JACKSONVILLE, Ala. – The University of Tennessee at Martin rifle team put the finishing touches on the fall season with another strong showing at the JSU Invitational today.
The Skyhawks are one of four teams in the two-day JSU Invitational field, joining host Jacksonville State, Murray State and UAB. UT Martin gathered a 4,624 aggregate score today compliments of 2,338 air rifle points and 2,286 smallbore points.
One day after the squad set new season benchmarks for aggregate and smallbore scoring plus three individual career-high scores were set, the Skyhawks were right back at it today with a pair of new career-best tallies. Alayna Walther shot a career-high 593 in air rifle and Nick Fares wasn’t too far behind, posting a career-best 592 in the same event.
Walther earned the highest aggregate score of any UT Martin participant with 1,175 points. Fares was responsible for a 1,164 combined tally while Joey Kovach (1,158), Aubrey Summers (1,127) and Jesse Chamberlain (1,121) followed.
In air rifle, Kovach’s 581 and Summers’ 572 were countable scores alongside Walthers’ and Fares’ career-best performances. Chamberlain was additionally a member of the Skyhawk lineup, firing a 567.
Walther led UT Martin in smallbore scoring for the sixth time in six opportunities this season, recording 582 points. Kovach compiled 577 points and was followed by Fares (572), Summers (555) and Chamberlain (554).
The six-match fall schedule is now complete for the Skyhawks as the squad has shown gradual improvement, achieving season-high scores in aggregate, air rifle and smallbore since Nov. 11 alone. UT Martin will step away from official competition for a little under two months before opening the spring campaign on Jan. 14 against Georgia Southern in Murray, Ky.
