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South Florida Bulls rifle
Tampa, FL
NicknameBulls
ColorsGreen and gold[1]
   
NCAA Team Runners-up
1989
NCAA Team Third Place
1987, 1988
NCAA Individual Champions – Smallbore
Michelle Scarborough: 1990
NCAA Individual Champions – Air Rifle
Michelle Scarborough: 1989

The South Florida Bulls rifle team represented the University of South Florida in the sport of rifle. The program consisted of a men's and women's co-ed team which competed in NCAA Division I. The rifle team only existed for five years, but was very successful in that time, earning three top-three team finishes in NCAA National Championship events and winning two individual national titles. Roger Johnson served as head coach for the team's entire existence.

History

The USF rifle team first competed in the

1987 and 1988, where they finished in third place both times. They also won the NRA Smallbore Intercollegiate Sectionals in 1987.[3] In 1989 the team had their best finish ever, taking second place in the competition.[4]
The program never competed as a team again after the 1989 championship, with the athletic department citing budget problems as the reason.

Athletes

riflery).[5] Rifle is the only NCAA sponsored sport where men and women directly compete against each other, meaning that Scarborough was not only the best woman at these events, but shot better than all the men as well.[6] Scarborough's 1989 championship in air rifle was the highest score for both men and women ever recorded in the event, with an unprecedented 399 out of a possible 400 points. Her record stood until the event format changed from 40 shots to 60 shots in 2005.[7]

Three Bulls shooters have competed in the Olympic Games. Dorothee Deuring represented Austria in 1988, Kristen Peterson represented the United States in 1988 and 1992, and Peter Durben represented the United States in 1992.[8][9] Other athletes competed internationally as well. Most notably, Michelle Scarborough won three team gold and an individual bronze medal at the 1991 Pan American Games and Matthew Suggs won a team gold and individual silver medal at the 1987 ISSF 10 meter air rifle world championship.[8][10]

See also

References

  1. ^ USF Athletics Brand Guide (PDF). August 18, 2022. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  2. ^ "NCAA Rifle Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  3. ^ "Intercollegiate rifle team trophy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
  4. ^ "University of South Florida yearbook. (1988)". digital.lib.usf.edu. Archived from the original on 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  5. ^ Nack, William. "KEEPING COOL UNDER FIRE". Sports Illustrated Vault | SI.com. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  6. ^ "Michelle Scarborough (2009) - USF Athletic Hall of Fame". USF Athletics. Archived from the original on 2020-06-25. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  7. ^ "Inaugural Hall of Fame Inductee: Michelle Scarborough". USF Athletics. Archived from the original on 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  8. ^ a b "USF Olympians - GoUSFBulls.com?Official Athletics Web Site of the University of South Florida". USF Athletics. Archived from the original on 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  9. ^ "Dorothee Deuring". Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  10. ^ "USA Shooting announces the hire of Matt Suggs as Chief Executive Officer | USA Shooting". www.usashooting.org. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
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