TCU
NCAA Rifle Championships
Rifle In Fourth After Smallbore Competition
3/11/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Rifle
March 11, 2011
COLUMBUS, Ga. - The TCU Rifle team sits in fourth place after the smallbore portion of the NCAA National Championships. The Horned Frogs fired a 2,313 and sit just two points out of third place heading into the air rifle competition on Saturday. Caitlin Morrissey qualified for the finals and finished sixth.After shooting a 584 in the opening relay of the day, Morrissey fired a 98.1 in the finals for a combined score of 682.1. That score was good enough for a sixth place finish on Friday.
Sarah Scherer shot a 581 in the third relay, while Sarah Beard fired a 574 in the same relay. Scherer's score placed her 12th overall. Shooting in her first finals, freshman Catherine Green shot a 574 to give the Frogs a team score of 2,313. Also shooting, but not factoring in the team score was Mattie Brogdon, who shot a 572.
The University of Kentucky was crowned the Smallbore National Champions with a team score of 2,336.
The final day of the competition is set for Saturday. Morrissey will kick off the day in the first relay beginning at 8 a.m.
Smallbore Final Results:
1. Kentucky (2,336)
2. West Virginia (2,329)
3. Jacksonville State (2,315)
4. TCU (2,313)
5. Alaska-Fairbanks (2,299)
6. Murray State (2,296)
7. Navy (2,284)
8. Army (2,273)
Smallbore Individual Results:
1. Ethan Settlemires, Kentucky (101.1/691.0)
2. Nicco Campriani, West Virginia (103.0/689.0)
3. Heather Greathouse, Kentucky (98.5/685.5)
4. Tom Santelli, West Virginia (99.8/683.8)
5. Daniel Hermsmeier, Memphis (100.6/682.6)
6. Caitlin Morrissey, TCU (98.1/682.1)
7. Kelly Buck, Army (94.6/678.6)
8. Samuel Muegge, Jacksonville State (93.6/676.6)
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