1984 NCAA Rifle Championships

1984 NCAA Rifle Championship
Tournament information
Sport Collegiate rifle shooting
Location Kentucky Murray, KY
Host(s) Murray State University
Participants 7
Final positions
Champions West Virginia (2nd title)
1st runners-up East Tennessee State
2nd runners-up Tennessee Tech
Tournament statistics
Smallbore Bob Broughton, WVU
Air rifle Pat Spurgin, MUR

The 1984 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the fifth annual tournament to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States. The championship was held at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky.[1]

West Virginia, with a team score of 6,206, won their second consecutive, and second overall, team title, finishing 64 points ahead of East Tennessee State. The Mountaineers were coached by Olympian Edward Etzel.

The individual champions were, for the smallbore rifle, Bob Broughton (West Virginia) and, for the air rifle, Pat Spurgin (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
1st, gold medalist(s)West Virginia6,206
2nd, silver medalist(s)East Tennessee State6,142
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Tennessee Tech6,121
4Eastern Kentucky6,107
5Murray State6,076
6Army6,058
7Eastern Washington5,867

Individual events

Event Winner Score
Smallbore Bob Broughton, West Virginia 1,172
Air rifle Pat Spurgin, Murray State 388

References

  1. ↑ "NCAA Rifle Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
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