1993 NCAA Rifle Championships

The 1993 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the 13th 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 Virginia Military Institute at Kilbourne Hall in Lexington, Virginia.[1]

1993 NCAA Rifle Championship
Tournament information
SportCollegiate rifle shooting
LocationVirginia Lexington, VA
Host(s)Virginia Military Institute
Venue(s)Kilbourne Hall
Participants7 teams
Final positions
ChampionsWest Virginia (9th title)
1st runners-upAlaska
2nd runners-upAir Force
Tournament statistics
SmallboreEric Uptagrafft, WVU
Air rifleTrevor Gathman, WVU
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Five-time defending champions West Virginia once again retained the team championship, finishing just 10 points ahead of Alaska in the team standings. It was the Mountaineers' ninth overall national title.

The individual champions were, for the smallbore rifle, Eric Uptagrafft (West Virginia), and Trevor Gathman (West Virginia), for the air rifle.

Qualification edit

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 edit

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

Team title edit

Rank Team Points
  West Virginia 6,179
  Alaska 6,169
  Air Force 6,122
4 Norwich 6,115
5 Xavier 6,110
6 Navy 6,104
7 Murray State 6,100

Individual events edit

Event Winner Score
Smallbore Eric Uptagrafft, West Virginia 1,174
Air rifle Trevor Gathman, West Virginia 390

References edit

  1. ^ "NCAA Rifle Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved February 6, 2017.