Griffin Lake helps West Virginia set air rifle record, win program's 21st NCAA rifle championship‎

Griffin Lake won the individual title Saturday, taking second in both smallbore and air rifle, to help West Virginia claim the 2026 NCAA rifle championship, the 21st in program history. The Mountaineers entered the final day of competition in fourth place, then tied the NCAA record for air rifle score with 2,395 Saturday and finished with an aggregate of 4,748, seven more than second-place TCU, for their second consecutive national title. TCU was second in air rifle with 2,387 and Kentucky (2,383) finished third.