Zipsrifle Posted November 1, 2004 Report Posted November 1, 2004 As if the Marshall game weren't enough! The Guys and Gals in Gold an Blue really came up big this weekend! You know you're going to have a good day when almost everyone shoots their personal best. The Gold team just out and out smoked EVERYONE! This is the year! Date: October 30, 2004 Location: Purdue University, Lafayette Indiana Event: The Boilermaker Invitational Sharpshooters Capture Boilermaker Victory Two School Records Broken The moon was full with the trick and treaters out in force, but the Zips Rifle Team earned the ultimate treat by winning the Boilermaker Invitational Rifle Tournament this weekend. Purdue University hosts the annual event which was attended by 9 Universities from the Midwest. The Akron Gold squad not only took first place in the tournament, but set two school records, had 16 personal best scores established, and the Zips Blue team finished in #3 position only 4 points away from #2. In the air rifle division, Senior Sarah Kramer lead the Zips with her 385 out of a possible 400. With strong support from teammates Angie Engle (380), Laura Kuntz (380), and Christine Fortunato (379). The air rifle team led the pack and shot a season high score of 1524. Being the strongest team in Akron’s history, the Zips had a total of 11 athletes firing scores in the 370’s or higher. “It wasn’t that long ago we trained hard to get a four person team who could fire in the 370’s.†states head coach Newt Engle, “Now we will soon have the whole gold team in the 380’s with a wealth of talent steadily moving up.†Smallbore rifle ended up being all Akron. Junior Angie Engle lead the team with her new personal best score of 1160 out of a possible 1200. And close behind was Joe Milano (1158), Laura Kuntz (1145), and newcomer freshman Stephanie Elmore (1139), all who shattered their old personal best scores at this match. The new team record of 4602 topped the old record of 4565 by an unbelievable 37 points! And the aggregate score (air + smallbore) of 6126 broke the old record by 40 points. “Usually team records are broken by slim margins of a point or twoâ€, states coach Engle, “But this team knows no boundaries and appears to be ready to re-write the record book in grand fashion.†On November 13th the Zips will travel to Philadelphia for the first time where they will face an up and coming team from The University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. NewtNote: A special thanks to a true blue (and gold) zips fan Barb Hlivko who drove all the way to Purdue to show support to the rifle team. Her presence was very much appreciated. Thanks Barbara! Smallbore Rifle Scores: *Gold team, ** Blue team 1160* Angie Engle --New Personal Best Score-- 1158* Joe Milano --New Personal Best Score-- 1145* Laura Kuntz --New Personal Best Score-- 1139* Stephanie Elmore --New Personal Best Score-- 1125** Sarah Kramer 1123** Christine Fortunato --New Personal Best Score-- 1120** Martha Carpenter --New Personal Best Score-- 1117** Tom Colston 1114 April Engle --New Personal Best Score-- 1099 Ben Soehnlen --New Personal Best Score-- 1064 Ashley Pawlak --New Personal Best Score-- 4602 Akron “Gold†Smallbore Team Total New School Record! 4485 Akron “Blue†Smallbore Team Total ================================================================================ ====================== Air Rifle Individual Scores: *Gold team, ** Blue team 385* Sarah Kramer 380* Angie Engle 380* Laura Kuntz 379* Christine Fortunato --New Personal Best Score-- 378** Tom Colston 378** Martha Carpenter --New Personal Best Score-- 377** Joe Milano 377** Ashley Pawlak --New Personal Best Score-- 376 Shannon Kohatsu --New Personal Best Score-- 374 Stephanie Elmore --New Personal Best Score-- 374 April Engle --New Personal Best Score-- 359 Ben Soehnlen --New Personal Best Score-- 1524 Akron “Gold†Air Rifle Team Total 1510 Akron “Blue†Air Rifle Team Total ================================================================================ ===================== Team Results: 6126 is a New UA School Record! TEAM - TOTAL UA Gold - 6126 University of Missouri Kansas City - 5999 UA Blue - 5995 University of Wisconsin Oshkosh - 5971 OSU - 5963 Rose Hulman Institute - 5914 Purdue - 5601 Grand Valley State University - 4305 Western Michigan University - 3644 Quote
zipboy Posted November 2, 2004 Report Posted November 2, 2004 Zips rifle owns columbus state. What is that , 3 years in a row? Quote
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