No. 20 Rifle Breaks School Smallbore Record; Finish 2nd at VMI

11/12/2016 | Rifle

LEXINGTON, Va. – The 20th-ranked University of North Georgia rifle team set a new school-record in smallbore at Saturday’s event at Virginia Military Institute, finishing second in a field of five teams, and placing first among the four Southern Conference teams at the event with an aggregate score of 4581.

Sophomore Dakota Spivey was the top individual finisher at the event with an aggregate of 1155, 12 points better than Morehead State’s Karly Potts.

SMALLBORE
Freshman Tobin Sanctuary led the Nighthawk effort in smallbore shooting a personal best 574. Ruthanne Conner also shot a 574 in the event however Sanctuary held the tiebreaker over his teammate. Spivey posted a 568 and Jared Rice added a 563 to round out the team score at 2279, a new school record in the event.

AIR RIFLE
It was once again Spivey leading the way in air rifle with a 587, the best score at the event. Rice followed with a 577, with Andrew Abernathy and David Turner rounding out the team score of 2303 shooting a 571 and 567, respectively.

RESULTS

	SB	AR	AGG
Dakota Spivey	568	587	1155
Jared Rice	563	577	1140
Ruthanne Conner	574	561	1135
Andrew Abernathy	559	571	1130
Tobin Sanctuary	574	–	574
David Turner	–	567	567
TEAM	2279	2302	4581

Person Record – Green
School Record – Blue

NEXT UP
The Nighthawks will head to the Yellowhammer State next week to partake in the Gamecock Invitational in Jacksonville, Alabama on Sunday, Nov. 20.