Three Advance to U.S. Olympic Team Trials

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Three with current or past ties to the West Virginia University rifle team earned the right to advance to the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Airgun at the 2016 Olympic Trials Makeup Match for Airgun, May 13-15, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center, in Colorado Spring, Colorado.Sophomore Elizabeth Gratz, 2015 graduate Thomas Kyanko and current graduate assistant Dan Hermsmeier matched or exceed the 10th-place score at the 2015 USA Shooting Winter Airgun Championships, held last December, to advance to the final part of the Olympic Trials, set for June 3-5, at Camp Perry, Ohio. The trio will join 2016 graduate Garrett Spurgeon and 2010 graduate Bryant Wallizer; the duo qualified in December.

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