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2001 NCAA Rifle Championship

Tournament information
Sport	Collegiate rifle shooting
Location	Columbus, OH
Host(s)	Ohio State University
Venue(s)	Lt. Hugh W. Wylie Range
Participants	9 teams
Final positions
Champions	Alaska (4th title)
1st runners-up	Kentucky
2nd runners-up	West Virginia
Tournament statistics
Smallbore	Matthew Emmons, UAF
Air rifle	Matthew Emmons, UAF
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The 2001 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the 22nd annual NCAA-sanctioned competition to determine the team and individual national champions of co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States. The championship was hosted by Ohio State University at the Lt. Hugh W. Wylie Range in Columbus, Ohio.

Two-time defending champions Alaska once again topped the team standings, finishing 108 points (6,283–6,175) ahead of Kentucky. This was the Nanooks' third consecutive and fourth overall team title.

The individual championships, for smallbore rifle and air rifle, went to Matthew Emmons (Alaska). Emmons became the third person to win both individual titles during the same year.

Qualification

With 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 nine teams contested this championship.

Results

• Scoring: The championship consisted of 120 shots by each competitor in smallbore and 40 shots per competitor in air rifle.

Team title

Rank	Team	Points
	Alaska	6,283
	Kentucky	6,175
	West Virginia	6,174
4	Xavier	6,160
5	Murray State	6,143
6	Nebraska	6,135
7	Tennessee Tech	6,079
8	Navy	4,567
9	Jacksonville State	1,544

Individual events

References

1. "NCAA Rifle Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 5, 2017.

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