Rifle team, individuals show strongly at meets

In three meets in Alabama over the weekend, the TCU rifle team claimed titles in two of the meets. The Horned Frogs earned wins at UAB on Friday and at Birmingham-Southern on Sunday, but posted their best scores of the trip in placing third among a strong field Saturday at Jacksonville State.

Besides the team victories, the Frogs took two individual crowns and tied two school records. Freshman Celeste Green led the way, placing first individually and tying the school record with a 392 at UAB. Senior Stacy Hughes, who shares the TCU air rifle record with Green, also earned an individual crown by taking the air rifle crown at BSC with a score of 389.

Despite the third-place showing at Jacksonville State, TCU notched a total score of 4,523 in the smallbore, tying the team record set at Texas A&M on Oct. 12.

Freshman Sherri Gallagher placed in the top 10 of each event of the weekend, including runner-up showings in the air rifle at UAB and BSC. Senior Jessica Green added third-place and 10th-place showings at UAB and BSC, respectively, to round out the Frogs’ efforts.

Also impressive for the Frogs were junior Nina Martinez and sophomore Alisha Fields, who made bids to jump to the Purple squad upon Hughes’ December graduation.

— Danny Gillham