#6 Black Knights Set Program Record in Tri-Match

Saturday, October 31

West Point, N.Y.

9 AM

Army West Point

Nebraska/West Virginia

#6 Black Knights Set Program Record in Tri-Match

October 31, 2020 | Rifle

RESULTS

WEST POINT, N.Y. – For the second consecutive match the No. 6 Army West Point rifle team set a program record. The Black Knights posted a score of 4686 to take second place in a virtual tri-match with Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) foes No. 2 West Virginia (4709) and No. 8 Nebraska (4681). Each team shot in its home range.

"I'm really proud of the team for two back-to-back record setting performances," said head coach Web Wright. "We've got a lot of depth this year and that's where we're seeing the difference."

The Cadets had four shooters over the 580 threshold in smallbore in Clayton Hanson, Kyle Kutz, Lauren McMahan and Nicholas Cheshire. In air rifle, Army had three members reach the 590-mark in Hanson, Kaitlyn Kutz and McMahan.

"Sling went very well," said Kyle Kutz, who shot 397/400 in sling. "The positions were solid, trigger pull was good and I just let the shots flow. Standing was a little bit below my average, but overall it was a great match. I definitely have a lot to reflect on and work on in future training sessions."

"We got one percent better today, so it was a good day" Cheshire said.

The match will count towards Army's GARC record, but will not factor in as an NCAA event.

Aggregate: West Virginia 4709, Army 4686, Nebraska 4681

Hanson posted the highest mark on the team with a 1174.
Kaitlyn Kutz (1171) and McMahan (1170) posted the next highest scores.
Cheshire led the team's non-scorers with an aggregate tally of 1165.
The top aggregate score of the tri-match belonged to West Virginia's Molly McGhin (1179)

Smallbore: West Virginia 2333, Army 2325, Nebraska 2316

Hanson and Kyle Kutz had the highest scores for Army with marks of 583.
McMahan had a score of 580 in smallbore, just one point shy of her career high.
Kaitlyn Kutz rounded out Army's scoring with a mark of 579 to give Army its tally of 2325.
Cheshire led the Black Knights' non-scorers with a mark of 581 to mark a new career high.
Ashley Clegg and Aaron Flowers each posted scores of 567 which were the next highest scores.
West Virginia's McGhin had the highest score of the day with 585.

Air Rifle: West Virginia 2376, Army 2361, Nebraska 2365

Kaitlyn Kutz posted the highest score for the cadets in air rifle with a mark of 592. Right behind her were Hanson (591) and McMahan (590).
Anusha Pakkam had the rounded out the scoring with a 588.
Cheshire had the highest mark for Army's non-scorers in air rifle with a tally of 584.
All of West Virginia's scorers had marks of 594 to give it a score of 2376.
Nebraska's Elena Flake also had a tally of 594.