Zipsrifle Posted November 15, 2004 Report Posted November 15, 2004 WOW! :blink: I know it's hard for everyone else to get excited about rifle, but the guys and gals are really on a roll! In the last match the Zips set 16 personal best scores. The come back this weekend and set 15 NEW personal best scores! In addition to this, not one, but TWO of the UA shooters accomplished a feat that I have never been associated with while I was shooting...a perfect target in standing. To put this in perspective, it's kinda like dunking from the foul line, VERY few people can do it. I nor anyone I've known has even came close to a 100 in SB Standing in practice let alone a match. Keep up the good work! Rifle Team Re-Writes the record book in Philly Kramer and Elmore lead the charge In all team sports it is nice when one or more of the team members has an exceptionally good day. However, it a rare day when the entire team is at their best. But for the Zips rifle team, having the entire team have a good day appears to be the expected norm. This was evident when the team busted four school records, as well as setting 15 new personal best scores. This elevated performance catapulted both the Gold and the Blue Zips rifle teams ahead of The University of the Sciences in Philadelphia rifle team. To shoot a perfect shot requires the athletes to hit a dot smaller than the head of a pin, in the center of a target. Each target is worth 10 points with 10 targets on a card, worth a total of 100 points. Earning a perfect score of 100 is the goal of all rifle athletes. The Zips made the task of achieving perfection look common place with five athletes earning 100’s in the prone position. And if that was not good enough, Senior Sarah Kramer and Freshman Martha Carpenter repeated the perfect performance in the kneeling position. As a rule of thumb, the further an athlete is from the ground, the harder it is to achieve high scores. Freshman hotshots Martha Carpenter and Stephanie Elmore must not have been told how rare it is to shoot perfect 100’s from the standing position. Both of these new Zips achieved this milestone performance at this match. Worth noting is the fact teammate Sarah Kramer and Laura Kuntz were knocking on the door with a pair of 99’s. Elmore’s six target total of 582 lead the Zips squad and tied her with Michelle Bauer of USP as match winners. In smallbore rifle the match was all Zips. Senior Team co-captain Joe Milano was on the mark by nearly tying the school record with his new personal best score of 582. But teammate Sarah Kramer helped rewrite the book with her new personal best and new school record of 585 out of a possible 600. Not to be overlooked is the phenomenal 580 posted by freshman Martha Carpenter. “What can I say!†exclaimed coach Newt Engle, “Without exception, every member of the team shot great. It is a coaches dream.†On November 20th the Zips will be host to the Morehead State University Eagles from Morehead Kentucky. The match will start at 9am in room #7 of Shrank Hall South. Smallbore Rifle Scores: *Gold team, ** Blue team 585* Sarah Kramer --New Personal Best Score-- 582* Joe Milano --New Personal Best Score-- 580** Martha Carpenter --New Personal Best Score-- 575** Stephanie Elmore --New Personal Best Score-- 572* Laura Kuntz --New Personal Best Score-- 572** Christine Fortunato --New Personal Best Score-- 569* Angie Engle 559 Cristina Ciarula --New Personal Best Score-- 557** Tom Colston 552 Ben Soehnlen --New Personal Best Score-- 2308 Akron “Goldâ€Smallbore Team Total **New UA School Record!** 2284 Akron “Blueâ€Smallbore Team Total ================================================================================ ====================== Air Rifle Individual Scores: *Gold team, ** Blue team 582** Stephanie Elmore --New Personal Best Score-- 577* Sarah Kramer --New Personal Best Score-- 574* Joe Milano 574* Christine Fortunato --New Personal Best Score-- 573** Martha Carpenter --New Personal Best Score-- 572* Angie Engle 569** Laura Kuntz 567 Cristina Ciarula --New Personal Best Score-- 565** Tom Colston --New Personal Best Score-- 540 Ben Soehnlen --New Personal Best Score-- 2297 Akron “Goldâ€Air Rifle Team Total **New UA School Record!** 2289 Akron “Blueâ€Air Rifle Team Total ================================================================================ ===================== Team Results: 4605 is a New UA School Record! UA Gold - 2308 + 2297 = 4605 UA Blue - 2284 + 2289 = 4573 USP - 2168 + 2150 = 4318 Quote
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