What historians and academics do agree on is that the Egyptians left behind the first known composite bow around 2,800 B.C.E. Warriors likely used it to shoot from chariots. Both the Greeks and Romans adopted archery, and it’s likely the latter’s widespread conquests are to thank for archery’s spread across Europe and the Far East during the early part of the first century. But Europe wasn’t the only continent who embraced archery.

On five continents, civilizations independently developed their own unique versions of bows and arrows for hunting and defense. Australia is the only continent whose indigenous people never invented some form of bow or archery equipment. Those people who invented and mastered archery equipment quickly learned the value of archery both in hunting and in conflict. Archery in combat waned after firearms were invented and became the weapon of choice. Still, archery remained a part of eastern Asian warfare well into the 19^th century.

Archery debuted as an Olympic sport in 1900 but only appeared in the games three more times – 1904, 1908, and 1920 – before it reemerged in 1972. Since then archery’s popularity has only grown.

Today firearms remain the weapons of choice in warfare, yet bowhunting and recreational archery have stood the test of time. Equipment has evolved into a high-tech array of colorful materials and record-breaking performance that even 40 years ago would have dazzled the savviest of archers.

Modern movies like Avatar, the Hunger Games trilogy and Brave have driven archery’s popularity further into the mainstream. It’s a sport enjoyed by all ages and abilities at any skill level. Archers can choose between shooting classic recurves, compounds, or crossbows on various platforms including everything from target archery on your local range to outdoor 3D and indoor virtual digital ranges.

Field archery, the most popular competitive archery in the world, involves target shooting for accuracy at various distances. In Europe and the United States, it’s popular to shoot outdoors in fields, in the woods or on rough terrain. Since 1970 the International Field Archery Association has grown to represent 50,000 field archers in 40 countries including New Zealand, South Africa and the United Kingdom. http://www.ifaa-archery.org/

Crossbow popularity has risen in recent years in both hunting and competition. The International Crossbow Shooting Union, founded in 1956, calls Switzerland home. As the governing body for Match and Field crossbow shooting, they hold continental and international championships in 15 countries across four continents. Although crossbow-shooting is non-Olympic sport, the International Crossbow Union’s goal is to fulfill the criteria necessary make it an event at the World Games. http://www.iau-crossbow.org/en/

One organization stands above the rest in keeping archery vibrant. In Poland, 1931, World Archery was founded with a mission to promote the sport worldwide. From the beginning and still, they are committed to modernizing archery, unifying the rules, promoting gender equity and developing international events.  “World Archery’s vision is for a world in which everyone has the opportunity to make the important Olympic sport of archery their activity of choice. Its mission is to empower its member associations to make archery a leading sport in nations around the world.” (worldarchery.org)

Today World Archery continues to promote, regulate and develop archery as a sport through its 160 member organizations worldwide. https://worldarchery.org/

There’s only one organization in the archery world today that’s older than World Archery. In 1896, when the Olympic Games were reinstated after a 1,500-year hiatus, the International Olympic Committee was born. Like the World Archery, the IOC’s mission is to promote, develop, and advance various sports in addition to supporting ethics, advancement of women and anti-doping. https://www.olympic.org/the-ioc

Now, 5,000 years after the Egyptians were shooting their bows from chariots, the archery world is thriving. More and more people are enjoying the sport throughout all its various platforms. Popular culture continues to boost interest, equipment performance continues to up the game, and Olympic archery has captured international headlines, thanks in part to those international archery organizations as well as an enduring passion for the sport.

By Jennifer Kraai Gottfried

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – In his Paralympic debut, U.S. Navy veteran and 2015 Parapan American Champion Andre Shelby (Jacksonville, Florida) conquered the brackets, climbing from a 12th place seed to the gold finish and Paralympic Champion title.

In a tough quarterfinal match, Shelby dropped a three-point lead to a two-point deficit in the fourth end with two arrows in the seven-ring. His opponent, Brazil’s Andrey de Castro, who had just upset No. 4 seed and fan favorite USA’s Matt Stutzman (Fairfield, Iowa) in the previous round then dropped five points in the final three arrows leaving the door open for Shelby to come back and take the win.

