1998 NCAA Rifle Championships

1998 NCAA Rifle Championship

Tournament information
Sport	Collegiate rifle shooting
Location	Murray, KY
Host(s)	Murray State University
Participants	7 teams
Final positions
Champions	West Virginia (13th title)
1st runners-up	Alaska
2nd runners-up	Kentucky
Tournament statistics
Smallbore	Karyn Juziuk, XAV
Air rifle	Emily Caruso, NRW

The 1997 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the 18th 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 Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky.^[1]

Three-time defending champions West Virginia once again topped the team standings, finishing a mere three points (6,214–6,211) ahead of Alaska. This was the Mountaineers' thirteenth team title.

The individual champions were, for the smallbore rifle, Karyn Juziuk (Xavier), and Emily Caruso (Norwich), 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 seven teams ultimately contested this championship (an increase of one team from 1996).

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	6,214
	Alaska	6,211
	Kentucky	6,161
4	Murray State (H)	6,112
5	Jacksonville State	6,110
6	Navy	6,105
7	Air Force	6,090

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