The 2016 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the 37th annual NCAA-sanctioned competition to determine the team and individual national champions of co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States.
The championships were held at the Stile Athletics Field House at the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio.
Three-time defending champions West Virginia again won the team championship, the Mountaineers' eighteenth NCAA national title in rifle.
West Virginia's Ginny Thrasher became the fifth person to win both individual championships and the first since 2013.
Qualification With only one national collegiate championship for rifle shooting, all NCAA rifle programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of eight teams contested this championship.
Results Scoring: The championship consisted of 60 shots for both smallbore and air rifle per team.
Team title (DC) = Defending champions Italics = Inaugural championship † = Team won center shot tiebreaker
Rank Team Points West Virginia (DC) 4,703 TCU 4,694 Murray State 4,690 Air Force 4,669† Kentucky 4,669 Alaska 4,664 Ohio State 4,659 Nebraska 4,650
Individual events Event Winner ScoreSmallboreGinny Thrasher, West Virginia461.5Air rifleGinny Thrasher, West Virginia208.8
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