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note WORTHY Rifle: UTEP rifle team’s Alix Moncada (left) was selected to participate in the air rifle portion of the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Rifle Championships, March 11-12 in Columbus, Ga., as announced by the NCAA on Thursday. This will be the second appearance for Moncada, who was selected to participate in 2009 and finished eighth. She is one of nine individuals outside the 40 competitors who was selected from the team rosters submitted by the top eight teams selected to participate. A first team All-American in 2010, Moncada fired in all 11 contests for the Miners this campaign. She led UTEP in air gun, posting a season average of 589, shooting 590 or better in six matches, including five with a 591 mark. The junior from Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico, registered the second-best average in smallbore with 570, twice firing a season-best 576 (vs. Nevada and at TCU).
Track and Field & Cross Country: The Miners swept the men’s and women’s weight throw and 5,000-meter run competitions for four UTEP titles. The women’s team is in first place with 39 points after the first day of action. SMU sits in second place with 33 points and East Carolina is in third with 28. The men are third with 34 points behind first place Houston (47) and Memphis (36.50). Senior Terran Alexander defended her title in the women’s 20 lb. weight throw recording a mark of 18.85m (61-10.25). All-American Dimitrios Fylladitakis (left) took the men’s weight throw title with a distance of 20.49m (67-02.75). Justice Chirchir claimed the men’s 5,000m crown with a time of 14:22.92. All-American Risper Kimaiyo and Kathya Garcia teamed up for a one-two finish in the women’s 5,000-meter race. Kimaiyo set a new meet record in the women’s 5,000-meter run clocking in at 16:15.98 for first place. Garcia crossed the finish line at 16:35.27. Photos: Moncada - Ivan Pierre Aguirre/UTEP Athletics; Fylladitakis - UTEP Athletics