North Carolina State University Athletics
Saturday, February 24
Morgantown, W. Va. (West Virginia)
All Day
NC State
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GARC Championships
Photo by: Chris Baird
No. 11 Wolfpack Rifle Primed for 2018 GARC Championships
2/23/2018 6:22:00 PM | Rifle
Graduate student Lauren Phillips looks to defend smallbore title
RALEIGH, N.C. – The 11th-ranked NC State rifle team will head to Morgantown, W. Va., this weekend for the 2018 Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) Championships. West Virginia University (WVU) will host the event Feb. 24-25 at Bill McKenzie Rifle Range inside the Shell Building.
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Admission for the championships is FREE.
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The smallbore portion of the event is slated to get underway at 7 a.m. Saturday, while the first relay of air rifle will begin Sunday at 8 a.m. Smallbore finals will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, while air rifle finals commence at 2:45 p.m. Sunday.
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NC State will be joined at the championships by the top-ranked host West Virginia Mountaineers, No. 3 Kentucky, No. 8 Ole Miss, No. 10 Nebraska, No. 13 Navy, No. 14 Army, No. 15 Akron and No. 16 Memphis
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In its most recent outing, NC State struggled at the NCAA Qualifier Match, which was also fired at West Virginia. The Wolfpack earned a score of 4632.
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Last season, the Wolfpack finished fourth at the championships, its second-highest finish since joining the league in 2007. NC State fired a team score of 4660 with a 2356 in air rifle and a 2304 in smallbore.
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Graduate student Lauren Phillips won the individual smallbore title at the 2017 GARC Championships thanks to a score of 586 in the preliminaries and 456.7 points in the finals session to edge WVU Olympian Ginny Thrasher.
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On Wednesday, Phillips was selected to compete at the NCAA Championships as an individual in the smallbore competition. NC State has now had a student-athlete qualify for the championships in three consecutive seasons.
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The Wolfpack will be looking to have its best performance of the season at the championships, as the Pack has tallied strong days in air rifle and strong days in smallbore but hopes to put together stellar performances in both guns.
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Live targets for the championships can be found here.
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Admission for the championships is FREE.
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The smallbore portion of the event is slated to get underway at 7 a.m. Saturday, while the first relay of air rifle will begin Sunday at 8 a.m. Smallbore finals will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, while air rifle finals commence at 2:45 p.m. Sunday.
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NC State will be joined at the championships by the top-ranked host West Virginia Mountaineers, No. 3 Kentucky, No. 8 Ole Miss, No. 10 Nebraska, No. 13 Navy, No. 14 Army, No. 15 Akron and No. 16 Memphis
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In its most recent outing, NC State struggled at the NCAA Qualifier Match, which was also fired at West Virginia. The Wolfpack earned a score of 4632.
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Last season, the Wolfpack finished fourth at the championships, its second-highest finish since joining the league in 2007. NC State fired a team score of 4660 with a 2356 in air rifle and a 2304 in smallbore.
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Graduate student Lauren Phillips won the individual smallbore title at the 2017 GARC Championships thanks to a score of 586 in the preliminaries and 456.7 points in the finals session to edge WVU Olympian Ginny Thrasher.
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On Wednesday, Phillips was selected to compete at the NCAA Championships as an individual in the smallbore competition. NC State has now had a student-athlete qualify for the championships in three consecutive seasons.
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The Wolfpack will be looking to have its best performance of the season at the championships, as the Pack has tallied strong days in air rifle and strong days in smallbore but hopes to put together stellar performances in both guns.
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Live targets for the championships can be found here.
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#STATEment
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