2003 NCAA Rifle Championships

The 2003 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the 24th annual NCAA-sanctioned competition to determine the team and individual national champions of co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States. This year's championships were held at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York.[1]

2003 NCAA Rifle Championship
Tournament information
SportCollegiate rifle shooting
Location West Point, NY
Host(s)United States Military Academy
Participants10 teams
Final positions
ChampionsAlaska (6th title)
1st runners-upXavier
2nd runners-upMurray State
Tournament statistics
SmallboreMatthew Emmons, UAF
Air rifleJamie Beyerle, UAF

Four-time defending champions Alaska once again topped the team standings, finishing 90 points (6,287–6,197) points ahead of Xavier. This was the Nanooks' fifth consecutive and sixth overall team title.

Matthew Emmons (Alaska) once again repeated as the individual national champion for the smallbore rifle (his third consecutive in air rifle and fourth individual title overall, all since 2001). Emmons remains the only collegiate shooter with four NCAA individual titles. The air rifle title was claimed by Jamie Beyerle (Alaska).

Qualification

With 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 ten teams contested this championship, a return to the size of the original two championships in 1980 and 1981.

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

Team title
  • (H) = Hosts
  • (DC) = Defending champions
  • Italics = Inaugural championship
RankTeamPoints
Alaska (DC)6,287
Xavier6,197
Murray State6,158
4Nevada6,152
5Jacksonville State6,141
6Kentucky6,139
7West Virginia4,628
8Tennessee Tech4,610
9Navy1,531
10Air Force1,528

Individual events
Event Winner Score
Smallbore Matthew Emmons, Alaska 1,191
Air rifle Jamie Beyerle, Alaska 395

References
  1. "NCAA Rifle Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
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