MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University freshman Ginny Thrasher finished first in the women’s 50m 3-position competition today at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Smallbore in Fort Benning, Georgia, and secured a roster spot for the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.
Thrasher, the 2016 NCAA Smallbore and Air Rifle National Champion, is the third WVU female rifle athlete to represent the United States at the Olympics, and she is the first since Jean Foster competed at the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics. Foster also competed at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics. Ann-Marie Pfiffner was the first WVU female rifle athlete to represent the United States at the Olympics and competed at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics.