NCAA Rifle Selection Show to Air Wednesday

The third-ranked Kentucky rifle team will find out where it will officially place in the NCAA Championships on Wednesday, Feb. 21, at 5 p.m. ET on NCAA.com during the 2018 NCAA Rifle Championship Selection Show.
 
The Wildcats will look to make their eighteenth consecutive appearance at the NCAA Championships, which will be hosted by The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, on March 9-10. UK finished fourth at last season’s championships.
 
The top eight teams in both 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. 
 
The Wildcats (29-2, 13-1 GARC) have been ranked third in the country for most of the season, even getting up to No. 2 at one point. UK ranked third in regular season aggregate average at 4713.33, with their best performance at home against Morehead State (4714). The Wildcats beat 29 total teams between their second-place finish in the first match of the season and the loss to No. 1 West Virginia in the last match of the regular season. Freshman Henrik Larsen has finished as the top individual in every match he’s competed in while leading the nation in aggregate average at 1188.83 and smallbore at 592.25. The Mysen, Norway, native owns seven of the nation’s top-11 aggregate scores, including the top two of 1194, 1193.