1986 NCAA Rifle Championships

The 1986 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the seventh annual competition to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States. The championship was held at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.[1]

1986 NCAA Rifle Championship
Tournament information
SportCollegiate rifle shooting
Location Annapolis, Maryland
Host(s)United States Naval Academy
Participants7
Final positions
ChampionsWest Virginia (3rd title)
1st runners-upMurray State
2nd runners-upArmy
Tournament statistics
SmallboreMike Anti, WVU
Air rifleMarianne Wallace, MUR

West Virginia, with a team score of 6,229, won their third team title, besting defending champions Murray State by 66 points in the team standings. It was the Mountaineers third title in four years and the third for coach Edward Etzel.

The individual champions were, for the smallbore rifle, Mike Anti (West Virginia), and, for the air rifle, Marianne Wallace (Murray State).

Qualification

Since there is only one national collegiate championship for rifle shooting, all NCAA rifle programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of seven teams ultimately contested this championship.

Results
  • Scoring: The championship consisted of 120 shots by each competitor in smallbore and 40 shots per competitor in air rifle.

Team title
RankTeamPoints
West Virginia 6,229
Murray State6,163
Army6,138
4Tennessee Tech6,090
5East Tennessee State
South Florida		6,085
7Washington State6,016

Individual events
Event Winner Score
Smallbore Mike Anti, West Virginia 1,168
Air rifle Marianne Wallace, Murray State 387
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References
  1. "NCAA Rifle Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
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