Rifle Successful at Changwon World Cup
April 16, 2015 11:41 AM | General
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Three members of the West Virginia University rifle team and coach Jon Hammond competed at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Changwon World Cup, April 10-16, in Changwon, Korea.
Senior Ziva Dvorsak, representing her home country Slovenia, finished 27th overall in the women’s 10m air rifle with 413.7. She also scored 569 (189 kneeling, 192 prone, 188 standing) in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions.
Freshman Elizabeth Gratz finished first in the extra relay of the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions with a Minimum Qualifying Score (MQS) of 581 (195 kneeling, 196 prone, 190 standing).
Gratz represented the United States, along with sophomore Jean-Pierre Lucas, who shot a MQS of 622.2 in the extra relay of the men’s 10m air rifle. His 597 qualification relay score was a personal high.
Coach Hammond represented Great Britain and placed 31st overall in the men’s 50m rifle prone with a 618.7 score.
Of note, WVU rifle alum Nicco Campriani placed eighth in the men’s 10m air rifle (626.2 relay, 79.0 final) and men’s 50m rifle prone (1175 relay, 398 final). Petra Zublasing, also an alum, placed second in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions with 459.0 in the final and 581 (196 kneeling, 200 prone, 185 standing) in the open relay. Campriani and Zublasing shot for Italy.
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