Army rifle plebe CDT Addison Antwiler ’28 has qualified for the NCAA air rifle championships.
In Army’s NCAA qualifying match this past February 22, the plebe shined, leading the way for the Black Knights, tying her season-high mark to claim first place in air rifle with a score of 596. Her aggregate mark of 1177 was also the best among all Army shooters.
Antwiler averaged an air rifle score of 591.92, the highest mark among all Army air rifle averages this season. Her aggregate score of 1169.38 was also top for the Black Knights.
She becomes the first Army rifle member to qualify for the NCAA Championship since Claudia Sigel ’24 did so in smallbore in 2022, and the first in air rifle since Kaitlyn Kutz ’21 in 2020, but that competition was canceled due to the pandemic.
She will be the first Army shooter at the NCAA Championship to compete in air rifle since the entire team qualified during the 2019 season.
Antwiler, from Madisonville, Louisiana, attended Mandeville High School, where she was a State Champion for all four years.
The rifle championships consist of 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.
NCAA Rifle Championship Schedule:
March 14: Individual and team competition with finals — smallbore
8:45am ET
Watch live on NCAA.com
March 15: Individual and team competition with finals — air rifle.
8:45am ET
Watch live on NCAA.com
Excerpt and image taken from https://goarmywestpoint.com.
