2024 NCAA rifle championships: Selection show date, time, information
The 2024 NCAA rifle championships will be held March 8-9 in WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, West Virginia. Selections for the 2024 championship will be announced on Monday, Feb. 19 at 6 p.m. ET, in a selection show streaming here on NCAA.com.
A maximum of 48 competitors will be selected to attend the championships. The top eight or fewer teams in the combined smallbore and air rifle will qualify for the championships. Along with the Feb. 19 selections, the committee will also select and identify a total of four alternates (two in each discipline).
- Feb. 19: Selection show at 6 p.m. ET on NCAA.com
- March 8: Individual and team competition — Smallbore
- March 9: Individual and team competition — Air Rifle
The competitive events for the 2024 National Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Rifle Championships will be individual smallbore rifle three-position (60 shots) and air rifle (60 shots), with individual finals in each event, team smallbore rifle three-position and team air rifle. The overall team champion will be determined by combining the smallbore and air rifle team totals into one aggregate score for each institution.
Each team will consist of five individuals with the top four scores in each discipline counting toward the team score. All competitors who have qualified for the championships are eligible for the individual championships in each discipline. The relay format of the championships will place at least one competitor from each institution as counters on each relay in both smallbore and air rifle.
Championship history
From 1980 to 2004, the championship consisted of 120 shots by each competitor in smallbore, and 40 shots per competitor in air rifle. Since 2005, the championship has consisted of 60 shots for both smallbore and air rifle, equaling a total of 120 shots per team member.
🏆 2023 Championship: Air Rifle recap | Smallbore recap
Alaska-Fairbanks won the 2023 title for the first time under head coach Will Anti, and its 11th time in program history. The Nanooks are the second-winningest program all time, behind West Virginia (19 titles). Below are the 10 most recent NC rifle champions:
| YEAR | CHAMPION | COACH | POINTS | RUNNER-UP | POINTS | HOST OR SITE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Alaska-Fairbanks | Will Anti | 4,729 | TCU | 4,717 | Ohio State |
| 2022 | Kentucky | Harry Mullins | 4,739 | TCU | 4,736 | Colorado Springs |
| 2021 | Kentucky | Harry Mullins | 4,731 | TCU | 4,722 | Ohio State |
| 2020 | Canceled due to Covid-19 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | TCU | Karen Monez | 4,699 | West Virginia | 4,692 | West Virginia |
| 2018 | Kentucky | Harry Mullins | 4,717 | West Virginia | 4,708 | The Citadel |
| 2017 | West Virginia | Jon Hammond | 4,723 | TCU | 4,706 | Ohio State |
| 2016 | West Virginia | Jon Hammond | 4,703 | TCU | 4,694 | Akron |
| 2015 | West Virginia | Jon Hammond | 4,702 | Alaska-Fairbanks | 4,700 | Alaska-Fairbanks |
| 2014 | West Virginia | Jon Hammond | 4,705 | Alaska-Fairbanks | 4,677 | Murray State |
| 2013 | West Virginia | Jon Hammond | 4,679 | Kentucky | 4,670 | Ohio State |
