2016 NCAA Rifle Championships

2016 NCAA Rifle Championship

Tournament information
Sport	Collegiate rifle shooting
Location	Akron, OH
Host(s)	University of Akron
Venue(s)	Stile Athletics Field House
Participants	8 teams
Final positions
Champions	West Virginia (18th title)
1st runners-up	TCU
2nd runners-up	Murray State
Tournament statistics
Smallbore champion	Ginny Thrasher, West Virginia
Air rifle champion	Ginny Thrasher, West Virginia

The 2016 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the 37th annual NCAA-sanctioned competition to determine the team and individual national champions of co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States.

The championships were held at the Stile Athletics Field House at the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio.

Three-time defending champions West Virginia again won the team championship, the Mountaineers' eighteenth NCAA national title in rifle.

West Virginia's Ginny Thrasher became the fifth person to win both individual championships and the first since 2013.

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 eight teams contested this championship.

Results

• Scoring: The championship consisted of 60 shots for both smallbore and air rifle per team.

Team title

• (DC) = Defending champions
• Italics = Inaugural championship
• † = Team won center shot tiebreaker

Rank	Team	Points
	West Virginia (DC)	4,703
	TCU	4,694
	Murray State	4,690
4	Air Force	4,669†
5	Kentucky	4,669
6	Alaska	4,664
7	Ohio State	4,659
8	Nebraska	4,650

Individual events

Event	Winner	Score
Smallbore	Ginny Thrasher, West Virginia	461.5
Air rifle	Ginny Thrasher, West Virginia	208.8