EAST LANSING, MICH. -- The Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology rifle team capped the 2010-11 season with a
fourth-place performance of 11 teams at the Western Intercollegiate
Rifle Championships meet at Michigan State on Saturday.
Freshman Evan Duvall (Smyrna, Tenn.) led the Engineers with a score of 922 points in a match featuring a full smallbore performance and 2/3 of the standard air rifle competition. Duvall led the team with a 550 in smallbore.
Freshman Adam Foss (Fort Wayne/ Concordia Lutheran) led the air rifle effort with a score of 381.
Junior Malhon Godwin (Blue Gress, Iowa/Davenport West) contributed 912 points to the efforts, followed by sophomore Will Adler (Stroudsburg, Pa.) with 897 points and sophomore Katy Dimon (Fairfax, Va./Flint Hill) with 889.
ded a score of 1,099. ched in with 1,070 points, and freshman Sarah Irish (Dearborn, Mich./Edsel Ford) contributed 1,041 points.
Following the meet, frreshman Rachel Collett (Fishers/Hamilton Southeastern) and freshman Ethan O'Connor (Hamilton, Ohio/Edgewood) earned score improvement awards from the WIRC. O'Connor was crowned as third-place in the conference in smallbore handicap, marking improvement in score throughout the season. Collett earned a fifth-place award in the same category.
ROSE-HULMAN RIFLE RESULTS:
February 26, 2011 -- WIRC Championships at Michigan State
(3/4 of normal air rifle event was conducted)
Name Small Air Total
Evan Duvall 550 372 922
Malhon Godwin 532 380 912
Will Adler 528 369 897 Katy Dimon 528 361 889
Ethan O'Connor 519 362 881
Sarah Irish 508 358 866 Rachel Collett 508 350 858 Adam Foss 470 381 851
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