1994 NCAA Rifle Championships

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1994 NCAA Rifle Championship
Tournament information
Sport Collegiate rifle shooting
Location Flag of Kentucky.svg Murray, KY
Host(s) Murray State University
Participants 6 teams
Final positions
Champions Alaska (1st title)
1st runners-up West Virginia
2nd runners-up Kentucky
Tournament statistics
Smallbore Cory Brunetti, UAF
Air rifle Nancy Napolski, UK
  1993
1995  

The 1994 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the 15th 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 the Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky. [1]

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Alaska upset six-time defending champions West Virginia to capture the team championship. It was the first championship for the Nanooks, who finished 7 points ahead of the Mountaineers in the standings.

The individual champions were, for the smallbore rifle, Cory Brunetti (Alaska), and Nancy Napolski (Kentucky), 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 six teams ultimately contested this championship.

NCAA Division I highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association

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NCAA Division II

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Results

Team title

Rank Team Points
Alaska 6,194
West Virginia 6,187
Kentucky 6,165
Air Force 6,161
Murray State 6,150
Navy 6,095

Individual events

Event Winner Score
Smallbore Cory Brunetti, Alaska 1,173
Air rifle Nancy Napolski, Kentucky 391

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References

  1. "NCAA Rifle Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved February 9, 2017.