Rare Occasion as Both Pistol & Rifle Competing at Home
11/14/2019 12:11:45 PM | Pistol
COLUMBUS, Ohio – For the first time since at least 2012, the start of Ryan Tanoue’s tenure as head rifle coach, and potentially much longer ago than that, the Buckeye rifle and pistol teams will both compete at home in the same weekend against the same opponent. Ohio State is hosting the U.S. Coast Guard Academy for two days of shooting at the Lt. Hugh W. Wylie Range inside of Converse Hall on Nov. 16-17.
COMPETITION SCHEDULE
Saturday, Nov. 16
9:15 a.m. | smallbore rifle
11:15 a.m. | air rifle
2 p.m. | air pistol
4 p.m. | exhibition air pistol final
Sunday, Nov. 17
9 a.m. | sport pistol
4 p.m. | standard pistol
BUCKEYE LEADERSHIP
Ryan Tanoue was promoted to the Director of Shooting Sports in 2017 after arriving on campus as the head rifle coach prior to the 2012-13 season. Before Coach Tanoue’s tenure, Ohio State rifle had made just one NCAA Championships appearance. He quickly changed that and guided the Buckeyes to three consecutive trips to nationals from 2016-18. His efforts in 2016 earned him National Coach of the Year honors.
Emil Milev took the reins of Ohio State pistol in September 2017 and immediately delivered a national team title at the 2018 Intercollegiate Pistol Championships, the fifth Open competition team crown in program history. The Buckeyes posted an unblemished 25-0 head-to-head record that season.
It’s a big weekend for the Buckeyes
Be sure to stop by Converse Hall (ROTC Building) to cheer on the Pistol AND Rifle Teams as we take on the Coast Guard Bears!
Admission
Parking
Match Programs
Team PostersYou won’t want to miss this! pic.twitter.com/WnKRcx6obN
— Ohio State Pistol (@OSU_PISTOL) November 14, 2019
LT. HUGH W. WYLIE RANGE AT CONVERSE HALL
In 1875 the Ohio State University shooting facilities were at what is now the Ohio State Fair Grounds. Since that time the shooting range has been in several locations on campus. In 1966 the present range in Converse Hall was dedicated by President Novice G. Fawcett in honor of Lt. Hugh W. Wylie.
Lt. Wylie, of Circleville, Ohio, was a graduate of Ohio State and a member of the Army ROTC. He served with the 82nd Airborne Division in North Africa, Italy and Holland. On Sept. 17, 1944, Lt. Wylie was killed near Arheim, Holland in the battle that inspired the book and movie A Bridge to Far.
The Lt. Hugh W. Wylie Range is a 20-point range set for 50-foot and 10-meter shooting with respective .22 caliber ammunition and precision air guns. An elevator was placed in service in 2000 to accomodate handicapped students and competitive shooters.
