2017 NC rifle selections announced

INDIANAPOLIS --- The NCAA Men’s and Women’s Rifle Committee has announced the teams and individual qualifiers for the 2017 National Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Rifle Championships.

Hosted by The Ohio State University, the championships will be held March 10-11 at the French Field House on the Ohio State University campus in Columbus, Ohio.

The top eight teams in both the smallbore three-position and air rifle events were selected based on the average of the three highest regular-season aggregate scores with no more than one match at any given site. The average of the three highest scores was added to the aggregate scores from the designated qualifiers to determine the top eight teams.

Team Qualifiers (Smallbore Three-Position and Air Rifle)
University of Alaska Fairbanks
University of Kentucky
Murray State University
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
The Ohio State University
Texas Christian University
U.S. Air Force Academy
West Virginia University

A total of 48 competitors will compete in the championships, with 40 competitors coming from the top eight teams selected. The remaining eight competitors were selected based on the scores submitted from the designated qualifier.

Individual Qualifiers (Smallbore Three-Position)
Makennon Doran, University of Memphis
Brandon Muske, Jacksonville State University
Amy Fister, University of Memphis
David Sink, Jacksonville State University

Individual Qualifiers (Air Rifle)
Lucas Kozeniesky, North Carolina State University
Caitlyn Ford, North Carolina State University
Nathan Brewer, U.S. Military Academy
Ali Weisz, University of Mississippi

Individual and team competitions in smallbore three-position (60 shots) will be held Friday, March 10, and individual and team competitions in air rifle (60 shots) will be held Saturday, March 11. The overall team champion will be determined by combining the smallbore and air rifle team total scores into one aggregate score for each institution.