Mixed and Women’s Rifle defeats The Citadel
Originally published on VMIKeydets.com.
The VMI mixed and women’s rifle teams both topped rival The Citadel in Southern Conference rifle action Sunday morning at Kilbourne Hall in Lexington, Virginia.
VMI Mixed – 4598 (2275 SB, 2323 AR)
VMI Women – 4589 (2269 SB, 2320 AR)
The Citadel – 4580 (2251 SB, 2329 AR)
The Citadel (W) – 4500 (2193 SB, 2307 AR)
The VMI mixed team came away as the overall victor with 4598 aggregate points coming off a 2275-point performance in the smallbore and 2323 score in the air rifle segment. The VMI Women followed with a 4589 aggregate score which included a program record 2269 smallbore tally.
The victory for both VMI squads marked the first time in recent history that both VMI rifle squads defeated both The Citadel teams.
Alexander Pohlman won the individual title with an 1165 aggregate score following a 575 smallbore and 590 air rifle to top The Citadel’s Braden Michalak by four points (1161 aggregate (570 SB, 291 AR)).
Darian Tweedell finished as the top woman in the competition with an 1158 aggregate given her 571 smallbore and 587 air rifle mark. She edged The Citadel’s top female shooter, Ella Derrick, who came away with a 1153 total (563 SB, 590 AR).
On the mixed team, Ethan Deal had a personal best in both the smallbore and in his aggregate. On the women’s team, Jesse-Anne Oberle broke her personal best today in smallbore with a 572, the high on the women’s team. Alayna O’Connell shot her personal best with a 582.
