National Collegiate Athletic Association
NCAA News Archive - 2007
« back to 2007 | Back to NCAA News Archive Index
Nanooks extend title dominance to eight in nine years
The NCAA News
|
The NCAA News
Alaska Fairbanks used a solid overall team effort to successfully defend its National Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Rifle Championships title March 9-10 in Fairbanks.
The Nanooks captured their second straight and ninth overall team crown by an 18-point margin in front of a home crowd at the Patty Center Gymnasium. Alaska Fairbanks defeated 2005 national champion Army, 4,662 to 4,644. Jacksonville State finished third with a score of 4,639.
Alaska Fairbanks held a one-point advantage over the Black Knights after shooting smallbore on the first day of competition. Kentucky was third.
The Nanooks clinched the title the following day by winning the air rifle competition over Jacksonville State.
Alaska Fairbanks head coach Dan Jordan was pleased with his team’s overall effort.
“There was no single standout on the team this match; they all shot strong. The other teams couldn’t put four people together like that. In both guns, all four shot good scores for us. They truly won as a team,” he said.
Josh Albright became Navy’s first individual rifle national champion since 1996 and just the second overall when the junior earned the smallbore title with a score of 679.5. Nebraska’s Kirsten Weiss fired a 678.4 to finish ahead of Jacksonville State’s Joseph Hall, who placed third with a score of 677.9.
Michael Dickinson of Jacksonville State earned the individual championship in air rifle, outshooting Alaska Fairbanks’ Matthias Dierolf, 692.2 to 691.4. Chris Abalo, a junior from Army who earned Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association’s Shooter of the Match honors at the championships, finished two-tenths of a point behind Dierolf for third.
The Nanooks, who were hosting the championship for the first time, also claimed national titles in 1994, 1999-04 and 2006.
Team results
1. Alas. Fairbanks, 4,662 (smallbore 2,308 — Christian Lejon 582, Matthias Dierolf 578, Matt Rawlings 577, Patrik Sartz 571; air rifle 2,354 — Lejon 590, Dierolf 591, Sartz 587, Rawlings 586); 2. Army, 4,644 (smallbore 2,307 — Michael Jablonski 578, David Amiot 576, Brian Kern 569, Christopher Abalo 584; air rifle 2,337 — Amiot 583, Wesley Hess 588, Kern 578, Abalo 588); 3. Jacksonville, 4,639 (smallbore 2,291 — Johnathan Hall 566, Phil Huckaby 567, Michael Dickinson 576, Joseph Hall 582; air rifle 2,348 — Dickinson 592, Huckaby 588, Hall 579, Jonathan Hall 589); 4. Kentucky, 4,636 (smallbore 2,299 — Jennifer Pason 576, Thomas Csenge 577, Andrew Roland 572, Amy Sowash 574; air rifle 2,337 — Csenge 590, Pason 579, Ashley Jackson 582, Sowash 586); 5. (tie) Nebraska 4,623 (smallbore 2,287 — Amanda Jeffries 559, Stacy Underwood 571, Kristina Fehlings 577, Kirsten Weiss 580; air rifle 2,336 — Kimberly Chrostowski 583, Weiss 587, Fehlings 587, Underwood 579), and TCU 4,623 (smallbore 2,293 — Lauren Sullivan 571, Emily Paper 572, Simone Riford 571, Erin Lorenzen 579; air rifle 2,330 — Sullivan 583, Paper 574, Riford 586, Lorenzen 587); 7. Navy, 4,589 (smallbore 2,253 — Sarah Bergman 569, Alex Karacsonyi 536, Chris Schneider 565, Josh Albright 583; air rifle 2,336 — Lisa Kunzelman 587, Karacsonyi 583, Bergman 585, Albright 581); 8. Murray St., 4,565 (smallbore 2,262 — Daniel Belluzzo 559, Kevin Witbrodt 565, Bryant Wallizer 571, Cameron Hicks 567; air rifle 2,303 — Belluzzo 571, Brandy Boucherie 570, Hicks 576, Wallizer 586).
Individual results
Smallbore
1. Josh Albright, Navy, 679.5; 2. Kirsten Weiss, Nebraska, 678.4; Joseph Hall, Jacksonville, 677.9; Christopher Abalo, Army, 676.1; Michael Jablonski, Army, 675.5; Matthias Dierolf, Alas. Fairbanks, 675.4; Erin Lorenzen, TCU, 674.3; Christian Lejon, Alas. Fairbanks, 672.4.
Air rifle
1. Michael Dickinson, Jacksonville, 692.2; 2. Matthias Dierolf, Alas. Fairbanks, 691.4; 3. Christopher Abalo, Army, 691.2; 4. Jonathan Hall, Jacksonville, 690.6; 5. Christian Lejon, Alas. Fairbanks, 689.3; 6. Wesley Hess, Army, 688.7; 7. Thomas Csenge, Kentucky, 688.6; 8. Phillip Huckaby, Jacksonville, 686.3.
