COMPLETE RESULTS

MURRAY, Ky. – The Jacksonville State rifle team finished third in the overall standings at the 2018 Ohio Valley Conference Rifle Championships after posting an air rifle mark of 2327 on Sunday.

The Gamecocks, who stood in second place on the team leaderboard after Saturday's smallbore competition slipped to third after Morehead State posted a 2341 in air rifle to finish 11 points better than JSU in the final aggregate scoring.  After registering a 2297 in smallbore and Sunday's air rifle results, Jax State finished with an aggregate score of 4626.  It marks the first time since JSU joined the OVC that it has not won the league title or finished second.

A trio of Gamecocks posted top-10 finishes, led by junior Trace Haynes.  Haynes from Hazelhurst, Georgia, equaled his smallbore mark of 579  along with junior Mekenna Richardson in air rifle.  The duo posted scores of 579.  Haynes finished eighth overall with an 1158, while Richardson claimed ninth.  Junior David Sink rounded out the top-10 individual standings with an 1153.  Sink paced the Gamecocks in Air Rifle with a 585.

Haynes and Sink were honored by the league with post-championship selections.  Haynes was named to the Smallbore All-OVC Second Team, while Sink was tabbed to the Air Rifle All-OVC Second Team.

Freshman Sam Payne joined Haynes on the Smallbore All-OVC Second Team while also earning a spot on the Smallbore All-Newcomer Team.

The Gamecocks will travel to Oxford, Mississippi on Feb. 11 to face the Rebels on Ole Miss before returning to UM the following weekend for the NCAA Sectionals.