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AKRON, Ohio - Rewarded for the University of Akron rifle team's success this season, senior Andre Gross (Webster, N.Y.) will culminate his senior campaign on the biggest stage competing in the air rifle and smallbore at the NCAA Rifle Championships, on Friday and Saturday, March 11-12, in Air Force Academy, Colo.
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Gross will commence the smallbore competition at 2 p.m. ET on Friday at Cadet Gym Rifle Range on the campus of United States Air Force Academy. The top-eight finishers after the morning relay will advance to the finals at 7:30 p.m. ET.
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The air rifle competition kicks off at 1:15 p.m. ET on Saturday at Clune Arena with the finals taking place at 3:30 p.m. ET.
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Gross earned his third career NCAA Championship berth having qualified as an individual in the smallbore as a freshman during the 2018-19 campaign and as a member of the Zips' squad that punched its ticket to the championships as a team during the 2019-20 season.
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Gross holds the distinction of becoming the first Akron Zip to qualify in both the air rifle and smallbore at the NCAA Championships in a single year and becomes the fifth Zip to qualify as an at-large individual selection. He joins sophomore Kayla Andreoli (Washington, Pa.) (2021), Matt Chezem (2015), Sarah Benjamin (2010) and Jenna Compton (2009).
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Gross has registered a team-best combined 1170.81 average on the campaign in the air rifle and smallbore, while leading the squad with a 581.50 average in the smallbore and posting a 589.31 average in air rifle. Earlier this season, he established a program-record score of 597 in the air rifle in an Akron victory over Ohio State on Jan. 30.
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The NCAA Championships, March 11-12, will conclude the 2021-22 campaign for the Zips.
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NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: LIVE STATS | FRIDAY VIDEO | SATURDAY VIDEO | 2021-22 CRCA TOP-20 RANKINGS | 2021-22 AKRON STATISTICS (PDF) | AKRON 2021-22 SCHEDULE
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AKRON, Ohio - Rewarded for the University of Akron rifle team's success this season, senior Andre Gross (Webster, N.Y.) will culminate his senior campaign on the biggest stage competing in the air rifle and smallbore at the NCAA Rifle Championships, on Friday and Saturday, March 11-12, in Air Force Academy, Colo.
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Gross will commence the smallbore competition at 2 p.m. ET on Friday at Cadet Gym Rifle Range on the campus of United States Air Force Academy. The top-eight finishers after the morning relay will advance to the finals at 7:30 p.m. ET.
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The air rifle competition kicks off at 1:15 p.m. ET on Saturday at Clune Arena with the finals taking place at 3:30 p.m. ET.
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Gross earned his third career NCAA Championship berth having qualified as an individual in the smallbore as a freshman during the 2018-19 campaign and as a member of the Zips' squad that punched its ticket to the championships as a team during the 2019-20 season.
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Gross holds the distinction of becoming the first Akron Zip to qualify in both the air rifle and smallbore at the NCAA Championships in a single year and becomes the fifth Zip to qualify as an at-large individual selection. He joins sophomore Kayla Andreoli (Washington, Pa.) (2021), Matt Chezem (2015), Sarah Benjamin (2010) and Jenna Compton (2009).
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Gross has registered a team-best combined 1170.81 average on the campaign in the air rifle and smallbore, while leading the squad with a 581.50 average in the smallbore and posting a 589.31 average in air rifle. Earlier this season, he established a program-record score of 597 in the air rifle in an Akron victory over Ohio State on Jan. 30.
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The NCAA Championships, March 11-12, will conclude the 2021-22 campaign for the Zips.
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