They weren’t able to successfully defend their national championship, but the Nanooks nonetheless experienced perfection Saturday at the NCAA Rifle Championships in Morgantown, West Virginia. As a team, UAF stood on the podium with a third-place finish. It was the...
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Riflery: Anchorage’s Gabriela Zych wins bronze medal in part one of Olympic Trials
Sitting in seventh after qualifying, Gabriela Zych of Anchorage zeroed in for the finals and bagged a bronze medal in part one of three at the Rifle Olympic Trials. She rallied to finish third out of 46 women in the 10-meter air rifle final in Columbus, Georgia. Zych...
Junior national champ trap shooter Ramsey Bodeen named Alaska Athlete of the Week
Ramsey Bodeen of Chugiak was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after winning the Junior Men’s Trap National Championships in Michigan. The 18-year-old'd performance qualified to represent the United States at the trapshooting Junior World Championships next month in...
Papasodora hits 97 percent for UK at NCAA Championships
For the second year in a row, Northway’s Cat Papasodora delivered a near-perfect performance for the University of Kentucky rifle team at the NCAA Championships. The senior marksman was accurate on 97 percent on 1,200 attempts with scores of 589 in air rifle and 579...
Papasodora helps Kentucky post fourth-best score in NCAA
Northway’s Cat Papasodora finished fourth out of 22 shooters and helped the University of Kentucky win an NCAA riflery tri-meet with Army and North Georgia in Lexington, Kentucky. She was third in smallbore (581) and eighth in air rifle (586). Kentucky won the meet...
Papasodora helps Kentucky rifle team win NCAA Championships
The Kentucky Wildcats rifle team won the NCAA Championships with the help of Northway’s Cat Papasodora. The junior marksman shot a perfect score in one of her smallbore rounds and racked up 1,166 points in all as Kentucky edged top-ranked West Virginia by just nine...
Papasodora helps No. 3 Kentucky rifle team win NCAA qualifier
Cat Papasodora of Northway played a part in helping the third-ranked Kentucky rifle team inch closer to reaching the NCAA Championships. Nothing is official until the NCAA announces the eight-team field next week, but the Wildcats stand in good position after knocking...
Papasodora fires career-high score for No. 3 Kentucky rifle team
Northway’s Cathryn Papasodora was on target for the third-ranked Kentucky rifle team in the first meet of 2018. The junior shooter fired a career-high score in air rifle and her second-best smallbore score in a victory over Army and the Coast Guard in West Point, New...