The 1990 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the 10th annual competition to determine the team and individual national champions of

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in the

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. The championship was held at the Bancroft Hall Rifle Range at the

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, with a team score of 6,205, once again retained the team championship, finishing 104 points ahead of hosts

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. It was the Mountaineers third consecutive and sixth overall national title. The individual champions were, for the smallbore rifle, Michelle Scarborough (South Florida), and Gary Hardy (West Virginia), for the air rifle.

Qualification

Since there is only one national collegiate championship for rifle shooting, all

rifle programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or

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) were eligible. A total of six teams ultimately contested this championship.

Results

*Scoring: The championship consisted of 120 shots by each competitor in smallbore and 40 shots per competitor in air rifle.

Team title

Individual events

References

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