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1987 NCAA rifle championships
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1987 NCAA Rifle Championship Collegiate rifle shooting Ohio Cincinnati, OH Xavier University Xavier University Rifle Range 6 Murray State (2nd title) West Virginia South Florida Smallbore Web Wright, WVU Air rifle Rob Harbison, UTM 1986 1988
The 1987 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the eighth annual competition to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States. The championship was held at the Xavier University Rifle Range at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.NCAA Rifle Championships Results http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/rifle_champs_records/2014-15/crb.pdf NCAA NCAA.org February 1, 2017
Murray State, with a team score of 6,205, bested defending champions West Virginia in the team standings by 2 points to claim their second national title. It was the Racers' second title in three seasons.
The individual champions were, for the smallbore rifle, Web Wright (West Virginia), and, for the air rifle, Rob Harbison (Tennessee–Martin).
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.
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 Murray State 6,205 West Virginia 6,203 South Florida 6,175 04 4 Tennessee Tech 6,113 05 5 Navy 6,107 06 6 Army 6,094
Individual events
Event Winner ScoreSmallboreWeb Wright, West Virginia 1,174Air rifleRob Harbison, Tennessee–Martin392
References
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