MORGANTOWN, W.Va. –Several West Virginia University rifle student-athletes, as well as two incoming freshmen, will compete at the 2016 USA Shooting National Championships for Rifle/Pistol (USASNC), which opens today at the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU) in Fort Benning, Georgia.
All four returning Mountaineer letterwinners – rising senior Jean-Pierre Lucas, junior Elizabeth Gratz and sophomores Will Anti and Ginny Thrasher, a 2016 USA Olympian – will be among the more than 300 athletes competing for National Team selections. The foursome will be joined by incoming Mountaineers Jack Anderson and Morgan Phillips.