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WFAA: TCU rifle team aims for perfection
by TED MADDEN
WFAA-TV
TCU has one of the best rifle programs in the country. They won a national championship in 2010.
Like a lot of sports, the goal is simple -- hit the center of the target. Attaining that goal, is not.
TCU rifle coach Karen Monez described it this way: "It's a precision sport where the shooter is attempting to hit a dot that is the size of a period at the end of a sentence."
And then do it 60 times. That's how many shots they'll get off during a competition, and it takes roughly an hour to do it. ...
by TED MADDEN
WFAA-TV
TCU has one of the best rifle programs in the country. They won a national championship in 2010.
Like a lot of sports, the goal is simple -- hit the center of the target. Attaining that goal, is not.
TCU rifle coach Karen Monez described it this way: "It's a precision sport where the shooter is attempting to hit a dot that is the size of a period at the end of a sentence."
And then do it 60 times. That's how many shots they'll get off during a competition, and it takes roughly an hour to do it. ...