ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Taking over Memphis in its first Nice American Rifle Convention match of the 2022-23 season, the Navy rifle staff collected a 19-point victory with a 4,696-4,677 last determination on Sunday. Going shoulder-to-shoulder with the Tigers (0-1, 0-1 GARC), the Mids (3-1, 1-0 GARC) obtained sturdy efforts from all through its lineup within the contest on the Bancroft Corridor Rifle Vary. As a staff, Navy posted three of the top-four highest smallbore scores and 4 of the top-five air rifle outcomes.
Individually, Parker Haydin (Joshua, Texas) and Marleigh Duncan (Wake Forest, N.C.) spearheaded the Mids’ exhibiting on Sunday as Haydin positioned first in each the leaderboards for smallbore and mixture scoring, whereas Duncan was atop the air rifle standings. Haydin shot a career-best 591 within the smallbore and 592 in air rifle for an mixture rating of 1,183. Duncan posted a season-high rating of 596 in air rifle on her technique to an 1,181 mixture.
Navy led wire-to-wire on Sunday because the Mids’ 4 scorers within the smallbore competitors mixed for a rating of two,321, ten greater than the Tigers. The aforementioned Haydin led all shooters in smallbore as he bested Memphis’ Angeline Henry by 4 factors, 591 to 587. Duncan tied for third total with a 585-point effort. The ultimate two point-scorers for Navy on Sunday have been Stephanie Milvain (Matthews, N.C.) and Clarissa Layland (Granbury, Texas), who registered totals of 575 and 570, respectively. As a non-starter Joshua Potts (Ephrata, Pa.) shot a 585 to match his teammate Duncan.
Within the air rifle portion of the matchup, Navy used a quartet of scores within the 590s to posted a mixed complete of two,375 factors. Duncan and Layland went shot-for-shot for high honors with Duncan edging her fellow Midshipman by one level, 596 to 595. After Henry posted a 594 to guide Memphis, the Navy duo of Haydin and Potts turned in similar 592-point outcomes to tie for fourth place within the total standings.
All three of the smallbore, air rifle and mixture scores on Sunday have been enhancements for Navy because the Mids opened their 2022-23 marketing campaign final weekend with a 2,311 in smallbore and a 2,354 in air rifle for an total rating of 4,665.
The Mids will step away from collegiate competitors for a lot of the month of October as they are going to be subsequent be in motion in Lexington, Kentucky on Saturday, Oct. 29 versus the College of Kentucky. The match is scheduled for a 9:00 a.m. begin.
