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Saturday, January 23
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Season & Career Bests Give Racers Withrow Win
1/23/2016 10:45:00 PM | Rifle
For the second straight season, the second-ranked Murray State rifle team rifle team walked away from its own Withrow Invitational as the winners, this past weekend at the Pat Spurgin Rifle Range in Murray. The Racers used multiple season and career best performances from several different shooters to post a 4691 and beat No. 8 Nebraska, No. 9 Memphis, No. 12 Jacksonville State, No. 16 Ole Miss, No. 20 UT Martin, the UT Martin women's team and UAB. The Racers were able to pick-up the win without the services of sophomore Ivan Roe, who currently leads the team in all three categories on the season, while he is in Germany competing at the Bavarian Airgun Championships.
"I am proud of the effort we showed this weekend all the way around," said head coach Alan Lolllar. "We performed to our standards and had different people come through in contributing roles. I think it really shows our depth and the value of our preparation, both of which will be key for us down the road.
In Roe's place, freshman Barbara Schläpfer stepped up to lead the squaded shooters with an 1176 aggregate, after posting a team-high 585 in smallbore and a 591 in air rifle. Despite not being a counted scorer in the match, Ryan Limpus posted career-highs in all three categories including a 584 in smallbore and a 592 in air rifle to tie Schläpfer at 1176.
Senior Tessa Howald matched Schläpfer's smallbore performance with a season-high 585 to go along with a 589 in air rifle for a total of 1174. The day's best air rifle score went to freshman Alathea Sellars, who shot a career-high 594, which was paired with a 576 in smallbore to finish at 1170. Freshman MacKenzie Martin turned in a 582 in smallbore and a 588 in air rifle for an 1170 aggregate score, while Ben Estes used a 575 smallbore and a 589 air rifle to round out the squaded shooters at 1164.
Kaitlyn Wilson posted season-highs across the board on the day with a 576 smallbore and a 588 air rifle to end at 1164, while Keri Marlin matched her career-high in air rifle at 587 to finish with an 1156, after shooting a 569 in smallbore. Robert Broadstreet also had an excellent day at the range with career highs of 584 in smallbore and 1171 in aggregate and a season-high 587 in air rifle. Eric Sloan shot a career-high 574 in smallbore and a 579 in air rifle to finish with a total of 1153, while Hannah Harris shot an 1145 after a 578 in air rifle and a 576 in smallbore.
Murray State will return to action next weekend for its final tune-up before the 2016 OVC Rifle Championships in Murray Feb. 6-7. For next Saturday regular-season finale, the Racers will travel across the Commonwealth to take on third-ranked host Kentucky, as well as No. 9 Memphis.
"I am proud of the effort we showed this weekend all the way around," said head coach Alan Lolllar. "We performed to our standards and had different people come through in contributing roles. I think it really shows our depth and the value of our preparation, both of which will be key for us down the road.
In Roe's place, freshman Barbara Schläpfer stepped up to lead the squaded shooters with an 1176 aggregate, after posting a team-high 585 in smallbore and a 591 in air rifle. Despite not being a counted scorer in the match, Ryan Limpus posted career-highs in all three categories including a 584 in smallbore and a 592 in air rifle to tie Schläpfer at 1176.
Senior Tessa Howald matched Schläpfer's smallbore performance with a season-high 585 to go along with a 589 in air rifle for a total of 1174. The day's best air rifle score went to freshman Alathea Sellars, who shot a career-high 594, which was paired with a 576 in smallbore to finish at 1170. Freshman MacKenzie Martin turned in a 582 in smallbore and a 588 in air rifle for an 1170 aggregate score, while Ben Estes used a 575 smallbore and a 589 air rifle to round out the squaded shooters at 1164.
Kaitlyn Wilson posted season-highs across the board on the day with a 576 smallbore and a 588 air rifle to end at 1164, while Keri Marlin matched her career-high in air rifle at 587 to finish with an 1156, after shooting a 569 in smallbore. Robert Broadstreet also had an excellent day at the range with career highs of 584 in smallbore and 1171 in aggregate and a season-high 587 in air rifle. Eric Sloan shot a career-high 574 in smallbore and a 579 in air rifle to finish with a total of 1153, while Hannah Harris shot an 1145 after a 578 in air rifle and a 576 in smallbore.
Murray State will return to action next weekend for its final tune-up before the 2016 OVC Rifle Championships in Murray Feb. 6-7. For next Saturday regular-season finale, the Racers will travel across the Commonwealth to take on third-ranked host Kentucky, as well as No. 9 Memphis.
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