The Nanooks captured their second straight and ninth overall team crown by an 18-point margin in front of a home crowd at the Patty Center Gymnasium. Alaska Fairbanks defeated 2005 national champion Army, 4,662 to 4,644. Jacksonville State finished third with a score of 4,639.
Alaska Fairbanks held a one-point advantage over the Black Knights after shooting smallbore on the first day of competition. Kentucky was third.
The Nanooks clinched the title the following day by winning the air rifle competition over Jacksonville State.
Alaska Fairbanks head coach Dan Jordan was pleased with his team’s overall effort.
“There was no single standout on the team this match; they all shot strong. The other teams couldn’t put four people together like that. In both guns, all four shot good scores for us. They truly won as a team,” he said.
Josh Albright became Navy’s first individual rifle national champion since 1996 and just the second overall when the junior earned the smallbore title with a score of 679.5. Nebraska’s Kirsten Weiss fired a 678.4 to finish ahead of Jacksonville State’s Joseph Hall, who placed third with a score of 677.9.
Michael Dickinson of Jacksonville State earned the individual championship in air rifle, outshooting Alaska Fairbanks’ Matthias Dierolf, 692.2 to 691.4. Chris Abalo, a junior from Army who earned Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association’s Shooter of the Match honors at the championships, finished two-tenths of a point behind Dierolf for third.
The Nanooks, who were hosting the championship for the first time, also claimed national titles in 1994, 1999-04 and 2006.
Team results
1. Alas. Fairbanks, 4,662 (smallbore 2,308 — Christian Lejon 582, Matthias Dierolf 578, Matt Rawlings 577, Patrik Sartz 571; air rifle 2,354 — Lejon 590, Dierolf 591, Sartz 587, Rawlings 586); 2. Army, 4,644 (smallbore 2,307 — Michael Jablonski 578, David Amiot 576, Brian Kern 569, Christopher Abalo 584; air rifle 2,337 — Amiot 583, Wesley Hess 588, Kern 578, Abalo 588); 3. Jacksonville, 4,639 (smallbore 2,291 — Johnathan Hall 566, Phil Huckaby 567, Michael Dickinson 576, Joseph Hall 582; air rifle 2,348 — Dickinson 592, Huckaby 588, Hall 579, Jonathan Hall 589); 4. Kentucky, 4,636 (smallbore 2,299 — Jennifer Pason 576, Thomas Csenge 577, Andrew Roland 572, Amy Sowash 574; air rifle 2,337 — Csenge 590, Pason 579, Ashley Jackson 582, Sowash 586); 5. (tie) Nebraska 4,623 (smallbore 2,287 — Amanda Jeffries 559, Stacy Underwood 571, Kristina Fehlings 577, Kirsten Weiss 580; air rifle 2,336 — Kimberly Chrostowski 583, Weiss 587, Fehlings 587, Underwood 579), and TCU 4,623 (smallbore 2,293 — Lauren Sullivan 571, Emily Paper 572, Simone Riford 571, Erin Lorenzen 579; air rifle 2,330 — Sullivan 583, Paper 574, Riford 586, Lorenzen 587); 7. Navy, 4,589 (smallbore 2,253 — Sarah Bergman 569, Alex Karacsonyi 536, Chris Schneider 565, Josh Albright 583; air rifle 2,336 — Lisa Kunzelman 587, Karacsonyi 583, Bergman 585, Albright 581); 8. Murray St., 4,565 (smallbore 2,262 — Daniel Belluzzo 559, Kevin Witbrodt 565, Bryant Wallizer 571, Cameron Hicks 567; air rifle 2,303 — Belluzzo 571, Brandy Boucherie 570, Hicks 576, Wallizer 586).
Individual results
Smallbore
1. Josh Albright, Navy, 679.5; 2. Kirsten Weiss, Nebraska, 678.4; Joseph Hall, Jacksonville, 677.9; Christopher Abalo, Army, 676.1; Michael Jablonski, Army, 675.5; Matthias Dierolf, Alas. Fairbanks, 675.4; Erin Lorenzen, TCU, 674.3; Christian Lejon, Alas. Fairbanks, 672.4.
Air rifle
1. Michael Dickinson, Jacksonville, 692.2; 2. Matthias Dierolf, Alas. Fairbanks, 691.4; 3. Christopher Abalo, Army, 691.2; 4. Jonathan Hall, Jacksonville, 690.6; 5. Christian Lejon, Alas. Fairbanks, 689.3; 6. Wesley Hess, Army, 688.7; 7. Thomas Csenge, Kentucky, 688.6; 8. Phillip Huckaby, Jacksonville, 686.3.
© 2010 The National Collegiate Athletic Association
Terms and Conditions | Privacy Policy