NCAA rifle programs
Conferences
- Great America Rifle Conference
- Mid-Atlantic Rifle Conference
- Ohio Valley Conference, the only Division I all-sports conference that sponsored rifle before the SoCon added it in 2016–17.
- Patriot Rifle Conference
- Southern Conference; resumed the sport in 2016–17 after a 30-year hiatus.
Champions
- Prior to NCAA sponsorship in 1980, a collegiate rifle championship was held yearly by the National Rifle Association.
- From 1980 to 2004, the championship consisted of 120 shots by each competitor in smallbore, and 40 shots per competitor in air rifle. Since 2005, the championship has consisted of 60 shots for both smallbore and air rifle, equaling a total of 120 shots per team member.[1]
| NCAA Rifle Championships | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Site | Venue / Range | Team Championship | Smallbore | Air Rifle | |||||||||
| Winner | Points | Runner-up | Points | Winner | Score | Winner | Score | |||||||
| 1980 Details |
Johnson City, TN | ETSU Athletic Center | Tennessee Tech | 6,201 | West Virginia | 6,150 | Rod Fitz-Randolph (Tennessee Tech) |
1,176 | Rod Fitz-Randolph (Tennessee Tech) |
389 | ||||
| 1981 | West Point, NY | U.S. Military Academy | Tennessee Tech | 6,139 | West Virginia | 6,136 | Kurt Fitz-Randolph (Tennessee Tech) |
1,173 | John Rost (West Virginia) |
391 | ||||
| 1982 | Lexington, VA | Kilbourne Hall | Tennessee Tech | 6,138 | West Virginia | 6,136 | Kurt Fitz-Randolph (Tennessee Tech) |
1,167 | John Rost (West Virginia) |
390 | ||||
| 1983 | Cincinnati, OH | Xavier University Rifle Range | West Virginia | 6,166 | Tennessee Tech | 6,148 | David Johnson (West Virginia) |
1,175 | Ray Slonena (Tennessee Tech) |
389 | ||||
| 1984 | Murray, KY | Pat Spurgin Rifle Range | West Virginia | 6,206 | ETSU | 6,142 | Bob Broughton (West Virginia) |
1,172 | Pat Spurgin (Murray State) |
388 | ||||
| 1985 | West Point, NY | U.S. Military Academy | Murray State | 6,150 | West Virginia | 6,149 | Pat Spurgin (Murray State) |
1,168 | Christian Heller (West Virginia) |
387 | ||||
| 1986 | Annapolis, MD | Bancroft Hall Rifle Rang | West Virginia | 6,229 | Murray State | 6,163 | Mike Anti (West Virginia) |
1,167 | Marianne Wallace (Murray State) |
392 | ||||
| 1987 | Cincinnati, OH | Xavier University Rifle Range | Murray State | 6,205 | West Virginia | 6,203 | Web Wright (West Virginia) |
1,174 | Rob Harbison (Tennessee–Martin) |
392 | ||||
| 1988 | Lexington, VA | Kilbourne Hall | West Virginia | 6,192 | Murray State | 6,183 | Web Wright (West Virginia) |
1,168 | Deena Wigger (Murray State) |
390 | ||||
| 1989 | Murray, KY | Pat Spurgin Rifle Range | West Virginia | 6,234 | South Florida | 6,180 | Deb Sinclair (Alaska) |
1,171 | Michelle Scarborough (South Florida) |
399 | ||||
| 1990 | Annapolis, MD | Bancroft Hall Rifle Rang | West Virginia | 6,205 | Navy | 6,101 | Michelle Scarborough (South Florida) |
1,165 | Gary Hardy (West Virginia) |
393 | ||||
| 1991 | West Point, NY | U.S. Military Academy | West Virginia | 6,171 | Alaska | 6,110 | Soma Dutta (UTEP) |
1,171 | Ann-Marie Pfiffner (West Virginia) |
391 | ||||
| 1992 | Murray, KY | Pat Spurgin Rifle Range | West Virginia | 6,214 | Alaska | 6,166 | Tim Manges (West Virginia) |
1,172 | Ann-Marie Pfiffner (West Virginia) |
390 | ||||
| 1993 | Lexington, VA | Kilbourne Hall | West Virginia | 6,179 | Alaska | 6,169 | Eric Uptagrafft (West Virginia) |
1,174 | Trevor Gathman (West Virginia) |
390 | ||||
| 1994 | Murray, KY | Pat Spurgin Rifle Range | Alaska | 6,196 | West Virginia | 6,187 | Cory Brunetti (Alaska) |
1,173 | Nancy Napolski (Kentucky) |
391 | ||||
| 1995 | Annapolis, MD | Bancroft Hall Rifle Rang | West Virginia | 6,241 | Air Force | 6,187 | Oleg Seleznev (Alaska) |
1,177 | Benjamin Belden (Murray State) |
390 | ||||
| 1996 | Colorado Springs, CO | Cadet Rifle Range | West Virginia | 6,179 | Air Force | 6,168 | Joe Johnson (Navy) |
