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Racers Take Aim At Fifth-Straight OVC Title
2/7/2020 7:44:00 PM | Rifle
The Murray State rifle team will travel to UT Martin Saturday in search of its fifth-straight conference championship and 15th overall at the 2020 OVC Rifle Championships at the Skyhawk Rifle Range in Martin, Tennessee.
The Racers enter the championship event at ninth nationally, one-spot out of the eight team field for the 2020 NCAA Rifle Championships in March. This weekend's OVC Championships and next weekend's trip to Jacksonville State will give Murray State two more opportunities to bolster its three-score qualifying average before the annual NCAA qualifier Feb. 22.
Led by seniors Meike Drewell and Shelby Huber, the Racers have gone 8-0 against OVC competition so far this season in the traditional NCAA scoring format and have registered wins against each of the other three OVC teams. Joining the two seniors for the weekend's festivities will be junior Dana Buesseler, sophomore Anna Scheer and mid-season addition Matias Kiuru.
Since joining the Racers in January, Kiuru has been a welcome addition to the team and currently leads Murray State in all three categories with a 583.7 smallbore average, a 592.3 air rifle average and an 1176.0 aggregate average.
Below is the relay schedule for both days of the championships.
Saturday, Feb. 7 - Smallbore
Relay 1 – 8:45 a.m. – Buesseler & Drewell
Relay 2 – 11:45 a.m. – Scheer|
​​​​​​​Relay 3 – 2:45 p.m. – Huber & Kiuru
Sunday, Feb. 8 – Air Rifle
Relay 1 – 8:45 a.m. – Buesseler & Drewell
Relay 2 – 11:15 a.m. – Scheer
Relay 3 – 1:45 p.m. – Huber & Kiuru
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