Oct. 14, 2000

COLUMBUS, Ohio - By a margin of 124 points, Kentucky defeated the Ohio State rifle team in Lexington. The 6,162-6,038 loss was the season opener for the Buckeyes. Kentucky's Bradley Wheeldon was the top shooter of the meet with a combined score of 1,559. He was second in smallbore with 1,166 and first in air with 393. OSU's Abhijeet Konduskar (So., Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India) finished third overall at 1,548. He finished third in smallbore with 1,158 and second in air with 390. OSU's Rebecca Dean (Fr., Gahanna, Ohio/Gahanna) finished fifth overall at 1,529. She was fifth in smallbore (1,144) and air (385).

Team totals

Kentucky Smallbore Air Aggregate Bradley Wheeldon 1166 393 1559 James Nash 1168 387 1555 Crystal Hamilton 1152 388 1540 Taryn Lewis 1128 - 1128 Lindsey Meagher - 380 380 4614 1548 6162

Ohio State Smallbore Air Aggregate Abhijeet Konduskar 1158 390 1548 Rebecca Dean 1144 385 1529 Jennifer Kent 1092 - 1092 Jessica Sears 1133 376 1509 John Stellwag - 360 360 4527 1511 6038

Ohio State (Gray) Smallbore Air Aggregate Ross Brown 1092 369 1461 Levi Kill 1094 364 1458 Jon Nicolazzo 1071 369 1440 John Stellwag 1101 - 1101 Jennifer Kent - 362 362

Top Individual finishers Smallbore Air Aggregate 1 Bradley Wheeldon, Kentucky 1166 393 1559 2 James Nash, Kentucky 1168 387 1555 3 Abhijeet Konduskar, Ohio State 1158 390 1548 4 Crystal Hamilton, Kentucky 1152 380 1508 5 Rebecca Dean, Ohio State 1144 385 1529 6 Robert Krukoski, Kentucky 1142 378 1520 Melody Cook, Kentucky 1136 384 1520 8 Taryn Lewis, Kentucky 1128 390 1548 9 Jessica Sears, Ohio State 1133 360 1493 10 Jennifer Kent, Ohio State 1092 376 1468 11 Ross Brown, Ohio State 1092 369 1461 John Stillwag, Ohio State 1101 360 1461 13 Levi Kill, Ohio State 1094 364 1458 14 Jon Nicolazzo, Ohio State 1071 359 1430