1985 NCAA Rifle Championships

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1985 NCAA Rifle Championship
Tournament information
Sport Collegiate rifle shooting
Location Flag of New York.svg West Point, NY
Host(s) United States Military Academy
Participants7
Final positions
Champions Murray State (1st title)
1st runners-up West Virginia
2nd runners-up East Tennessee State
Tournament statistics
Smallbore Pat Spurgin, MUR
Air rifle Christian Hellern, WVU
  1984
1986  

The 1985 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the sixth annual competition to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States. The championship was held at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. [1]

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Murray State, with a team score of 6,150, won their first team title, finishing one point ahead of two-time defending champions West Virginia. The Racers were coached by Elvis Green.

The individual champions were, for the smallbore rifle, Pat Spurgin (Murray State) and, for the air rifle, Christian Hellern (West Virginia). Spurgin won the previous year's air rifle title.

Qualification

Since there is only one national collegiate championship for rifle shooting, all NCAA rifle programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of seven teams ultimately contested this championship.

Results

Team title

RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Murray State 6,150
Silver medal icon.svg West Virginia 6,149
Bronze medal icon.svg East Tennessee State 6,102
4 Tennessee Tech 6,069
5 Army (H)6,063
6 Eastern Kentucky 6,049
7 Tennessee–Martin 5,993

Individual events

EventWinnerScore
Smallbore Pat Spurgin, Murray State 1,168
Air rifle Christian Heller, West Virginia 387

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References

  1. "NCAA Rifle Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 14, 2017.