Racer Rifle Competes At Ole Miss Invitational

Saturday, October 1

Oxford, Miss.

8:00 a.m.

Murray State

Mississippi

Photo by: Murray State Sports Information

10/4/2011 9:59:00 AM | Rifle

Results

The Murray State rifle team competed over the weekend at the Ole Miss Invitational in Oxford, Miss., and came home with a fourth place finish in the field of 14 teams.

The Racers finished with an aggregate 4629. MSU fired a 2292 to finish fourth in the smallbore competition and a 2337 in air rifle for another fourth place finish.

"I thought we had a pretty good weekend. We did a lot of things right," MSU Head Coach Alan Lollar said. “I thought we shot the sling positions at a good level for this time of the year. We expect to get better as we go along, but we started at pretty good place."

The Racers placed four shooters at 570 (600 is a perfect score) and above in smallbore led by Kaitlin Cleven's 575, while Kyle Donnan and Bill Harvey each carded 573. Kelsey Emme added a 571, while Ashley Rose scored a 566. Cleven was MSU's top finisher with a seventh place finish in field of 87 shooters.

Cleven led the way for MSU in air rifle with a 590 (and a third place finish), with Caroline Barber adding 584, Kyle Donnan a 582 and Ashley Rose a 581. Bill Harvey set a personal record for the second straight week with a 580, while Emme added 577.

"Our air rifle was a little down and we weren't as consistent as we need to be,” Lollar added. “But Katie had a nice air day with a 590."

Nevada (4662), Jacksonville State (4641), Mississippi (4629), Murray State (4629) and Memphis (4608) made up the top-5 in the event.

The Racers return to action Saturday when they host Alaska – Fairbanks at 8 a.m. in the Pat Spurgin Range at Roy Stewart Stadium.

"We are looking forward to hosting a great University of Alaska Fairbanks team this weekend,” Lollar said. ”They are always tough and we look forward to the challenge of shooting against one of the best."