Rifle Hosts First Day Of GARC Championships

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – University of Memphis' Arielle Kimm shot a 581 in the smallbore discipline Friday to pace the Tigers in first-day action at the Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) Championships.

Memphis is hosting the GARC event for the first time in program history. The Larry O. Finch Center on the University of Memphis campus is the site for the two-day event.

As a team, the Tigers shot a 2311 score, good enough for seventh place. However, Memphis is only seven points behind third-place Navy (2318).

Kimm shot a season-high 581 in the smallbore and placed 14^thin the discipline. The 581 score was only one point off her career-high 582 that she shot in the 2018 Gamecock Invitational at Jacksonville State.

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Memphis hosts the second day of the GARC Championships Saturday, Feb. 29. The air rifle discipline takes center stage at the Finch Center. The action begins at 8 a.m. (CT), with the finals to start around 3 p.m. (CT).

Tigers Tidbits

Levi Clark and Taylor Gibson each shot a 580 Friday and joined Arielle Kimm among the discipline's top-20 finishers. Gibson was 16^thand Clark 19^th.
Arielle Kimm improved her smallbore score by nearly 40 points from her performance in last year's GARC Championships. Kimm posted a 545 score at the 2019 event.
Taylor Gibson was shooting in her first career GARC Championships.
David Crenshaw improved his smallbore score by a point from a year ago.

Team Scores

Team	Smallbore
Kentucky	2326
West Virginia	2323
Navy	2318
Akron	2315
Nebraska	2313
Ole Miss	2313
Memphis	2311
Army West Point	2304
NC State	2298

Memphis Individual Scores

	Smallbore
Arielle Kimm*	581
Taylor Gibson*	580
Levi Clark*	580
Matt Dorey*	570
David Crenshaw	565

*score counts in smallbore team total

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