CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – On Saturday at the DuPont Rifle Range, the MIT rifle team generated an aggregate score of 4,508 to finish ahead of the University of Rhode Island (4,407) and John Jay College (4,302). In addition, the Engineers tied the program record for air rifle with 2,303 points.
 
THE BASICS:

• Overall Scores: MIT 4,508; URI 4,407; John Jay 4,302
• MIT Overall Record: 3-0

MIT INDIVIDUAL AGGREGATE FINISHES:

• Eleanor Yang – First Place (1,144)
• William Knowlton – Third Place (1,131)
• Hongjia Meng – Fifth Place (1,117)
• Pauline Xu – Sixth Place (1,116)
• Christine Baek – Eighth Place (1,088)

HOW IT HAPPENED - SMALLBORE:

• MIT captured the victory with a score of 2,205, followed by URI (2,171), and John Jay (2,054).
• Yang won the event with a total of 563, just three points ahead of the runner up from URI.
• Knowlton shot a personal best of 555 to place third while Xu tied her personal best score of 545 which resulted in a sixth-place finish.
• Meng and Baek both produced personal records with marks of 542 and 534, ranking seventh and ninth in the standings.

HOW IT HAPPENED – AIR RIFLE:

• The Engineers' record-tying tally of 2,303 claimed first place, ahead of John Jay (2,248) and URI (2,236).
• Yang led the way in first place with 581 points as Knowlton (576) and Meng (575) both shot personal bests to rank third and fourth. Xu completed the record-tying scoring performance with a total of 571, placing sixth in the standings.
• Sunny Chen set a personal record with a total of 569 to rank seventh, Jialin Xu was 10^th (562), and Baek finished 13^th with a personal best result of 554 points.

UP NEXT:

• MIT will host Schreiner University and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy on Sunday, October 25 at 10:00 AM.

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