from the NCAA
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Behind a team-best 587 from Emily Holsopple and a 585 from Henri Junghanel, the Kentucky rifle team captured its second national championship in smallbore, with a 2328 total team score during day one of the 2011-12 NCAA Championships, hosted by Ohio State at Converse Hall. The Wildcats – who won the NCAA Championship in smallbore and the combined categories in 2010-11 – were paced by Holsopple and Junghanel, with Holsopple finishing second overall with her 587 score. Ethan Settlemires, the defending individual NCAA Champion in smallbore, fired a 579, while Stacy Wheatley contributed a 577 to round out the UK starting lineup.
UK also had individual competitors Heather Greathouse and Katie Fretts compete at the NCAA Championships in smallbore, with Fretts charting a 571 and Greathouse a 567.
TCU’s Sarah Scherer won the individual national championship in smallbore with her 589, finishing with a 688.6 in the smallbore finals to win the title.
UK leads Army (2325), TCU (2323), Alaska-Fairbanks (2312), Nevada-Reno (2306), Jacksonville State (2304), UTEP (2303) and West Virginia (2297), among the eight teams who qualified for the championships.
Smallbore Results
1 | Sarah Scherer | 99 100 99 98 97 96 | 589 | 31* |
2 | Michael Matthews | 100 100 98 97 96 98 | 589 | 25* |
3 | Emily Holsopple | 100 100 97 94 99 97 | 587 | 34* |
4 | Petra Zublasing | 98 98 98 99 99 94 | 586 | 29* |
5 | Ryan Anderson | 99 99 99 96 96 97 | 586 | 26* |
6 | Kelly Buck | 98 99 95 99 97 98 | 586 | 25* |
7 | Henri Junghanel | 100 100 97 94 96 98 | 585 | 34* |
8 | Andrea Vautrin | 100 99 96 94 97 99 | 585 | 30* |
9 | Amanda Furrer | 100 100 96 92 99 96 | 583 | 36* |
10 | Andrea Dardas | 98 100 94 96 98 97 | 583 | 30* |
11 | Mattie Brogdon | 97 98 96 95 98 97 | 581 | 32* |
12 | Ethan Settlemires | 98 99 95 95 96 96 | 579 | 31* |
13 | Sam Muegge | 100 100 93 93 97 95 | 578 | 28* |
14 | Mike Liuzza | 96 98 94 95 100 95 | 578 | 26* |
15 | Olivia Pennell | 98 98 93 95 95 99 | 578 | 18* |
16 | Dempster Christenson | 100 100 93 94 96 94 | 577 | 34* |
17 | Alix Moncada | 98 98 97 95 94 95 | 577 | 32* |
18 | Sarah Beard | 99 100 90 97 97 94 | 577 | 26* |
19 | Stacy Wheatley | 98 97 94 95 96 97 | 577 | 23* |
20 | Jennifer Armendariz | 98 100 87 96 99 96 | 576 | 30* |
21 | Daniel Hermsmeier | 99 97 97 91 96 96 | 576 | 24* |
22 | Caitlin Morrissey | 99 100 93 92 95 97 | 576 | 23* |
23 | Chelsie Hata | 98 98 96 92 95 97 | 576 | 18* |
24 | Anna Hjelmevoll | 100 99 96 96 89 95 | 575 | 31* |
25 | Joseph Todaro | 96 100 97 93 95 94 | 575 | 30* |
26 | Clif Little | 99 98 96 92 97 93 | 575 | 27* |
27 | Richard Calvin | 97 95 97 95 97 94 | 575 | 21* |
28 | Cole Tucker | 98 99 90 96 96 94 | 573 | 25* |
29 | Julia Redzia | 97 99 91 97 95 94 | 573 | 15* |
30 | Taylor Ciotola | 97 99 94 94 94 94 | 572 | 23* |
31 | Katie Fretts | 99 99 94 90 94 95 | 571 | 27* |
32 | Catherine Green | 95 100 93 90 96 97 | 571 | 20* |
33 | Dan McCall | 99 99 94 93 94 91 | 570 | 24* |
34 | Justin Pentz | 97 98 90 92 94 99 | 570 | 23* |
35 | Monica Fyfe | 100 94 94 94 94 94 | 570 | 19* |
36 | Dani Foster | 100 99 90 93 94 93 | 569 | 29* |
37 | Thomas Kyanko | 100 98 86 92 96 97 | 569 | 25* |
38 | Heather Greathouse | 98 99 87 92 94 97 | 567 | 28* |
39 | William Mengon | 99 97 84 91 98 98 | 567 | 22* |
40 | Mats Eriksson | 97 100 91 95 89 95 | 567 | 17* |
41 | Haunani Akana | 95 96 94 90 94 98 | 567 | 15* |
42 | Michael Kulbacki | 88 96 97 92 100 92 | 565 | 20* |
43 | Hannah Muegge | 99 99 88 89 94 96 | 565 | 18* |
44 | Andrea Palafox | 96 97 90 90 95 92 | 560 | 16* |
FORT WORTH, Texas – TCU rifle team used a dominating effort in air rifle to erase a five-point deficit to claim its second national championship in the last three seasons. Sarah Scherer finishes third individually in the air rifle finals.