1,170 | Trevor Gathman (West Virginia) |
394 | ||||
| 1997 | Murray, KY | Pat Spurgin Rifle Range | West Virginia | 6,223 | Kentucky | 6,175 | Marcos Scrivner (West Virginia) |
1,176 | Marra Hastings (Murray State) |
393 | ||||
| 1998 | West Virginia | 6,214 | Alaska | 6,211 | Karyn Juziuk (Xavier) |
1,169 | Emily Caruso (Norwich) |
393 | ||||||
| 1999 | Northfield, VT | Norwich University Rifle Range | Alaska | 6,276 | Navy | 6,168 | Kelly Mansfield (Alaska) |
1,185 | Kelly Mansfield (Alaska) |
396 | ||||
| 2000 | Lexington, VA | Kilbourne Hall | Alaska | 6,285 | Xavier | 6,156 | Nicole Allaire (Nebraska) |
1,183 | Kelly Mansfield (Alaska) |
398 | ||||
| 2001 | Columbus, OH | Lt. Hugh W. Wylie Range | Alaska | 6,283 | Kentucky | 6,175 | Matthew Emmons (Alaska) |
1,178 | Matthew Emmons (Alaska) |
392 | ||||
| 2002 | Murray, KY | Pat Spurgin Rifle Range | Alaska | 6,241 | Kentucky | 6,209 | Matthew Emmons (Alaska) |
1,190 | Ryan Tanoue (Nevada) |
392 | ||||
| 2003 | West Point, NY | Tronsrue Marksmanship Center | Alaska | 6,287 | Xavier | 6,197 | Matthew Emmons (Alaska) |
1,191 | Jamie Beyerle (Alaska) |
395 | ||||
| 2004 | Murray, KY | Pat Spurgin Rifle Range | Alaska | 6,273 | Nevada | 6,185 | Matthew Rawlings (Alaska) |
1,179 | Morgan Hicks (Murray State) |
398 | ||||
| 2005 | Reno, NV | Nevada Wolf Pack Rifle Range | Army | 4,659 | Jacksonville State | 4,658 | Matthew Rawlings (Alaska) |
686.5 | Beth Tidmore (Memphis) |
694.2 | ||||
| 2006 | Colorado Springs, CO | Cadet Rifle Range | Alaska | 4,682 | Nebraska | 4,666 | Jamie Beverle (Alaska) |
690.5 | Kristina Fehlings (Nebraska) |
694.0 | ||||
| 2007 | Fairbanks, AK | E.F. Horton Rifle Range | Alaska | 4,662 | Army | 4,644 | Josh Albright (Navy) |
679.5 | Michael Dickinson (Jacksonville State) |
692.2 | ||||
| 2008 | West Point, NY | Tronsrue Marksmanship Center | Alaska | 4,662 | Army | 4,652 | Chris Abalo (Army) |
687.6 | Patrik Sartz (Alaska) |
696.4 | ||||
| 2009 | Fort Worth, TX | TCU Rifle Range | West Virginia | 4,643 | Kentucky | 4,638 | Brian Carstensen (Jacksonville State) |
682.2 | Jenna Compton (Akron) |
691.6 | ||||
| 2010 | TCU | 4,675 | Alaska | 4,653 | Sarah Scherer (TCU) |
685 | Jonathan Hall (Columbus State) |
699.9 | ||||||
| 2011 | Fort Benning, GA | US Army Marksmanship Unit | Kentucky | 4,700 | West Virginia | 4,697 | Ethan Settlemires (Kentucky) |
691.0 | Nicco Campriani (West Virginia) |
701.0 | ||||
| 2012 | Columbus, OH | Lt. Hugh W. Wylie Range | TCU | 4,676 | Kentucky | 4,661 | Sarah Scherer (TCU) |
688.6 | Petra Zublasing (West Virginia) |
696.2 | ||||
| 2013[2] | West Virginia | 4,679 | Kentucky | 4,670 | Petra Zublasing (West Virginia) |
598 | Petra Zublasing (West Virginia) |
701.7 | ||||||
| 2014 | Murray, KY | Pat Spurgin Rifle Range & CFSB Center | West Virginia | 4,705 | Alaska | 4,677 | Tim Sherry (Alaska) |
452.1 | Connor Davis (Kentucky) |
205.4 | ||||
| 2015 | Fairbanks, AK | E.F. Horton Rifle Range | West Virginia | 4,702 | Alaska | 4,700 | Rachel Martin (Nebraska) |
453.3 | Maren Prediger (West Virginia) |
205.8 | ||||
| 2016 | Akron, OH | Stile Athletics Field House | West Virginia | 4,703 | TCU | 4,694 | Ginny Thrasher (West Virginia) |
461.5 | Ginny Thrasher (West Virginia) |
208.8 | ||||
Team titles
| Team | Titles | Year Won |
|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 18 | 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| Alaska Fairbanks | 10 | 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 |
| Tennessee Tech | 3 | 1980, 1981, 1982 |
| Murray State | 2 | 1985, 1987 |
| TCU | 2 | 2010, 2012 |
| Army | 1 | 2005 |
| Kentucky | 1 | 2011 |
See also
- Pre-NCAA Intercollegiate Rifle Champions (1905-1979)
- Pre-NCAA Women's Intercollegiate Rifle Champions
External links
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