His semifinal match against eventual bronze medal winner Jonathan Milne of Australia also started with an early lead, dropped to a one-point deficit in the third end, and then came back to take the win again, by just a single point. In the gold final, Shelby opened behind Italy’s Alberto Simonelli, but brought the score to a tie half way through the match. Closing out with two 29s, Shelby clinched the win 144-143.

Stutzman and Kevin Polish (Carmichaels, Pennsylvania) were two of the top four seeded archers from qualification and heavy favorites for medals. However, Polish, like Stutzman, faced an early upset in the 1/8th elimination. Stutzman, who won silver in London, shared: “Days like today, they happen.” Stutzman had held the lead since the second end through to the final three arrows, but de Castro posted a perfect 30 to Stutzman’s 27 to take the win by just one point 142-141. Polish fell 139-133 to Great Britain’s Michael Hall in the same round.

Stutzman already has his eyes on the future and the next four years. “Whether I win or lose, I’m leaving a legacy for people to watch,” Stutzman told World Archery. “Look at that guy, he has no arms, and he’s shooting. He didn’t let having no arms stand in the way of doing something he wanted to do, and for me that’s what’s important, changing just one person’s life.”

For complete results from the competition, visit World Archery’s website. Competition resumes for Team USA on Friday with Compound Open Women in the morning and W1 men in the afternoon.

About USA Archery
USA Archery is the National Governing Body for the Olympic sport of archery in the United States. USA Archery selects and trains Olympic, Paralympic, World Championship, and World Cup teams, as well as developing archery at the grassroots level across the United States. For more information, visit USA Archery’s website.

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Ku Bonchan (South Korea) vs Jean-Charles Valladont (France)–Men’s Individual Gold Match

Chang Hye Jin (South Korea) vs Lisa Unruh (Germany)—Women’s Individual Gold Match

Brady Ellison (USA) vs Sjef Van Den Berg (Netherlands)—Men’s Individual Bronze Match

South Korea Women’s Team Overview

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By Rachael Reginek-Krenz

The Olympic Games have been a popular international competition since their modern revitalization in the late 19^th century.

They’ve certainly changed a lot since the original Olympic Games, which were held in in ancient Olympia, Greece, over 2000 years ago. But to this day, they motivate people to get passionate about sports, whether it’s one they are currently interested in or something completely new. The 2016 Rio Olympic Games provided a great opportunity to use this international symbol to boost clientele for your archery shop.

The Rio Olympics are still fresh in the minds of all the people who watched, in addition to the Paralympics that take place Sept. 7-18. There’s a chance that many of those who watched the archery portion have a newly sparked interest in trying the sport, or might be interested in switching from a compound to an Olympic or traditional recurve bow. Many of those interested don’t realize that they have the opportunity to try out different equipment without investing a bunch of money, making now a great time to sport the Olympic logo on flyers and promotions to entice children and adults alike into taking classes with recurve bows.

You may already have adult and child classes for recurve lessons, but a more intensive option that also goes hand in hand with the Olympic is JOAD, the Junior Olympic Archery Development. Only about 10 percent of archery retailers offer a JOAD program, according to a survey offered at the 2014 ATA Trade Show. The JOAD program is a nationwide program that allows children 8 to 20 years old to learn the proper techniques of shooting, and gives them the opportunity contend with other young archers. It encourages and prepares kids to compete, which could even eventually lead to trying out for the Olympic archery team. If you don’t offer JOAD, strong consider changing that. For more information on JOAD club membership and insurance information, see usarchery.org.

Advertising these classes is a crucial step in making them a successful part of your business. There are many different approaches, but demonstrations, brochures, emails, etc. are great ways to snag the attention of new and old archers all around. Adding a familiar Olympic theme to your emails or newsletters may help draw more attention. Call local schools and ask if you can set up recurve demonstrations in honor of the Olympics, giving kids a chance to try shooting. Take hold of their curiosity, and let them have a taste of archery. Offer cards, brochures, or flyers to the kids, and spark their interest for future visits to your shop.