In addition to the team national championship, the Frogs took home the air rifle title after firing a 2,353, topping West Virginia’s team score of 2,350. Kentucky finished day one in first place, but couldn’t hold off the Frogs’ charge as they fired a 2,353 in air rifle to post a dominating 4,676-4,661 victory against the Wildcats.
The Horned Frogs got the day started off in good fashion as the trio of Catherine Green, Mattie Brogdon and Caitlin Morrissey turned in solid performances at the range. Brogdon led the group, shooting a 588 followed by Green’s 584. Morrissey shot a 583.
In the final relay, the Frogs put a stamp on their victory. Sarah Scherer tied for the best mark of the day as she shot a 593 to earn her spot in the finals. Sarah Beard capped a solid tournament with a final tally of 588.
Scherer finished third individually after shooting a 100.3 in the finals for a total score of 693.3.
Rounding out the field of eight in third was Alaska, followed by Army, UTEP, West Virginia, Jacksonville State and Nevada.
Air Rifle
1 | Petra Zublasing | 99 99 99 99 99 98 | 593 | 50* |
2 | Sarah Scherer | 99 97 99 100 99 99 | 593 | 46* |
3 | Abigail Stanec | 99 99 98 98 99 99 | 592 | 42* |
4 | Taylor Ciotola | 98 99 98 99 99 98 | 591 | 39* |
5 | Mats Eriksson | 97 98 98 100 100 97 | 590 | 43* |
6 | Kelly Buck | 97 99 97 98 100 99 | 590 | 42* |
7 | Monica Fyfe | 98 98 98 99 98 99 | 590 | 40* |
8 | Alix Moncada | 98 98 98 100 97 99 | 590 | 39* |
9 | Richard Calvin | 98 99 99 98 98 97 | 589 | 45* |
10 | Kelsey Emme | 98 98 97 99 99 98 | 589 | 39* |
11 | Sarah Beard | 97 98 98 100 99 96 | 588 | 39* |
12 | Mattie Brogdon | 98 98 99 99 95 99 | 588 | 37* |
13 | Sam Muegge | 100 99 97 98 100 94 | 588 | 36* |
14 | Ryan Anderson | 98 100 96 97 97 99 | 587 | 41* |
15 | Jennifer Armendariz | 98 95 99 99 98 98 | 587 | 36* |
16 | Andrea Palafox | 95 100 97 99 98 98 | 587 | 35* |
17 | Justin Pentz | 97 99 100 97 96 97 | 586 | 37* |
18 | Anna Hjelmevoll | 97 96 98 99 98 98 | 586 | 36* |
19 | Mike Liuzza | 96 97 99 100 97 97 | 586 | 36* |
20 | Henri Junghanel | 98 98 96 100 97 97 | 586 | 34* |
21 | Emily Holsopple | 98 97 97 99 98 96 | 585 | 38* |
22 | Zachary Wells | 99 97 97 97 98 97 | 585 | 35* |
23 | Dempster Christenson | 98 98 97 97 98 96 | 584 | 38* |
24 | Clif Little | 96 95 99 97 99 98 | 584 | 36* |
25 | Catherine Green | 95 97 98 100 98 96 | 584 | 36* |
26 | Caitlin Morrissey | 96 99 96 99 98 95 | 583 | 30* |
27 | Haunani Akana | 98 97 97 95 97 98 | 582 | 38* |
28 | Dan McCall | 96 96 97 98 98 97 | 582 | 33* |
29 | Heather Greathouse | 99 100 98 95 93 96 | 581 | 38* |
30 | Andrea Dardas | 96 96 98 97 99 95 | 581 | 33* |
31 | Ethan Settlemires | 94 98 97 97 98 97 | 581 | 32* |
32 | Andrea Vautrin | 98 98 97 98 94 96 | 581 | 28* |
33 | William Mengon | 98 95 96 97 98 96 | 580 | 31* |
34 | Michael Kulbacki | 97 96 93 99 98 97 | 580 | 30* |
35 | Thomas Kyanko | 96 95 96 95 97 100 | 579 | 30* |
36 | Hannah Muegge | 98 96 95 94 97 98 | 578 | 33* |
37 | Cole Tucker | 97 96 97 95 95 97 | 577 | 31* |
38 | Chelsie Hata | 95 95 97 98 95 96 | 576 | 29* |
39 | Keely Stankey | 98 95 97 97 95 94 | 576 | 26* |
40 | Julia Redzia | 95 98 93 97 96 95 | 574 | 24* |
41 | Joseph Todaro | 94 98 97 97 95 93 | 574 | 24* |
42 | Michael Matthews | 95 93 96 94 99 96 | 573 | 23* |
43 | Olivia Pennell | 93 96 96 94 98 95 | 572 | 26* |
44 | Stacy Wheatley | 94 92 96 97 96 97 | 572 | 24* |