Individual shooters named for 2013 NCAA Rifle Championships

Rosters and individual shooters picked for NCAA Rifle Championships at Ohio State

Fairfax, Virginia – After announcing the eight teams who will compete for this year’s NCAA Rifle Championships earlier this week, the NCAA has released the selected rosters and the individual shooters chosen to participate.

Held March 8-9 at the Converse Hall and French Field House on Ohio State’s campus, this year’s championships can be expected to come down to the wire. Defending champs Texas Christian looks not only for its first back-to-back win, but a third championship in four years. Kentucky, 2011 winner, has its eye on reclaiming the throne. Dynasties Alaska-Fairbanks and West Virginia are both in the running and would each like to add another championship to their double digit wins.

Or will it be one of the other four teams? As in the finals of every other sport: just being there means you have a chance to win.

The 40 shooters from these team rosters will also compete in the individual championships alongside eight individual shooters selected from their qualifier scores. Last year’s Smallbore Champion, Sarah Scherer, and Air Rifle Champion, Petra Zublasing are both in attendance and might very well win again. Scherer is coming off of a spectacular season that began with an appearance in the London 2012 Summer Olympics.

Let’s see who’s shooting in this year’s championships:

Alaska-Fairbanks

• Ryan Anderson
• Cole Bures
• Dustin Chesebro
• Mats Eriksson
• Michael Liuzza

Kentucky

• Connor Davis
• Heather Greathouse
• Aaron Holsopple
• Emily Holsopple
• Henri Junghanel

Jacksonville State

• Samantha Bullard
• Monica Fyfe
• Daniel McCall
• Samuel Muegge
• Cole Tucker

Nebraska

• Janine Dutton
• Kelsey Hansen
• Denise Martin
• Sunny Russell
• Katelyn Woltersdorf

Texas Christian

• Sarah Beard
• Catherine Green
• Megan Lee
• Caitlin Morrissey
• Sarah Scherer

Air Force

• Meredith Carpentier
• David Higgins
• Matt Kluckman
• Tyler Rico
• Kevyn Stinett

Army

• Richard Calvin
• Alyssa Gestl
• Michael Matthews
• William Mengon
• Joseph Todaro

West Virginia

• Taylor Ciotola
• Meelis Kiisk
• Maren Prediger
• Garrett Spurgeon
• Petra Zublasing

Smallbore Three-Position

• Elijah Ellis, Kentucky
• Thomas Kyanko, West Virginia
• Olivia Pennell, Nevada
• Stacy Wheatley, Kentucky

Air Rifle

• Hannah Black, Texas Christian
• Daniel Hermsmeier, Memphis

Smallbore Three-Position and Air Rifle

• Amanda Luoma, Ohio State
• Abbey Stanec, Ole Miss

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