Another Rifle Team dude here...Varsity in High School and the NC State Rifle Team was trying to recruit me but it was exactly at a time when I'd broken an ear drum diving off the 5 and 10 meter boards ( which I did not do competitively)
Pretty soon the eardrum abscessed and not much of anything got done for months.
Once healed it was off to a school with a higher girl/boy ratio and the sport became indoor fly fishing....