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The NCAA News -- March 29, 1999

Record score helps Alaska Fairbanks snap West Virginia streak

Led by Kelly Mansfield, Alaska Fairbanks shot a meet-record aggregate team score of 6,276 and snapped West Virginia's streak of four consecutive titles at the National Collegiate Men's and Women's Rifle Championships March 12-13 at Norwich.

The title was the second for the Nanooks, the only team other than the Mountaineers to have won since 1985. Alaska Fairbanks' other championship came in 1994.

In smallbore, where the champions set another record by shooting 4,713, Mansfield shot 1,182, Melissa Mulloy 1,180 and Dan Jordan, 1,178 to lead the Nanooks. In air rifle, where Alaska Fairbanks equalled the meet record of 1,563 it set in 1989, Mulloy and Jordan each shot 392. Mansfield shot 391.

Mansfield won the individual smallbore and air rifle championships, which are held separate from the team championships. She is the first to have won the double title since Tennessee Tech's Rod Fitz-Randolph in 1980, the first year the event was held. In smallbore, she shot 1,185, with a 399 in the prone position, 394 standing and 392 kneeling. Teammate Johan Lindberg was second with 1,172. In air rifle, Mansfield edged defending champion Emily Caruso of the hosts, 396 to 395. Mansfield finished third in air rifle last year. Jordan was second.

Mansfield's individual titles were the Nanooks' first since 1995, when Oleg Seleznev won smallbore. Alaska Fairbanks had never before won an individual air rifle championship. The Nanooks have five individual titles overall.

National Collegiate men's and women's rifle

TEAM RESULTS

1. Alas. Fairbanks, 4,713 (smallbore -- Melissa Mulloy 1,180, Kelly Mansfield 1,182, Dan Jordan, 1,178, Johan Lindberg, 1,173) -- 1,563 (air rifle -- Mulloy 392, Mansfield 391, Jordan 392, Lindberg 388) -- 6,276; 2. Navy, 4,635 (George Adams 1,175, Joshua Kelley 1,155, Jon Iadonisi 1,142, Luke Shank 1,163) -- 1,533 (Tran Lam 386, Kelley 389, Iadonisi 382, Shank 376) -- 6,168; 3. West Virginia, 4,620 (Tommy Caranasos 1,150, Ron Nelson, 1,152, April Shea 1,166, Cory Willis, 1,152) -- 1,536 (Caranaso 389, Elizabeth Smith 383, Shea 385, Willis 379) -- 6,156; 4. Murray St., 4,611 (Marra Hastings 1,161, Ken Hicks 1,172, Crystal Kern 1,138, Martin Wheeldon 1,140) -- 1,543 (Hastings 388, Schefold 375, Kern 385, Wheeldon 395) -- 6,154; 5. Norwich, 4,607 (Bryan Barney 1,155, Emily Caruso 1,166, Carin Caselli 1,153, David Held 1,133) --1,538 (Chris Auger 375, Caruso 390, Caselli 384, Held 389) -- 6,145; 6. Kentucky, 4,601 (David Fowler 1,145, Mary Elsass 1,167, Darren Fowler 1,144, Charles Metz 1,145) -- 1,528 (Jill Krukoski 385, Elsass 384, Taryn Lewis 377, Jennifer Harrison 382) -- 6,129; 7. Xavier, 4,575 (Karyn Juziuk 1,163, Shari Jedinak 1,149, Danielle Langfield 1,130, Monique Couture 1,133) -- 1,527 (Juziuk 387, Jedinak 378, Langfield 386, Edward Rozman 376) -- 6,102; 8. Jacksonville St., 4,575 (Shane Barnhart 1,166, Stephan Goeden 1,116, David Rhodes 1,141, Lucinda Roddy 1,152) -- (no air rifle team) -- 4,575; 9. Air Force (no smallbore team) -- 1,515 (Beau Nicewann 378, Matt Berube 385, Richard Sawyer 367, Christina Collins 385) -- 1,515.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Smallbore

1. Kelly Mansfield, Alas. Fairbanks, 1,185; 2. Johan Lindberg, Alas. Fairbanks, 1,172; 3. Mary Elsass, Kentucky, 1,170; 4. Joacim Tryboom, Alas. Fairbanks, 1,170; 5. Melissa Mulloy, Alas. Fairbanks, 1,168 (69 inner tens); 6. Grant Mecozzi, Alas. Fairbanks, 1,168 (67); 7. Dan Jordan, Alas. Fairbanks, 1,165; 8. Ron Nelson, West Virginia, 1,164; 9. Shane Barnhart, Jacksonville St., 1,163 (71); 10. Ken Hicks, Murray St., 1,163 (66).

11. Marra Hastings, Murray St., 1,162; 12. April Shea, West Virginia, 1,156 (62); 13. George Adams, Navy, 1,156 (53); 14. Emily Caruso, Norwich, 1,150; 15. Rebecca Hamilton, UTEP, 1,148; 16. Luke Shank, Navy, 1,139; 17. Jon Iadonisi, Navy, 1,136.

Air Rifle

1. Kelly Mansfield, Alas. Fairbanks, 396; 2. Emily Caruso, Norwich, 395; 3. Grant Meccozzi, Alas. Fairbanks, 394; 4. Mary Elsass, Kentucky, 391 (22 inner tens); 5. Melissa Mulloy, Alas. Fairbanks, 391 (21); 6. Joshua Kelley, Navy, 390 (28); 7. Dan Jordan, Alas. Fairbanks, 390 (26); 8. (tie) Jennifer Harrison, Kentucky, and Cory Willis, West Virginia, 389 (24); 10. Tran Lam, Navy, 389 (19).

11. (tie) Karyn Juziuk, Xavier, and Jennifer Oliver, UTEP, 388 (23); 13. Joacim Tryboom, Alas. Fairbanks, 387 (22); 14. Ron Nelson, West Virginia, 387 (19); 15. April Shea, West Virginia, 386; 16. Tommy Caranasos, West Virginia, 385 (23); 17. Elizabeth Smith, West Virginia, 385 (21); 18. Danielle Langfield, Xavier, 385 (17); 19. Chris Auger, Norwich, 384; 20. Carin Caselli, Norwich, 382 (23).

21. Crystal Kern, Murray St., 382 (22); 22. Johan Lindberg, Alas. Fairbanks, 382 (20); 23. Marra Hastings, Murray St., 382 (16); 24. Edward Rozman, Xavier, 380 (15); 25. Richard Sawyer, Air Force, 368.