The rifle team competed against Wyoming, New Mexico Military Institute and Nevada-Reno on Saturday and Sunday. Nevada-Reno was the overall winner scoring a smallbore and air rifle aggregate score of 4647. Air Force finished second with combined smallbore (2314) and air rifle (2293) scores of 4607. NMMI was third with a score of 3844 followed by Wyoming with an aggregate of 2643. Top honors went to Nevada's Morrill who shot a 589/600 in smallbore and Ryan Tanoue who shot a 594/600 in air rifle.

    Christopher Hill was the Air Force team leader with a 586/600 in smallbore. Justin Raines shot an air rifle personal best 576/600. Tim Siemer shot a 583/600 in smallbore and a 563 in air rifle. Matt Colvin split with a 577/600 in both weapons, while Edward Gallagher shot a 568 in smallbore. Michelle Bonneau scored a 577 in smallbore and a 571 in air rifle. Also in air rifle, Julie Wiatr shot a 558/600, Jessica Palomba had a 560 and Thomas Bender finished with a 556.

    The rifle team is off until Saturday, Dec. 4 when the team travels to Lexington, Ky., to compete with the University of Kentucky and West Virginia.
























    Team scores:

    1. Nevada -- Smallbore 2331, Air Rifle 2316 Total: 4647

    2. USAFA -- Smallbore 2314, Air Rifle 2293 Total: 4607

    3. UTEP - Smallbore 2322, Air Rifle 2276 Total 4598

    4. NMMI -- Smallbore 2031, Air Rifle 1813 Total: 3844

    5. Wyoming -- Smallbore 1356, Air Rifle 1287 Total: 2643

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