Nov. 6, 2005
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio State rifle team edged out Akron by three points in a three-team meet at Akron. OSU totaled 4,579 points in the contest while Akron scored 4,576. Placing third in the meet with a 4,095 score was the John Jay School of Criminal Justice. OSU's Ryan Kohatsu (Sr., Hilo, Hawaii) was the top shooter in both events posting a 587 in smallbore and a 584 in air rifle. Buckeye Linnea Nygren (Sr., Hayward, Calif.) placed second in smallbore with a 582 and tied for fifth in air rifle with a 573 score. Staci Collins (Fr., Waterford, Ohio) finished third in air rifle for Ohio State with a 576.
The rifle team will next compete at Morehead State Nov. 12.
Team Scoring Smallbore Air Total 1. Ohio State 2,287 2,292 4,579 2. Akron-Golf 2,286 2,290 4,576 3. Akron-Blue 2,219 2,278 4,497 4. John Jay 2,016 2,079 4,095
Leading Smallbore Scores 1. Ryan Kohatsu, OSU 587 2. Linnea Nygren, OSU 582 3. Julie DeBrita, AK-G 580 4. Melissa Lussier, AK-G 575 5. Stephanie Emore, AK-G 570
Leading Air Scores 1. Ryan Kohatsu, OSU 584 2. Melissa Lussier, AK-G 579 3. Staci Collins, OSU 576 4. Christine Fortunato, AK-B 574 5. Linnea Nygren, OSU 573 April Engle, AK-B 573
Ohio State Smallbore Air Aggregate Ryan Kohatsu 587 584 1,171 Linnea Nygren 582 573 1,155 Jeff Naswadi 560 - - Kelly Lake 558 559 1,117 Staci Collins - 576 -
OSU Individuals Smallbore Air Aggregate Steven Nozaki 528 570 1,098 Chantay Cie Bey 528 514 1,042 Sam Ohlinger 563 557 1,120 Jeff Naswadi - 550 - Andrew Wesel 556 531 1,087
Akron-Gold Smallbore Air Aggregate Julie DeBrita 580 571 1,151 Melissa Lussier 575 579 1,154 Stephanie Elmore 570 - - Megan Reinking 561 568 1,129 Michael Tokarz - 572 -
Akron-Blue Smallbore Air Aggregate Ben Soehnien 559 - - Laura Kuntz 554 566 1,120 Michael Tokarz 536 - - Christine Fortunato 570 574 1,144 April Engle - 573 - Stephanie Elmore - 565 -
Akron Smallbore Air Aggregate April Engle 552 - - Ben Soehnien - 552 - Stephanie Elmore - 565 - Michael Tokarz 536 - -
John Jay Smallbore Air Aggregate Olena Byvalets 514 553 1,067 Bill Birmingham 504 498 1,002 Louis Figueroa 501 522 1,023 Fawn Gross 497 - - Jenny Sklianskaya - 506 -
