The Mid-Atlantic Rifle Conference concluded its 2024-2025 season on March 2 after two days of competition at this year’s Conference Championship tournament, hosted by Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Also known as the MAC, the Mid-Atlantic Rifle Conference is a collegiate-level conference that includes the five current NCAA Division III rifle programs, plus four high-level collegiate club rifle programs.
Saturday, March 1, marked the first day of the championship as competitors took to the firing line for the smallbore match. Six programs competed for a team title: Mount Aloysius College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), S.U.N.Y. Plattsburgh, the University of Rhode Island, Norwich University and John Jay College.
Topping the smallbore team leaderboard was Mount Aloysius College (2233) in its inaugural season as an NCAA Division III program, followed by the University of Rhode Island (2203) and Norwich University (2176). Additionally, five student-athletes representing S.U.N.Y. Maritime, Schreiner University and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy joined the competition for an individual title. Winning the individual match was Kayla Trinkle of Mount Aloysius College with a score of 569. Taking second place was University of Rhode Island’s Sophia Wood with a score of 561. MIT freshman Eleanor Yang earned third place, also firing a 561 but falling to Wood by just two Xs in the tiebreaker.
Air rifle was contested the following day with six teams and 35 individuals. Mount Aloysius College, MIT, University of Rhode Island, Norwich University and John Jay College again fired for the team title, joined by Schreiner University. Ultimately, Mount Aloysius proved victorious with a score of 2324, followed by MIT (2262) and the University of Rhode Island (2242). For the individual podium, Mount Aloysius College’s Molly Miller posted a score of 593 to earn the title. She was followed closely by teammate Kayla Trinkle with 587. Yang once again took third with a score of 582.
Five teams and 20 individual shooters were also competing for the two-gun aggregate awards. Mount Aloysius College swept both the team and individual titles, with a team aggregate of 4557 and Trinkle’s individual aggregate score of 1156. The University of Rhode Island earned second place with 4445, with MIT only nine points behind with 4436. Individually, Miller won second place (1143-58X), followed by Yang (1143-41X).
2025 Mid-Atlantic Rifle Conference Championship Leaderboard
Air Rifle Team
- Mount Aloysius College, 2324
- MIT, 2262
- University of Rhode Island, 2242
Smallbore Team
- Mount Aloysius College, 2233
- University of Rhode Island, 2203
- Norwich University, 2176
Two-Gun Aggregate Team
- Mount Aloysius College, 4557
- University of Rhode Island, 4445
- MIT, 4436
Air Rifle Individual
- Molly Miller, Mount Aloysius College, 593
- Kayla Trinkle, Mount Aloysius College, 587
- Eleanor Yang, MIT, 582
Smallbore Individual
- Kayla Trinkle, Mount Aloysius College, 569
- Sophia Wood, University of Rhode Island, 561 (tiebreaker winner)
- Eleanor Yang, MIT, 561
Two-Gun Aggregate Individual
- Kayla Trinkle, Mount Aloysius College, 1156
- Molly Miller, Mount Aloysius College, 1143
- Eleanor Yang, MIT, 1143
The Mid-Atlantic Rifle Conference also awarded several end-of-season honors. The Smallbore and Air Rifle Achievement Awards, given to the athlete firing the highest single score in each event during the regular season, went to Wood (578) and Miller (594), respectively. Miller also earned MAC Rookie of the Year recognition as the highest-averaging first-year athlete in the two-gun aggregate at 1147.43. Senior of the Year went to MIT’s Rose Alsalman with a two-gun aggregate average of 1122.20. The overall Athlete of the Year honor went to Trinkle, who averaged 1149.71 over the season. As for the MAC Elite Scholar—the individual with the highest cumulative GPA competing at the conference championship—the award went to John Jay College’s Danny Canning. As for the Most Improved Smallbore Team, that honor went to S.U.N.Y. Plattsburgh, while S.U.N.Y. Maritime earned the recognition for Air Rifle Team.
On the individual side, Coast Guard’s Dylan Prince earned the smallbore Most Improved honors and S.U.N.Y. Plattsburgh’s Kyle Smith took home the award for air rifle.
The All-MAC First Team, Second Team, Rookie Team and Academic Team were also named for 2025. See them listed below.
All-MAC First Team Smallbore
- Kayla Trinkle, Mount Aloysius College
- Sophia Wood, Rhode Island
- Elissa Barron, Mount Aloysius College
- Molly Miller, Mount Aloysius College
- Sophia Ashford, Norwich University
All-MAC First Team Air Rifle
- Molly Miller, Mount Aloysius College
- Kayla Trinkle, Mount Aloysius College
- Elissa Barron, Mount Aloysius College
- Eleanor Yang, MIT
- Sophia Wood, Rhode Island
All-MAC Second Team Smallbore
- Rose Alsalman, MIT
- Danny Canning, John Jay College
- Aiden Burris, Norwich University
- Alex Travison, Rhode Island
- Eleanor Yang, MIT
All-MAC Second Team Air Rifle
- Danny Canning, John Jay College
- Sophia Ashford, Norwich University
- Rose Alsalman, MIT
- CJ Anderson, Schreiner University
- Sydney Castel, Mount Aloysius College
All-MAC Rookie Team Smallbore
- Samantha Hayman, Mount Aloysius College
- CJ Anderson, Schreiner University
- Sydney Castel, Mount Aloysius College
- Annabelle Schneider, Coast Guard Academy
- Makeda Watson, Norwich University
- Alexis McCoy, Coast Guard Academy
- Avaneesh Pal, MIT
- Helena Dimiati, MIT
- Lucy Voelkl, SUNY Plattsburgh
- Amelie Przedwiecki, SUNY Plattsburgh
All-MAC Rookie Team Air Rifle
- Samantha Hayman, Mount Aloysius College
- Annabelle Schneider, Coast Guard Academy
- Avaneesh Pal, MIT
- Sarah Clark, Schreiner University
- Szu Chen, SUNY Maritime
- Alexis McCoy, Coast Guard Academy
- Amelie Przedwiecki, SUNY Plattsburgh
- Helena Dimiati, MIT
- Mary Russell, SUNY Plattsburgh
- Mary Wahlin, Coast Guard Academy
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