Army West Point Athletics
Army West Point
All-Academy President's Trophy
Army Places Third in President's Trophy Match
November 03, 2018 | Rifle
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Army West Point rifle team placed third at the All-Academy President's Match in Annapolis, Md. on Saturday.
The match was conducted between the four service academies: Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard.
"This is a bittersweet outcome," head coach Web Wright said. "On one hand, we shot the program high in the aggregate score and really shot a national level air rifle score. But, our smallbore scores continue to be a little below where our potential lies."
Army's air rifle score of 2361 is an all-time high for the program, topping their score of 2360 from the NCAA Qualification match in 2017.
"Clayton Hanson led smallbore for us with a 579. Kaitlyn Kutz and Lauren McMahan crushed it, both with 593 scores in airgun," Wright said. "And the unsung hero was Aaron Flowers, with personal records with both guns."
Army came into the match ranked 14th in the nation and competed with two highly ranked teams in #5 Air Force and #8 Navy.
"I think our score will move us up in the rankings," Wright said. "We will see what happens when they come out on Monday."
Aggregate: (4662) - Service Match Format Score*: 5791
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It is the third week in a row that the team shot its season-high aggregate score.
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The Black Knights were led by senior co-captain Payne Nunn and sophomore Kaitlyn Kutz, who tied for the team leading score of 1165.
Air Rifle: (2361)
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Army's team score of 2361 is a program record.
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Army shot the high score of the match in this discipline, topping Air Force by four points.
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Army's 2361 score is ten points higher than their previous season-high in Air Rifle.
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Kutz and freshman teammate Lauren McMahan shot even career high-scores of 593 in this discipline.
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Nunn was one point behind his teammates, shooting a 592.
Smallbore: (2301)
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Sophomore co-captain Clayton Hanson shot a team-high score of 579 in this discipline.
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Freshman Aaron Flowers was second, shooting a career-best 577.
FULL RESULTS: http://ncaarifle.org/Home/Scorecard?MatchId=732
UP NEXT: Army heads to Morehead, Kentucky to take on Morehead State on Friday and then heads to Lexington for a weekend series at the University of Kentucky.
*In Service Academy Scoring format, the teams designate eight shooters and take the sum of the top five scorers.
