Alaska Fairbanks captured its sixth straight National Collegiate Men's and Women's Rifle Championships team title March 12-13 at Murray State. The title, the Nanooks' seventh overall, ties the team with West Virginia for consecutive championships won.

Nevada collected a second-place finish with a score of 6,185 out of a possible 6,400, and Navy took third with a score of 6,182.

The Nanooks made a sweep of the air rifle and small bore competitions, registering scores of 1,567 out of a possible 1,600 and 4,706 out of a possible 4,800, respectively, in the two disciplines for a combined score of 6,273.

Navy edged Nevada by one point for second in air rifle with a mark of 1,552. Kentucky, competing only in smallbore, took second in the discipline at 4,663 and Army was third at 4,638.

In individual competition, Murray State's Morgan Hicks collected the air rifle individual championship with a score of 398 out of 400. With only six points separating the top seven shooters in the air rifle competition, Matthew Rawlings of Alaska Fairbanks came in second at 396. Rawlings fired 1,179 out of a possible 1,200 to top teammate Joseph Hein by one point for the individual smallbore championship.

Team results

1. Alas. Fairbanks, 4,706 (smallbore -- Matt Rawlings 1,179, Jamie Beyerle 1,176, Joseph Hein 1,178, Karl Olsson,1,173) -- 1,567 (air rifle -- Rawlings 398, Beyerle 394, Hein 389, Olsson, 386); 2. Nevada, 4,634 (smallbore -- Ryan Tanoue 1,178, Dawn Tarbet 1,161, Corrie Svee 1,151, Charles Morton 1,144) -- 1,551 (air rifle -- Tanoue 394, Tarbet 384, Matthew Briggs 389, Holly Caraway 384); Navy, 4,630 (smallbore -- Matthew Albright 1,178, Michael Miller 1,170, Marta Jung 1,121, Chris Schnieder 1,161) -- 1,552 (air rifle -- Albright 392, Miller 388, Jung 382, Sarah Bergman 390); Army, 4,638 (smallbore -- Paul Charbonneau 1,167, Lucas Leinberger 1,157, John Fiddes 1,161, Michael Jablonski 1,153) -- 1,538 (air rifle -- Charbonneau 395, Leinberger 389, Fiddes 379, Ian Smith 375); Xavier, 4,622 (smallbore -- Hannah Kerr 1,177, Brandon Czekaj 1,163, Richard Gauvin 1,148, Alice Reed 1,134) -- 1,542 (air rifle-- Kerr 385, Czekaj 388, Gauvin 375, Brian Watson 394); Nebraska, 4,602 (smallbore -- Misty Chanek 1,168, Kristina Fehlings 1,155, Melissa Downsbrough 1,134, Stacy Underwood 1,145) -- 1,545 (air rifle -- Chanek 384, Fehlings 390, Downsbrough 387, Laura Johnson 384); Tennessee Tech, 4,596 (smallbore -- Chris Dautel 1,160, Inara Auzins 1,150, William Grant 1,143, Ryan Headlee 1,143) -- 1,527 (air rifle -- Dautel 386, Auzins 378, Grant 375, Andrew Tucker 388); Kentucky, 4,663 (smallbore -- Bradley Wheeldon 1,177, Vicki Goss 1,167, Lindsey Meagher 1,160, Jeff Hamburg 1,159) -- (no air rifle team); Murray St., 1,549 (no smallbore team) -- 1,549 (air rifle -- Morgan Hicks 393, Robert Purdy 391, Alex Culbertson 383, Justin Sparks 382).

Individual results

Smallbore

1. Matthew Rawlings, Alas. Fairbanks, 1,179; 2. Joseph Hein, Alas.-Fairbanks, 1,178; 3. Jamie Beyerle, Alas. Fairbanks, 1,177 (78 inner tens); 4. James Hall, Jacksonville St., 1,177 (70); 5. Matt Albright, Navy, 1,175; 6. Karl Olsson, Alas. Fairbanks, 1,173 (76); 7. Bradley Wheeldon, Kentucky, 1,173 (74); 8. Morgan Hicks, Murray St., 1,171; 9. Hannah Kerr, Xavier, 1,167; 10. Misty Chanek, Nebraska, 1,164; 11. Ryan Tanoue, Nevada, 1,163; 12. Michael Miller, Navy, 1,161; 13. Chris Hill, Air Force, 1,155; 14. Elizabeth Tidmore, Memphis, 1,144.

Air rifle

1. Morgan Hicks, Murray St., 398; 2. Matthew Rawlings, Alas.-Fairbanks, 396; 3. Jamie Beyerle, Alas. Fairbanks, 395 (32 inner tens); 4. Ryan Tanou, Nevada, 395 (29); 5. Joseph Hein, Alas. Fairbanks, 394; 6. Michael Miller, Navy, 391 (29); 7. Matt Albright, Navy, 391 (27); 8. Paul Charbonneau, Army, 391 (25); 9. (tie) Bradley Wheeldon, Kentucky, and Sarah Bergman, Navy, 390; 11. (tie) Misty Chanek, Nebraska, Jason LaBella, Rose Hulman, and Robert Purdy, Murray St., 389; 14. (tie) Chris Schnider, Navy, and Brian Watson, Xavier, 388; 16. (tie), Elizabeth Tidmore, Memphis, and Karl Olsson, Alas. Fairbanks, 387; 18. Hannah Kerr, Xavier, 385; 19. Andrew Tucker, Tennessee Tech, 384; 20. Kristina Fehlings, Nebraska, 383; 21. Holly Caraway, Nevada, 381; 22. Justin Sparks, Murray St., 380; 23. Matthew Briggs, Nevada, 377; 24. Jennie Fladebo, Tenn.-Martin, 372.