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WVU Set for 2024 NCAA Rifle National Championships
March 07, 2024 02:09 PM | Rifle
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The No. 1-seeded West Virginia University rifle team looks to capture its nation-best 20th national championship this weekend, as the Mountaineers get set to conclude their season at the 2024 NCAA Rifle Championships from March 8-9, in Morgantown.
This year's championships are being hosted by the Mountaineers for the second time in program history. Each day of action is set to begin at 8:45 a.m. ET, from inside the WVU Coliseum. A live stream for both relays will be available on NCAA.com. Additionally, live stats and targets can be found on WVUsports.com.
Tickets for both sessions can be purchased at WVUGAME.com or by calling 1-800-WVUGAME.
Friday opens with two smallbore relays, followed by the individual finals at 3 p.m. ET. Saturday wraps up the competition with two air rifle relays, followed by individual finals at 2 p.m. ET.
No. 1-seed West Virginia will compete alongside No. 2 TCU, No. 3 Air Force. No. 4 Kentucky, No. 5 Alaska-Fairbanks, No. 6 Ole Miss, No. 7 Navy and No. 8 Nebraska. WVU went 8-0 against members of the 2024 championship field during the regular season.
The Mountaineers last won an NCAA championship in 2017. Prior to that, WVU captured five consecutive national titles from 2013-17.
Hammond has helped the Mountaineers hoist six national championships during his first 16 seasons with the team. Additionally, West Virginia boasts 28 individual NCAA champions in program history, with the most recent being Morgan Phillips in 2018 (smallbore).
This season, the Mountaineers have shot a team score 4725 or better 10 times, the most in a single season since 2021-22 (seven). WVU's season-high score came two times this season, most recently against Alaska-Fairbanks, Kentucky and Georgia Southern on Jan. 14, when the team tallied a 4751. The mark is a program best.
The Mountaineers are looking to close out a record-breaking season with the program's 20th NCAA Rifle National Championship. West Virginia shot an NCAA record with an aggregate score of 4759 at the Great American Rifle Conference Championships. Additionally, the Mountaineers produced a 2392 in air rifle, which marks the best in program history, at the event.
West Virginia's roster features three student-athletes who have hit perfect 600s in air rifle during their collegiate careers. Mary Tucker, Molly McGhin and Gavin Barnick are three of eight Mountaineers all-time to accomplish the feat.
WVU enters the 2024 NCAA Championships with a team scoring average of 4743.091, a smallbore mark of 23585.909 and an air rifle average of 2384.182. All three averages lead the nation.
This year's championships are being hosted by the Mountaineers for the second time in program history. Each day of action is set to begin at 8:45 a.m. ET, from inside the WVU Coliseum. A live stream for both relays will be available on NCAA.com. Additionally, live stats and targets can be found on WVUsports.com.
Tickets for both sessions can be purchased at WVUGAME.com or by calling 1-800-WVUGAME.
Friday opens with two smallbore relays, followed by the individual finals at 3 p.m. ET. Saturday wraps up the competition with two air rifle relays, followed by individual finals at 2 p.m. ET.
No. 1-seed West Virginia will compete alongside No. 2 TCU, No. 3 Air Force. No. 4 Kentucky, No. 5 Alaska-Fairbanks, No. 6 Ole Miss, No. 7 Navy and No. 8 Nebraska. WVU went 8-0 against members of the 2024 championship field during the regular season.
The Mountaineers last won an NCAA championship in 2017. Prior to that, WVU captured five consecutive national titles from 2013-17.
Hammond has helped the Mountaineers hoist six national championships during his first 16 seasons with the team. Additionally, West Virginia boasts 28 individual NCAA champions in program history, with the most recent being Morgan Phillips in 2018 (smallbore).
This season, the Mountaineers have shot a team score 4725 or better 10 times, the most in a single season since 2021-22 (seven). WVU's season-high score came two times this season, most recently against Alaska-Fairbanks, Kentucky and Georgia Southern on Jan. 14, when the team tallied a 4751. The mark is a program best.
The Mountaineers are looking to close out a record-breaking season with the program's 20th NCAA Rifle National Championship. West Virginia shot an NCAA record with an aggregate score of 4759 at the Great American Rifle Conference Championships. Additionally, the Mountaineers produced a 2392 in air rifle, which marks the best in program history, at the event.
West Virginia's roster features three student-athletes who have hit perfect 600s in air rifle during their collegiate careers. Mary Tucker, Molly McGhin and Gavin Barnick are three of eight Mountaineers all-time to accomplish the feat.
WVU enters the 2024 NCAA Championships with a team scoring average of 4743.091, a smallbore mark of 23585.909 and an air rifle average of 2384.182. All three averages lead the nation.
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