2016 NCAA Rifle Championships

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2016 NCAA Rifle Championship
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Tournament information
Sport Collegiate rifle shooting
Location Flag of Ohio.svg Akron, OH
Host(s) University of Akron
Venue(s)Stile Athletics Field House
Participants8 teams
Final positions
Champions West Virginia (18th title)
1st runners-up TCU
2nd runners-up Murray State
Tournament statistics
Smallbore
champion
Ginny Thrasher,
West Virginia
Air rifle
champion
Ginny Thrasher,
West Virginia
  2015
2017  

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]

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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

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

Team title

RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg West Virginia (DC)4,703
Silver medal icon.svg TCU 4,694
Bronze medal icon.svg 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

EventWinnerScore
Smallbore Ginny Thrasher, West Virginia 461.5
Air rifle Ginny Thrasher, West Virginia 208.8

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References

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