1997 NCAA Rifle Championship

Tournament information
Sport	Collegiate rifle shooting
Location	Murray, KY
Host(s)	Murray State University
Participants	7 teams
Final positions
Champions	West Virginia (12th title)
1st runners-up	Kentucky
2nd runners-up	Alaska
Tournament statistics
Smallbore	Marcos Scrivner, WVU
Air rifle	Marra Hastings, MUR
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The 1997 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the 18th annual competition to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States. The championship was hosted by Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky.^[1]

Two-time defending champions West Virginia once again topped the team standings, finishing 48 points ahead of Kentuckye. This was the Mountaineers' twelfth team title.

The individual champions were, for the smallbore rifle, Marcos Scrivner (West Virginia), and Marra Hastings (Murray State), for the air rifle.

Qualification

Since there is 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 seven teams ultimately contested this championship (an increase of one team from 1996).

Results

• Scoring: The championship consisted of 120 shots by each competitor in smallbore and 40 shots per competitor in air rifle.

Team title

Rank	Team	Points
	West Virginia	6,223
	Kentucky	6,175
	Alaska	6,171
4	Murray State (H)	6,159
5	Air Force	6,131
6	Navy	6,106
7	Norwich	6,078

Individual events