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It was a record-setting few days for teams and participants at the 2000 National Collegiate Men's and Women's Rifle Championships at VMI March 9-11.
Alaska Fairbanks defended its title and in doing so set a meet-record aggregate team score of 6,285. It is the third title for the Nanooks, the only team other than West Virginia to win since 1988.
In the air rifle team competition, Alaska Fairbanks continued its dominance by setting a record aggregate score of 1,578 behind the efforts of Matt Emmons (391) Per Sandberg (394) Melissa Mulloy (395) and Kelly Mansfield (398).
Mansfield, the defending champion in both the individual smallbore and air rifle events, which are held separate from the team championships, retained her title in air rifle, but relinquished the smallbore crown to Nebraska freshman Nicole Allaire. Both Mansfield and Allaire set meet-records with their efforts.
Other schools with strong showings were second-place Xavier (6,156) and third-place Nebraska (6,121). Perennial powerhouse West Virginia, owner of 13 championships, entered just the team smallbore competition and placed sixth (4,603) behind Norwich (6,070) and Navy (6,059).
TEAM RESULTS
1. Alas. Fairbanks, 4,707 (smallbore -- Matt Emmons, 1,181, Per Sandberg, 1,167, Melissa Mulloy, 1,175, Kelly Mansfield, 1,184) -- 1,578 (air rifle -- Emmons, 391, Sandberg, 394, Mulloy, 395, Mansfield, 398) -- 6,285; 2. Xavier, 4,616 (smallbore -- Thrine Kane, 1,167, Danielle Langfield, 1,150, Shari Jedinak, 1,152, Scott Kerr, 1,147) -- 1,540 (air rifle -- Kane, 390, Jedinak, 386, Joseph Fitzgibbon, 387, Rebecca Brattain, 377) -- 6,156; 3. Nebraska, 4,553 (smallbore -- Nicole Allaire, 1,164, Amanda Trujillo, 1,153, Victoria Ridge, 1,139, Rachel Spiry, 1,121) -- 1,545 (air rifle -- Allaire, 388, Trujillo, 388, Terim Richards, 390, Ridge, 379) -- 6,121; 4. Norwich, 4,553 (smallbore -- Emily Caruso, 1,169, Justin Babcock, 1,128, David Held, 1,148, David Sinisi, 1,107) -- 1,517 (air rifle -- Caruso, 391, Babcock, 378, Held, 377, Sinisi, 372) -- 6,070; 5. Navy, 4,549 (smallbore -- Luke Shank, 1,151, George Adams, 1,137, Jon Iadonisi, 1,131, Josh Kelley, 1,130) -- 1,510 (air rifle -- Shank, 382, Adams, 379, Tran Lam, 381, Kelley, 369) -- 6,059; 6. West Va., 4,603 (smallbore -- Cory Willis, 1,165, Wade Tyner, 1,140, Tommy Caranasos, 1,158, Mats Persson, 1,140) -- (no air rifle team) -- 4,603; 7. Air Force, 4,557 (Rachel Westergren, 1,155, Matt Berube, 1,145, Beau Nicewanner, 1,134, Daimon Geopfert, 1,123) -- (no air rifle team) -- 4,557; 8. Murray St. (no smallbore team) -- 1, 532 (air rifle -- Marra Hastings, 385, Martin Wheeldon, 391, Emily Schefold, 370, Crystal Kern, 386) -- 1,532; 9. Jacksonville St. (no smallbore team) -- 1,527 (air rifle -- Kelly Dove, 384, Kelly Crossman, 384, Stephanie Goeden, 384, Robin Goodwin, 373) -- 1, 527.
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Smallbore
1. Nicole Allaire, Nebraska, 1,183 (80 inner tens); 2. Matthew Emmons, Alas. Fairbanks, 1,183 (78); 3. Melissa Mulloy, Alas. Fairbanks, 1,174; 4. Emily Caruso, Norwich, 1,173; 5. Per Sandberg, Alas. Fairbanks, 1,170; 6. Kelly Dove, Jacksonville St., 1,167; 7. Amanda Trujillo, Nebraska, 1,163 (66); 8. Kelly Mansfield, Alas. Fairbanks, 1,166 (65); 9. Marra Hastings, Murray St., 1,163 (64); 10. Thrine Kane, Xavier, 1,161; 11. Rachael Westergren, Air Force, 1,159; 12. Cory Willis, West Va., 1,158 (73); 13. Christina Villa, UTEP, 1,158 (57); 14. David Held, Norwich, 1,156; 15. Amber Darland, Alas. Fairbanks, 1,155; 16. Justin Babcock, Norwich, 1,153; 17. Crystal Hamilton, Kentucky, 1,152; 18. Grant Mecozzi, Alas. Fairbanks, 1,150; 19. William Tolson, Navy, 1,143; 20. Luke Shank, Navy, 1,140; 21. Danielle Langfield, Xavier, 1,140; 22. George Adams, Navy, 1,139; 23. David Cohick, Navy, 1,135; 24. Matthew Berube, Air Force, 1,134.
Air rifle
1. Kelly Mansfield, Alas. Fairbanks, 398; 2. Emily Caruso, Norwich, 396: 3. Matthew Emmons, Alas. Fairbanks, 393; 4. Melissa Mulloy, Alas. Fairbanks, 392; 5. Terim Richards, Nebraska, 391; 6. Cory Willis, West Va., 390 (25 inner tens); 7. Martin Wheeldon, Murray St., 390 (23); 8. Tran Lam, Navy, 388; 9. Marra Hastings, Murray St., 386; 10. Kelly Dove, Jacksonville St., 385; 11. (tie) Thrine Kane, Xavier, and Joseph Fitzgibbon, Xavier, 385 (22); 13. (tie) George Adams, Navy, and Shari Jedinak, Xavier, 385 (20); 15. (tie) Nicole Allaire, Nebraska, and Crystal Kern, Murray St., 383 (20); 17. Christina Villa, UTEP, 383 (18); 18. Grant Mecozzi, Alas. Fairbanks, 383 (17); 19. Per Sandberg, Alas. Fairbanks, 380; 20. Matthew Berube, Air Force, 379 (19); 21. Richard Sawyer, Air Force, 379 (16); 22. James Micheletti, Tenn.-Martin, 379 (15); 23. Emily Schefold, Murray St., 375; 24. David Held, Norwich, 374.