Huskers Qualify for NCAA Championships

Lincoln ? The Nebraska rifle team learned Tuesday that it qualified for its second consecutive NCAA Championships when the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Rifle Committee announced the team and individual qualifiers.

 

The Huskers were one of six teams to qualify in both smallbore and air rifle, joining six-time defending champion Alaska-Fairbanks, Army, Jacksonville State, Kentucky and Navy. UTEP and Xavier qualified only in smallbore, while Memphis and Nevada qualified only in air rifle.

 

The University of Nevada-Reno and USA Shooting will host the championships, which will be held March 11-12 at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. The Huskers’ appearance marks the fourth time in the program’s seven-year existence that the team has made it to the NCAA Championships.

 

In addition participating in the team championships, three Huskers qualified to shoot for the individual championship. Sophomore Kristina Fehlings qualified in both disciplines as an individual, and junior Misty Chanek and freshman Andrea Franzen qualified in air rifle. Overall, 10 individuals qualified in air rifle and 12 individuals qualified in smallbore.

 

Individual and team competition in smallbore will be held Friday, March 11, with air rifle competitions held Saturday, March 12. The overall team champion will be determined by combining the smallbore and air rifle team totals for each school.

 

The Huskers will next be in action at the Great American Rifle Conference Championships Feb. 26-27 in Oxford, Miss.