1984 NCAA Rifle Championships explained

1984 NCAA Rifle Championship
Sport:Collegiate rifle shooting
Location: Murray, KY
Host:Murray State University
Participants:7
Champions:West Virginia (2nd title)
Stat1 Label:Smallbore
Stat1:Bob Broughton, WVU
Stat2 Label:Air rifle
Stat2:Pat Spurgin, MUR
Previous:1983
Next:1985

The 1984 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the fifth annual tournament to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States. The championship was held at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky.[1]

West Virginia, with a team score of 6,206, won their second consecutive, and second overall, team title, finishing 64 points ahead of East Tennessee State. The Mountaineers were coached by Olympian Edward Etzel.

The individual champions were, for the smallbore rifle, Bob Broughton (West Virginia) and, for the air rifle, Pat Spurgin (Murray State).

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

Rank Team Points
West Virginia 6,206
6,142
6,121
6,107
6,076
6,058
5,867

Individual events

EventWinnerScore
SmallboreBob Broughton, West Virginia1,172
Air riflePat Spurgin, Murray State388

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NCAA Rifle Championships Results . NCAA. NCAA.org. January 13, 2017.