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NCAA Air Rifle Championship
Van Patten Wraps Up JSU Career at 2022 NCAA Air Rifle Championship
3/12/2022 7:35:00 PM | Rifle
ACADEMY, Colo. – Competing for the final time as a Gamecock, senior Mackenzie Van Patten shot as an individual in the 2022 NCAA Air Rifle Championship on Saturday, hosted by the Air Force Academy.
Van Patten, one of four individuals vying for the individual crown in the air rifle portion of the championship, fired a 586 on Saturday. She placed 40th on the air rifle individual leaderboard.
The Nampa, Idaho native capped off an impressive career in the shooting range. She started her career as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference Smallbore All-Newcomer Team in 2016 and earned a spot on the 2016 OVC Smallbore First Team. In 2019, Van Patten was an OVC Air Rifle Second Team selection and rounded out her OVC honors as a 2020 All-OVC Air Rifle First Team honoree. She helped Jax State claim the 2019 OVC Air Rifle Championship.
She became the first individual Gamecock to earn an NCAA bid since Brandon Muske competed as an individual in the smallbore portion of the 2017 NCAA Rifle Championships. Van Patten will try to become the second Gamecock to win an NCAA individual crown in air rifle. JSU's Michael Dickinson claimed the 2007 NCAA Air Rifle championship and Brian Carstensen took home the 2009 NCAA Smallbore Individual title.
The University of Kentucky claimed the 2022 NCAA Rifle Championship after recording an aggregate score of 4739. TCU took home the 2022 NCAA Air Rifle crown after firing a 2386.
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Van Patten, one of four individuals vying for the individual crown in the air rifle portion of the championship, fired a 586 on Saturday. She placed 40th on the air rifle individual leaderboard.
The Nampa, Idaho native capped off an impressive career in the shooting range. She started her career as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference Smallbore All-Newcomer Team in 2016 and earned a spot on the 2016 OVC Smallbore First Team. In 2019, Van Patten was an OVC Air Rifle Second Team selection and rounded out her OVC honors as a 2020 All-OVC Air Rifle First Team honoree. She helped Jax State claim the 2019 OVC Air Rifle Championship.
She became the first individual Gamecock to earn an NCAA bid since Brandon Muske competed as an individual in the smallbore portion of the 2017 NCAA Rifle Championships. Van Patten will try to become the second Gamecock to win an NCAA individual crown in air rifle. JSU's Michael Dickinson claimed the 2007 NCAA Air Rifle championship and Brian Carstensen took home the 2009 NCAA Smallbore Individual title.
The University of Kentucky claimed the 2022 NCAA Rifle Championship after recording an aggregate score of 4739. TCU took home the 2022 NCAA Air Rifle crown after firing a 2386.
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