Alaska Fairbanks wins 2023 NC rifle championship

The 2023 NC rifle championship is underway at the James A. Rhodes Arena in Akron, Ohio. Click or tap here for results during the championship.

On Friday, Individuals and teams competed in smallbore three-position (60 shots)

Relay 1:  9:15 a.m. ET.
Relay 2: Noon ET
Individual finals:  3 p.m. ET

Individual Qualifiers (Smallbore Three-Position)

• Marleigh Duncan, Navy
• Parker Haydin, Navy
• Clark McWhorter, Jacksonville State
• Ben Salas, NC State

Alternates (Smallbore Three-Position)

• Kyle Kutz, Army West Point
• Viktor Kiss, Ohio State

Team Qualifiers (Smallbore Three-Position)

• Air Force
• Alaska Fairbanks
• Kentucky
• Murray State
• Nebraska
• Ole Miss
• TCU
• West Virginia

The air rifle competition will take place on Saturday.

Relay 1:  9:15 a.m. ET.
Relay 2: 11 :30 a.m. ET
Individual finals:  2 p.m. ET

Individual Qualifiers (Air Rifle)

• Andre Gross, Akron
• Angeline Henry, Memphis
• Derek Keiser, Ohio State
• Mackenzie VanPatten, Jacksonville State

Alternates (Air Rifle)

• Ariel Hall, Ohio State
• Katie Tedeschi, NC State

Team Qualifiers (Air Rifle)

• Air Force
• Alaska Fairbanks 
• Kentucky
• Murray State
• Navy
• Ole Miss
• TCU
• West Virginia

The NCAA Men’s and Women’s Rifle Committee has announced the teams and individual qualifiers for the 2023 National Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Rifle Championships.

Hosted by Akron, the championships will be held March 10-11 on campus at James A. Rhodes Arena, in Akron, Ohio.

The top eight teams in both the 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.

Team Qualifiers (Smallbore Three-Position and Air Rifle)

• Air Force
• Alaska Fairbanks
• Kentucky
• Murray State
• Nebraska
• Ole Miss
• TCU
• West Virginia

A total of 48 competitors will compete in the championships, with 40 competitors coming from the top eight teams selected. The remaining eight competitors were selected based on the scores submitted from the designated qualifier.

Click or tap here to see the complete list of competitors

NCAA Photos

Below is the history of team titles in the NCAA rifle championships, since 1980. Kentucky won its fourth title in program history at the 2022 championships, the third in five years.

From 1980 to 2004, the championship consisted of 120 shots by each competitor in smallbore, and 40 shots per competitor in air rifle. Since 2005, the championship has consisted of 60 shots for both smallbore and air rifle, equaling a total of 120 shots per team member.