Freshman Isabella Rios shot a Miner-best in the air rifle with a 585 on day two. | Photo by Ruben R. Ramirez UTEP
Rios leads UTEP in Air Rifle at Patriot Conference Championships
COLUMBUS, Ohio – UTEP rifle fired a 2315 in air rifle Sunday morning in Columbus, Ohio, placing them fourth in the field at the Patriot Rifle Conference Championships with an aggregate 4552.
No. 1 TCU defended its conference title with an aggregate 4723. Placing behind the Horned Frogs were No. 7 Air Force (4678), No. 13 Ohio State (4658) and the Miners.
Freshman Isabella Rios shot a Miner-best in the air rifle with a 585 on day two. Redshirt freshman Isabel Brooks followed her 567 performance in the smallbore yesterday with a 577 in air rifle. Brooks owned the highest UTEP aggregate on the weekend with a 1144.
TCU’s Stephanie Grundsoe captured the individual air rifle title (599) after taking the smallbore crown on day one. She is the PRC’s individual title winner with an aggregate 1191.
UTEP AIR RIFLE SCORERS
Isabella Rios 585
Isabel Brooks 577
Samantha Miller 577
Jennifer Windle 576
Jonna Warnken 568
Morgahn Warner 554
UTEP INDIVIDUAL AGGREGATES
Isabel Brooks 1144
Jennifer Windle 1136
Isabella Rios 1134
Samantha Miller 1128
Morgahn Warner 1113
Jonna Warnken 1109
UTEP rifle will stay at home the next two weeks in preparation for the NCAA Qualifier on Feb. 20 held in Fairbanks, Alaska. The Miners had no individual qualifiers last season.
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