The NDSU Marksmanship Club’s Air Rifle Team traveled to Purdue University to compete in the Western Intercollegiate Rifle Conference 2018 Championship Matches Feb. 23-25. The team took fourth place overall.
Team members included Sarah Biggers, a junior radiological sciences major from Buffalo, North Dakota; Colin Larrabee, a senior finance major from Princeton, Minnesota; Madison Marchus, a junior majoring in criminal justice from Wolford, North Dakota; and Andrew Wherley, a senior majoring in natural resources management) from Mohall, North Dakota.
A total of 87 air rifle shooters from 10 conference member schools competed in the championship matches. The NDSU team finished with a season high score of 2,154 points to finish in fourth place.
With a maximum individual score of 600 points, Marchus finished with 558 points and 11th place overall, Larrabee had 540 points for 18th place, Biggers had 528 points for 22nd place and Wherley had 528 points for 23rd place.
Larrabee received the Most Improved Shooter Award, with a 26.5 score improvement over the competition season that began with matches in October. The team has qualified as one of the top 10 collegiate air rifle teams in the nation and will compete in the NRA National Collegiate Rifle Club Championships at Ft. Benning, Georgia, March 21-26.
The team is coached by Mitchell Godbout of Casselton, North Dakota, and the faculty adviser is Larry Cihacek, professor of soil science.
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