Riflers hold open tryouts this week

Rifle club contact Neil McNeight said that no experience is necessary, and the team will provide all equipment at the time of tryouts.

"We have shooters at all levels of experience," McNeight said, "from those who have been competing for years to those who have never picked up a rifle."

There is no fee to try out for the team, and tryouts are set to begin at 7 p.m.

Equipment will also be provided for team members throughout the season.

McNeight said concentration and fine motor skills are key to the sport. "You don't necessarily need to be big and strong" to be on the team, he said.

"It is perhaps the only truly coed sport on campus, where you have men and women competing side by side."

Although this season's schedule has not yet been solidified, the team competes intercollegiately and travels to various campuses throughout the year.

More information on the Michigan rifle club is available at its website, www.umich.edu/~rifle .

- David Den Herder

09-20-99