1997 NCAA Rifle Championships

1997 NCAA Rifle Championship
Tournament information
SportCollegiate rifle shooting
LocationKentucky Murray, KY
Host(s)Murray State University
Participants7 teams
Final positions
ChampionsWest Virginia (12th title)
1st runners-upKentucky
2nd runners-upAlaska
Tournament statistics
SmallboreMarcos Scrivner, WVU
Air rifleMarra Hastings, MUR
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The 1997 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the 18th annual competition to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States. The championship was hosted by Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky.[1]

Two-time defending champions West Virginia once again topped the team standings, finishing 48 points ahead of Kentuckye. This was the Mountaineers' twelfth team title.

The individual champions were, for the smallbore rifle, Marcos Scrivner (West Virginia), and Marra Hastings (Murray State), for the air rifle.

Qualification

Since there is only one national collegiate championship for rifle shooting, all NCAA rifle programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of seven teams ultimately contested this championship (an increase of one team from 1996).

Results

  • Scoring: The championship consisted of 120 shots by each competitor in smallbore and 40 shots per competitor in air rifle.

Team title

Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) West Virginia 6,223
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kentucky 6,175
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alaska 6,171
4 Murray State (H) 6,159
5 Air Force 6,131
6 Navy 6,106
7 Norwich 6,078

Individual events

Event Winner Score
Smallbore Marcos Scrivner, West Virginia 1,176
Air rifle Marra Hastings, Murray State 393

References

  1. ^ "NCAA Rifle Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved February 16, 2017.