Rifle Travels to Morgantown for WVU Fall Classic Saturday and Sunday
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The University of Kentucky rifle team is back in action this weekend with a two-day, NCAA Championship-style event in the WVU Fall Classic at Morgantown, West Virginia.
Kentucky will be joined at the event by host West Virginia, Morehead State, North Georgia, Wofford and Mount Aloysius. Smallbore will be shot Saturday and air rifle on Sunday.
There will be two relays each day followed by an individual final. UK will be split squad with Wildcats competing at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. each day. The smallbore individual final is scheduled to start around 1:30 p.m. Saturday and air rifle individual final around 1 p.m. ET Sunday.
Live targets and a NCAA scorecard will be available all weekend long at UKathletics.com.
“Looking forward to the trip and seeing how we respond after a disappointing weekend last weekend,” UK head coach Harry Mullins said. “This type of competition is great for us to learn the flow of a two-day event and the pressure of being split squad and having an individual final. We will give it our best shot and hopefully see some good things.”
Kentucky is averaging a 2350.6 as a team in smallbore this year and 2384 in air rifle. Those are good for a 4734 aggregate average this season. UK’s best score came at Army West Point against Nebraska with a 4747.
Braden Peiser has led Kentucky this season with a 1193.25 aggregate average, earning a 595.25 in smallbore and 598 in air rifle. Sam Adkins is having a great season as well with a 588.4 smallbore average and 596.4 air rifle average for a 1184.8 aggregate average. Sofia Ceccarello is third on the team in aggregate average with a 1184, earning 587.25 in smallbore and 596.75 in air rifle.
Liz Probst, Brandon Evans and Martin Voss are all averaging over 1171 aggregate averages. Probst is earning a 1177.75 with a 582.75 smallbore and 595 air rifle, while Evans is averaging a 582 smallbore and 592.8 air rifle with a 1174.8 aggregate. Voss is earning a 582.5 in smallbore and 588.5 in air rifle and 1171 aggregate average.
Freshmen Elisa Boozer and Jacob St. Hilaire are having good seasons. Boozer is earning a 575.4 smallbore average and 594 air rifle average for a 1169.4 aggregate average, while St. Hilaire is earning a 577 smallbore and 592 air rifle for a 1169 aggregate average.
Wrapping up UK’s roster is Hannah Todd averaging a 569.5 smallbore and 587.25 air rifle, while AJ Hotko is earning a 567 smallbore and 578 air rifle and Emily Marne is averaging 558 smallbore and 567 air rifle.
Following the WVU Fall Classic, UK will return home Nov. 22 to compete against Murray State inside the UK Rifle Range. It will be the final fall match of the season before UK breaks for the holidays and returns to competition Jan. 17 in Fairbanks, Alaska.
