1985 NCAA Rifle Championships

1985 NCAA Rifle Championship
Tournament information
Sport Collegiate rifle shooting
Location New York (state) West Point, NY
Host(s) United States Military Academy
Participants 7
Final positions
Champions Murray State (1st title)
1st runners-up West Virginia
2nd runners-up East Tennessee State
Tournament statistics
Smallbore Pat Spurgin, MUR
Air rifle Christian Hellern, WVU

The 1985 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the sixth 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 Military Academy in West Point, New York.[1]

Murray State, with a team score of 6,150, won their first team title, finishing one point ahead of two-time defending champions West Virginia. The Racers were coached by Elvis Green.

The individual champions were, for the smallbore rifle, Pat Spurgin (Murray State) and, for the air rifle, Christian Hellern (West Virginia). Spurgin won the previous year's air rifle title.

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

Team title

Rank Team Points
1st, gold medalist(s) Murray State 6,150
2nd, silver medalist(s) West Virginia 6,149
3rd, bronze medalist(s) East Tennessee State 6,102
4 Tennessee Tech 6,069
5 Army (H) 6,063
6 Eastern Kentucky 6,049
7 Tennessee–Martin 5,993

Individual events

Event Winner Score
Smallbore Pat Spurgin, Murray State 1,168
Air rifle Christian Heller, West Virginia 387

References

  1. "NCAA Rifle Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
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