UK Rifle Selected for NCAA Championships

LEXINGTON,
Ky. – The Kentucky rifle team was selected as one of eight team
qualifiers for the NCAA
Championships on Thursday.

This
year’s championships will be held March 10-13 in Akron, Ohio at the Robert A.
Pinn Shooting Range on the University of Akron campus.

Led by
freshman Hanna Carr, Kentucky has ranked inside the top 8 of the rankings all
season. Carr, a Versailles, Ky., native, is currently tied for the highest
smallbore score in the country with a 592.

Since
2001, the Wildcats have made the NCAA Championships every season. UK finished
sixth in last season’s championships with an aggregate score of 4657. Kentucky
won the title in 2011.

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. 

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.

Team
Qualifiers (Smallbore Three-Position and Air Rifle)

Alaska
Fairbanks

Kentucky

Murray
State University

Nebraska

Ohio
State

TCU

Air
Force

West
Virginia

Individual
Qualifiers (Air Rifle)

Samantha
Bullard (Jacksonville State University)

Alyssa
Gestl (U.S. Military Academy)

Lucas
Kozeniesky (North Carolina State University)

Ali
Weisz (University of Mississippi)

Individual
Qualifiers (Smallbore Three-Position)

Nathan
Brewer (U.S. Military Academy)

Amy
Fister (University of Memphis)

Mekenna
Richardson (Jacksonville State University)

Individual
Qualifiers (Air Rife and Smallbore Three-Position)

Caitlyn
Ford (North Carolina State University)