ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The annual President's Trophy Match takes part this weekend as the Navy rifle team (2-5) competes against its service academy counterparts Air Force (1-2), Army (4-0), and Coast Guard on Saturday morning at the Tronsrue Marksmanship Center in West Point, N.Y. Competition on Saturday morning begins at 8:00 a.m.
 
The President's Trophy Match features eight starters for both teams and the five highest scores among the starters count toward the team score for the President's Trophy. Navy's last victory in this event came in 2008 when it bested the three other service academies in Colorado Springs, Colo.
 
About the President's Trophy
The first President's Trophy Match was contested in 1998 against Air Force, Army, Navy, Coast Guard, and U.S. Merchant Marine. In 1998, Army was the host site for the inaugural event, as Navy won its first of seven titles with a score of 7601. The Black Knights were the runner up, followed by the Falcons with scores of 7384 and 7535, respectively, using the 120/40 shot scoring system. Prior to 2003, scoring for the match was based on the 120/40 shot scoring system for both smallbore and air rifle. The new system was implemented in 2004 with a 60/60 shot system for both rifles. Scores identified are based on the five-counter method. In the 25-year history of the President's Trophy Match, Air Force has won 10 titles, including the last nine. Army has won the title eight times, while Navy has seven titles. The match is held annually in November, and is rotated between the three academies.
 
Last Time – at President's Trophy (Nov. 5, 2022)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Navy rifle team finished second overall during the President's Trophy Match with a total of 5849 points, marking its second-highest score in the competition in program history. Additionally, the Midshipmen shot an NCAA four-count score of 4689 points.
 
Air Force won its ninth-straight President's Trophy Match after edging the Mids by a narrow margin of 19 points at 5868 points while Army finished third with a score of 5785. Coast Guard tallied a 5328-point mark from its competitors.
 
Navy tallied 4689 points according to the NCAA scoring, while Air Force finished with 4701. Army was third with 4636 and Coast Guard closed out the scoring with 4349 points.
 
Parker Haydin paced Navy with a total score of 1177, finishing first overall in the smallbore with a score of 584. He added 593 points in the air rifle for his aggregate score of 1177 to lead all Midshipmen.
 
Marleigh Duncan finished third in the smallbore with a score of 584. The sophomore posted a score of 589 in air rifle to notch an aggregate score of 1173.
 
Clarissa Layland shot a 1172-point overall mark, highlighted by a 593-point score in air rifle while Joshua Potts finished with an overall score of 1162 points on a score of 575 in smallbore and a 587-point mark in in air rifle.
 
Stephanie Milvain and Mark Dely posted aggregate scores of 1158 and 1155. Milvain posted scores of 580 in smallbore and 578 in air rifle, while M.Dely registered scores of 579 in smallbore and 576 in air rifle.
 
Rounding out the Midshipmen participants in the President's Trophy Match were Deonte Hayes, Mason MacKenzie, Catherine Dely, Devin Uhrich, and Isabelle Zantow. Hayes tallied 1146 total points, while MacKenzie posted an aggregate score of 1139. C.Dely (1138), Uhrich (1134), Zantow (1122), and Shepard (1113) rounded out the navy shooters.
 
Last Time Out – vs. Kentucky (Oct. 28, 2023)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – For the third time this season, the Navy rifle team topped the 4700-point plateau, but the Midshipmen were clipped, 4707-4701, by Kentucky in a Great American Rifle Conference match at the Bancroft Hall Rifle Range.
 
The 4701-point team total was one-point shy of the season-best tally of 4702 the Mids posted against TCU / VMI in the season opener and matched last weekend at Ole Miss. The Midshipmen registered its second-best smallbore total of the season, 2336, while also recording their second-best score in air rifle (2365).
 
Isabella Baldwin continued her tremendous start to her freshman campaign. She posted a team-high score of 1182, just two points shy of her season-best aggregate performance. Baldwin carded a smallbore score of 589 to lead all Navy shooters, while tying a season-best performance of 593 in air rifle.
 
Sitting atop the Midshipmen performances with Baldwin was Marleigh Duncan. The junior registered a 1176 aggregate score. She turned in a 584 in smallbore, while carding a total score of 592 in air rifle.
 
Freshman Ryan Wee was third among the Navy shooters. Competing as a starter for the second time this season, he notched his second-best performance of his young career. Wee missed tying a career-high in aggregate by one point, posting a combined tally of 1167. He was one point back of his smallbore season-best with a 580, while tying for a season-high score of 587 in air rifle.
 
Clarissa Layland started both disciplines on the day, posting a combined score of 1165. The senior tied for a season-best score of 593 in air rifle, while notching a 572 in smallbore. Stephanie Milvain, who started in smallbore, carded a total score of 1165 to tie Layland. Milvain notched 583 in smallbore, which was just shy of her top performance of the season (586) in the event. She added a 582 in air rifle to card her season-best aggregate tally of the fall. Joshua Potts registered a combined score of 1148. He was a starter in air rifle, notching a score of 579. In smallbore, Potts finished with a 569.
 
Sophomore Catherine Dely posted an aggregate score of 1149 with tallies of 565 (SB) and 584 (AR), while sophomore Grace Shepard was four points back with a career-best aggregate score of 1145, tying career-highs in smallbore (558) and air rifle (587). Sophomore Devin Uhrich recorded scores of 563 (SB) and 576 (AR) for an aggregate tally of 1139. Senior team captain Mark Dely and freshman Chelsie Glover both only competed in air rifle. Dely posted a score of 565, while Glover notched a 567 in her first collegiate match of the season.
 
Up Next
Following the President's Trophy Match, Navy has a break before resuming competition in January as the Midshipmen host defending National Champions Alaska Fairbanks at the Bancroft Hall Rifle Range on Saturday, Jan. 20.