1996 NCAA Rifle Championships

1996 NCAA Rifle Championship

Tournament information
Sport	Collegiate rifle shooting
Location	Colorado Springs, CO
Host(s)	United States Air Force Academy
Venue(s)	Cadet Rifle Range
Participants	6 teams
Final positions
Champions	West Virginia (11th title)
1st runners-up	Air Force
2nd runners-up	Kentucky
Tournament statistics
Smallbore	Joe Johnson, NAVY
Air rifle	Trevor Gathman, WVU

The 1996 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the 17th annual competition to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States. The championship was hosted by the United States Air Force Academy at the Cadet Rifle Range in Colorado Springs, Colorado.^[1]

Defending champions West Virginia again topped the team standings, finishing 11 points ahead of Air Force. This was the Mountaineers' eleventh team title.

The individual champions were, for the smallbore rifle, Joe Johnson (Navy), and Trevor Gathman (West Virginia), for the air rifle.

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 six 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

Rank	Team	Points
	West Virginia	6,179
	Air Force (H)	6,168
	Kentucky	6,160
4	Navy	6,140
5	Alaska	6,123
6	Xavier	6,104

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