Pohlmann Set To Compete at NCAA Championship
3/8/2024 3:30:00 PM | Women's Rifle
Sophomore takes the line on Saturday
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STATESBORO - Georgia Southern sophomore rifle squad member Emma Pohlmann will make history Saturday when she becomes the third student-athlete in the program's 10-year history to compete at the NCAA Air Rifle Championships, hosted by the West Virginia University in Morgantown at WVU Coliseum. The two-day event will crown the overall team champion, as well as individual champions in smallbore and air rifle.
Pohlmann, from Nenterhausen, Germany, qualified as one of six individuals for the air rifle with a 595 in the NCAA Qualifier. She has been assigned to relay No. 2 at point No. 24, with a call to the line at 11 a.m., with prep and sighters at 11:15 a.m. and the competition running from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
There will be two relays for the air rifle championships. The first will begin at 9:15 a.m. while the second one will begin at 11:15 a.m. All 46 competitors will shoot 60 shots and have 75 minutes to complete the process. Once everyone is completed, the top eight scores from the two relays will advance to the finals, which begin at 2 p.m. In the event of a tie for eighth place, the multipliers scored in the 60 shots will be the determining factor.
In the finals, competitors will shoot two, five-shot series (4:10 each) and then two single shots (:50 each) before eliminating the eighth-place shooter. Two more single shots will be taken and then the seventh-place shooter will be eliminated. The process will continue until a winner is determined.
In the prelims, no decimals are used, meaning a 10.9 (a perfect shot) is the same as a 10.0. However, in the finals, decimals are used and are a big factor over the course of competition.
Pohlmann was named the SoCon Smallbore and Air Rifle Athlete of the Year and won both individual titles at the conference championship. She has averaged a school-record 595.286 in air rifle this season with a career best of 599 on Jan. 14 at Murray State.
Rosemary Kramer, who placed third in air rifle at the 2019 NCAA Championship, and Addy Burrow (2023) are the only other Eagles to make it to the event.
Pohlmann is seeking to become the first NCAA individual national champion in any sport at Georgia Southern (Buddy Harris won the 1964 NAIA national titles in horizontal bars and parallel bars in gymnastics).
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STATESBORO - Georgia Southern sophomore rifle squad member Emma Pohlmann will make history Saturday when she becomes the third student-athlete in the program's 10-year history to compete at the NCAA Air Rifle Championships, hosted by the West Virginia University in Morgantown at WVU Coliseum. The two-day event will crown the overall team champion, as well as individual champions in smallbore and air rifle.
Pohlmann, from Nenterhausen, Germany, qualified as one of six individuals for the air rifle with a 595 in the NCAA Qualifier. She has been assigned to relay No. 2 at point No. 24, with a call to the line at 11 a.m., with prep and sighters at 11:15 a.m. and the competition running from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
There will be two relays for the air rifle championships. The first will begin at 9:15 a.m. while the second one will begin at 11:15 a.m. All 46 competitors will shoot 60 shots and have 75 minutes to complete the process. Once everyone is completed, the top eight scores from the two relays will advance to the finals, which begin at 2 p.m. In the event of a tie for eighth place, the multipliers scored in the 60 shots will be the determining factor.
In the finals, competitors will shoot two, five-shot series (4:10 each) and then two single shots (:50 each) before eliminating the eighth-place shooter. Two more single shots will be taken and then the seventh-place shooter will be eliminated. The process will continue until a winner is determined.
In the prelims, no decimals are used, meaning a 10.9 (a perfect shot) is the same as a 10.0. However, in the finals, decimals are used and are a big factor over the course of competition.
Pohlmann was named the SoCon Smallbore and Air Rifle Athlete of the Year and won both individual titles at the conference championship. She has averaged a school-record 595.286 in air rifle this season with a career best of 599 on Jan. 14 at Murray State.
Rosemary Kramer, who placed third in air rifle at the 2019 NCAA Championship, and Addy Burrow (2023) are the only other Eagles to make it to the event.
Pohlmann is seeking to become the first NCAA individual national champion in any sport at Georgia Southern (Buddy Harris won the 1964 NAIA national titles in horizontal bars and parallel bars in gymnastics).
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