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Phillips Fourth at Junior World Championships
June 25, 2017 05:10 PM | Rifle
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Rising West Virginia University sophomore Morgan Phillips finished fourth in the junior women’s 50m 3 positions, today, at the 2017 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Championship Rifle/Pistol, at the Schießsportzentrum in Suhl, Germany.
The reigning NCAA national smallbore champion, Phillips shot 435.0 in the final and finished off the podium behind three shooters from China. She entered the final in first place with a 589 (196 kneeling, 198 prone, 195 standing) mark.
Rising Mountaineer junior Ginny Thrasher just missed qualifying for the final and finished 12th overall with a 579 (196 kneeling, 194 prone, 189 standing) total.
Combined with Rachel Garner’s 571 mark, the trio won Bronze for the United States in the 50m rifle 3 positions team competition with a 1732 total.
Shooting for Serbia, Phillips’ classmate Milica Babic finished in 21st place with a 577 (195 kneeling, 193 prone, 189 standing).
On Saturday, Phillips (620.1), Thrasher (101.9) and Garner (102.0) won Silver for the United States in the 50m rifle prone team competition with a 1852.3 total.
Also yesterday, incoming Mountaineer freshman David Koenders (Germany) shot 616.8 and placed 26th in the men’s 50m rifle prone.
Competition continues Monday, June 26, with the men’s and women’s 10m air rifle.
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