2016 NCAA Rifle Championships

The 2016 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the 37th annual NCAA-sanctioned competition to determine the team and individual national champions of co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States.[1]

2016 NCAA Rifle Championship
Tournament information
SportCollegiate rifle shooting
LocationOhio Akron, OH
Host(s)University of Akron
Venue(s)Stile Athletics Field House
Participants8 teams
Final positions
ChampionsWest Virginia (18th title)
1st runners-upTCU
2nd runners-upMurray State
Tournament statistics
Smallbore
champion
Ginny Thrasher,
West Virginia
Air rifle
champion
Ginny Thrasher,
West Virginia
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The championships were held at the Stile Athletics Field House at the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio.

Three-time defending champions West Virginia again won the team championship, the Mountaineers' eighteenth NCAA national title in rifle.

West Virginia's Ginny Thrasher became the fifth person to win both individual championships and the first since 2013.

Qualification

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With 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 eight teams contested this championship.

Results

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  • Scoring: The championship consisted of 60 shots for both smallbore and air rifle per team.

Team title

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  • (DC) = Defending champions
  • Italics = Inaugural championship
  • † = Team won center shot tiebreaker
Rank Team Points
  West Virginia (DC) 4,703
  TCU 4,694
  Murray State 4,690
4 Air Force 4,669†
5 Kentucky 4,669
6 Alaska 4,664
7 Ohio State 4,659
8 Nebraska 4,650

Individual events

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Event Winner Score
Smallbore Ginny Thrasher, West Virginia 461.5
Air rifle Ginny Thrasher, West Virginia 208.8

References

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  1. ^ "NCAA Rifle Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved 25 May 2021.