TCU Tops Ole Miss Invitational

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TCU Tops Ole Miss Invitational

10/6/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Rifle

Oct. 6, 2015

FORT WORTH – Another dominating performance on the range garnered the TCU rifle team its second straight victory with a first place finish at the Ole Miss Invitational on Sunday.

TCU once again posted a comfortable victory over an ultra-talented field of teams. The second place finisher was Murray State with a team score of 4,676. Also shooting were Memphis, Jacksonville State, Ole Miss, North Georgia and UT Martin.

"An impressive record-setting weekend for the team. I'm incredibly proud of how they performed as a team this weekend," raved head coach Karen Monez. "Mindy Miles was at the top of her game. Her back-to-back air rifle scores of 598 and 596 were world-class."

For the second straight day, the Horned Frogs fired a team aggregate score of 4,696. Additionally, the Frogs took home the top spot individually in both disciplines with Mindy Miles finishing first in air rifle after shooting a 596, while Hannah Black turned in the top score in smallbore with a personal-best 592. Black tops her previous high of 585 to post the sixth-best smallbore mark in program history.

"Hannah Black continues to refuse to accept anything but the best from herself with two strong air rifle scores and a nice first place finish with her 592 smallbore score at Ole Miss," said Monez.

Miles' score set the stage for an air rifle team score of 2,370 when she fired a 596. The team score ties the fourth-best air rifle mark in program history. The Frogs had four of the top-10 finishers. Behind Miles in third place was Sally Li, who shot a 594. Black was right behind her in fourth with a 593. Kelly Bogart rounded out TCU's top shooters with a personal-best 590 to finish in ninth.

On the smallbore side, TCU boasted six of the top 15 shooters en route to a team score of 2,326. Ariana Grabowski finished third with a mark of 586. Nicole Hankey turned in an eighth-place finish with a mark of 580. Rachel Garner and Sally Li also fired scores of 580. Barrett Ray established a personal-best after shooting a 577 to finish 15th.

"Both freshmen made a statement with their scores. They made big contributions to the team's aggregates this weekend and now have a solid foundation to build their collegiate careers on," said Monez.

Over the weekend, five Horned Frogs established personal bests in aggregate score. Black topped her career high of 1,181 with a 1,185 on Sunday, while Ray established her career-high with a 1,163. Miles bettered her personal best of 1,175 with an aggregate score of 1,178 at Memphis. Also establishing personal bests at Memphis were Hankey (1,172) and Garner (1,178).

TCU returns to the range on Sunday, Oct. 11 at The Citadel.