Huskers Take Third at GARC Championships

Oxford, Miss.-After two grueling days of competition, the No. 2 Nebraska rifle team earned a third-place finish at the Great American Rifle Conference Championships at the PatriciaC.LamarNationalGuardReadinessCenter this afternoon.  The Huskers shot a combined total of 4600, just 30 points shy of the first-place Kentucky team.

 

Nebraska slipped to third after firing a 2280 in the smallbore competition on Saturday. Individually, junior Kirsten Weiss shot a score of 576 in regulation and earned a sixth-place finish after smallbore finals.  Senior Kristina Fehlings scored a 577 for seventh-place finish, while freshman Amanda Jeffries shot a 573 for eighth.

 

The Huskers then shot a total score of 2320 in the air rifle competition on Sunday to finish third in the championships.  Weiss also led the Huskers in air rifle, earning a third-place finish with a score of 588 in regulation.  Fehlings finished eighth with a score of 586.

 

At the GARC awards banquet on Friday, Feb. 25, senior Stacy Underwood was honored as the 2006 GARC Senior of the Year. 

 

All-conference teams were also announced at the banquet, with Underwood earning first-team honors in air rifle and combined and second-team honors in smallbore.  Weiss earned first-team smallbore honors, second-team combined honors and honorable mention in air rifle.  Junior Kim Chrostowski earned second-team air rifle and combined honors, as well as honorable mention in smallbore.  Fehlings rounded Nebraska’s all-conference list, earning second-team honors in smallbore. 

 

Nebraska’s next challenge is the NCAA Championships on March 9 and 10, where the Huskers will try for their first-ever NCAA team title.