title: 2009 NCAA Rifle Championships
text: # 2009 NCAA Rifle Championships
  
  The 2009 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the 30th annual NCAA-sanctioned competition to determine the team and individual national champions of co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States.
  
  The championships were held at the TCU Rifle Range at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.
  
  West Virginia won the team championship, the Mountaineers' fourteenth NCAA national title in rifle and first since 1998.
  
  ## Qualification
  
  With only one national collegiate championship for rifle shooting, all NCAA rifle programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of eight teams contested this championship.
  
  ## Results
  
  * Scoring: The championship consisted of 60 shots for both smallbore and air rifle per team.
  
  ### Team title
  
  * (DC) = Defending champions
  * Italics = Inaugural championship
  
  | Rank | Team | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | | West Virginia | 4,643 |
  | | Kentucky | 4,638 |
  | | Jacksonville State | 4,636 |
  | 4 | Alaska (DC) | 4,624 |
  | 5 | TCU | 4,614 |
  | 6 | Army | 4,611 |
  | 7 | Navy | 4,606 |
  | 8 | Nevada | 4,586 |
  
  ### Individual events
  
  | Event | Winner | Score |
  | - | - | - |
  | Smallbore | Brian Carstensen, Jacksonville State | 682.2 |
  | Air rifle | Jenna Compton, Akron | 691.6 |
  