CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Norwich University rifle team delivered one of the strongest performances in program history at the Mid-Atlantic Rifle Conference (MAC) Championships, posting a program-record tying aggregate score of 4406 to finish fourth overall at the championship meet hosted by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

The Cadets' score matched the program record originally set at the 2025 NCAA Qualifiers, while also establishing a new team Air Rifle record of 2243, surpassing the previous mark of 2231 set earlier this season at West Point (Oct. 26). Norwich also recorded its highest Smallbore score of the season with a 2163.

Norwich finished just 31 points behind third-place Rhode Island (4437) and 48 points behind second-place MIT (4454) in a tightly contested championship field. The Cadets were also close in smallbore, finishing fourth by only 14 points behind MIT.

The performance marked a significant jump over Norwich's season averages, finishing 23 points above its smallbore average and 26 points above its air rifle average.

Gillooly Leads Air Rifle
Freshman Katie Gillooly (Woodbridge, Va.) led the Cadets in air rifle with a personal record of 575, finishing 8th in the conference standings.

She was followed by Magali Delarosa Cuenca (Middletown, N.Y.), who posted a 564, a 20-point personal record improvement that placed her 16th overall. Sage Kontny (Clancy, Mont.) and Meghan Smith (Georgetown, Texas) each added 552 to round out Norwich's scoring lineup.

Kelley, Kontny Pace Smallbore
On the smallbore side, Ben Kelley (Niantic, Conn.) led the Cadets with a 551, placing 10th overall, while Kontny followed with a 544, an 11-point personal best.

Aiden Burris (Marietta, Ga.) added a 535, while Evan Elders posted a 533 to complete the scoring lineup.

Senior Leadership
The championships also marked the final competition for seniors Brady Simmons (Middletown, Del.), Burris, and Jacob Cohn (Colchester, Conn.), whose leadership helped guide a young Norwich squad throughout the season.

Coach Mansfield on the Season
Head coach Todd Mansfield praised the team's resilience and growth throughout the year.

"I am very proud of this team as they had a lot of adversity to start the season and came together and posted four of the top five aggregate scores in program history, including the last two, which were high-stress competitions," Mansfield said.

"By the end of the season, the scores were so close that choosing the scoring team came down to intersquad competitions and the coaching staff analyzing shot data to make final squad decisions."

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