2024 NCAA rifle championship selections announced

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Men’s and Women’s Rifle Committee has announced the teams and individual qualifiers for the 2024 National Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Rifle Championships.

Hosted by West Virginia University, the championships will be held March 8-9 on campus at WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, West Virginia.

The top eight teams in both the smallbore three-position and air rifle events were selected based on the average of the three highest regular-season aggregate scores with no more than one match at any given site. The average of the three highest scores was added to the aggregate scores from the designated qualifiers to determine the top eight teams.

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Team Qualifiers (Smallbore Three-Position and Air Rifle)
Air Force
Alaska Fairbanks
Kentucky
Navy
Nebraska
Ole Miss
TCU
West Virginia

A total of 48 competitors will compete in the championships, with 40 competitors coming from the top eight teams selected. The remaining eight competitors were selected based on the scores submitted from the designated qualifier.

Individual Qualifiers (Smallbore Three-Position)
James Hart IV, The Citadel
Paige Hollowell, Ohio State
Derek Keiser, Ohio State
Gabriela Zych, Memphis

Individual Qualifiers (Air Rifle)
Allison Henry, Murray State
Derek Keiser, Ohio State
Victor Kiss, Ohio State
Gavin Perkowski, Akron
Emma Pohlmann,Georgia Southern
Gabriela Zych, Memphis

Alternates (Smallbore Three-Position)
Matias Kiuru, Murray State
Victor Kiss, Ohio State

Alternates (Air Rifle)
Zahra Gonzalez Mazo, Georgia Southern
Angeline Henry, Memphis

Individual and team competitions in smallbore three-position (60 shots) will be held Friday, March 8, and individual and team competitions in air rifle (60 shots) will be held Saturday, March 9. The overall team champion will be determined by combining the smallbore and air rifle team total scores into one aggregate score for each institution.

In 2023, Alaska Fairbanks claimed its first national championship since 2008, edging out TCU with a score of 4,729. For more information about the 2024 rifle championships, visit krikya18.com.