
Rifle Turns In Second-Best Mark of the Season to Start 2020
1/20/2020 12:20:00 PM | Rifle
JACKSONVILLE – The Jacksonville State rifle team opened the 2020 portion of the schedule with its second-best aggregate mark of the season.
JSU posted a final tally of 4643 at the Gamecock Rifle Range inside Rowe Hall against Murray State. The Racers combined for a mark of 4678. JSU's mark was 11 points shy of its best of the season – a 4654 shot in Charleston, South Carolina in November. The Gamecocks collected a 2336 in air rifle and a 2307 in smallbore.
Sophomore Mackenzie Van Patten was JSU's top finisher with a combined mark of 1165. Van Patten turned in a 584 in air rifle, while adding a 581 in smallbore. Owen Goad finished in the top-five with an 1163. Goad finished second in smallbore with a 584 and carded a 579 in air rifle.
Kaila Jones and Michael Dietz bolstered JSU's air rifle score as Jones scored a 588 and Dietz shot a 585. JSU's air rifle mark was rounded out by Zach Schmidt and Sam Payne with scores of 578 and 576 respectively.
In smallbore, Jax State's Taryn Granger recorded a 575.
The Gamecocks and Racers will face off again on Saturday, Jan, 25 in Murray, Kentucky.
JSU posted a final tally of 4643 at the Gamecock Rifle Range inside Rowe Hall against Murray State. The Racers combined for a mark of 4678. JSU's mark was 11 points shy of its best of the season – a 4654 shot in Charleston, South Carolina in November. The Gamecocks collected a 2336 in air rifle and a 2307 in smallbore.
Sophomore Mackenzie Van Patten was JSU's top finisher with a combined mark of 1165. Van Patten turned in a 584 in air rifle, while adding a 581 in smallbore. Owen Goad finished in the top-five with an 1163. Goad finished second in smallbore with a 584 and carded a 579 in air rifle.
Kaila Jones and Michael Dietz bolstered JSU's air rifle score as Jones scored a 588 and Dietz shot a 585. JSU's air rifle mark was rounded out by Zach Schmidt and Sam Payne with scores of 578 and 576 respectively.
In smallbore, Jax State's Taryn Granger recorded a 575.
The Gamecocks and Racers will face off again on Saturday, Jan, 25 in Murray, Kentucky.
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