In addition to offering classes, demonstrations and informational flyers/brochures, you could also offer Groupons, special promotions or punch cards for the special occasion. Offering a Groupon or special promotion may be a good way to get more archers—adults and children alike—in from all over the city, letting them experience archery for a temporary discount. A punch card would be something to consider handing out at a school demonstration or selling separately. It could provide any amount of free or discounted classes and/or days on the shooting range, expiring once the customer hits the punch limit.

Renting out equipment is a great way to peak someone’s interest in having their own gear, especially equipment they’ve recently seen on TV in Rio. One way to catch an Olympic-enticed customer’s eyes is by organizing an Olympic themed section with target shooting supplies, recurve bows, and other gear similar to that used by the athletes.

PSE Archery’s Summit is a low-cost traditional recurve with an international limb fit, a 23-inch cast aluminum handle, and its draw weight varies between 20-36 pounds. Another affordable, well-made product is Hoyt’s Grand-Prix Horizon entry-level 25-inch riser. This riser not only looks nice due to its high-quality painted finish, but it is also the perfect starter bow for new archers. Hoyt also has attachable limbs for their Grand Prix recurve series that vary depending on preference. They also look like the Hoyts used by the American archers.

Along with keeping recurves in stock or for rent, other popular gear used for Olympic style archery such as finger guards, arm guards, stabilizers, and arrows should be readily available to customers. There are a few types of finger guards on the market: Black Mamba Archery offers the Venom Finger Tab, 3Rivers Archery No-Glov Finger Savers, or the PSE/King Traditional Leather Glove. Standard Traditional Armguards are universal and durable arm guards. Easton’s Contour stabilizer has very high stiffness for a more steady aim, includes Tri-Mod AVID (Advanced Vibration Integration Dampening) Geometry for shock reduction, and has a 360 degree windcutter profile to reduce to effect of wind. Easton also has X10 high-strength carbon fiber arrows bonded to a 7075 alloy core, which have a 9-micron polished carbon finish, and guarantees straightness tolerance of ± .0015.

Some additional gear you may want to consider keeping around are portable targets and recurve cases. Lakewood Products offers the C250 Take-Down Recurve Case that is airline approved, includes 3-inch contoured foam, and holds up to 24 arrows with foam separators. A durable, commercial grade Outdoor Range Target by Morrell Targets is 100 percent weatherproof, has a Multi-Layered Density Design, and Internal Frame System Technology.

The 2016 Rio Olympic Games provide an opportunity to stock new products along with Olympic-based demonstrations, flyers, new classes, promotions etc. Why waste a rare season of worldwide sport enthusiasm? Take advantage of the Olympic flare, and use it to maneuver new people into your archery shop. Get people excited about trying archery and buying the latest, greatest gear.

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The Easton Olympic reputation has once again been upheld this year as the X10 arrow swept all 24 medals in the Rio 2016 Games. The arrow has been chosen by every individual medalist as well as by every team title winner. This year’s sweep marks the 44th year of Easton Olympic dominance.

Team Easton extends an unbroken 44-year sweep of the Olympic podium.

The Rio 2016 games saw another Easton sweep of the podium, with 24 of 24 medals won by archers using the Easton X10 arrow. South Korean archers claimed gold in both the men’s and women’s individual events, as well as the men’s and women’s team events. USA’s Brady Ellison claimed individual bronze, and teamed up with Zachery Garrett and Jake Kaminski to add a second consecutive team silver medal to the USA tally since London 2012.

Since its introduction in Atlanta 1996, the Easton X10 has been the arrow choice of every individual medalist, and also used by every team title winner at the Olympic Games. Its aluminum/carbon construction provides the ultimate in spine consistency, straightness and weight tolerance that allow these champions to dominate at the highest level of archery competition. Similar aluminum and carbon compositions are used throughout Easton’s broad arrow lineup, including the popular FMJ line of hunting shafts.

Learn more at Easton’s website.

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Mackenzie Brown

Mackenzie Brown was born in Flint, Texas, in 1995. Her introduction to archery was through the National Archery in the Schools Program. She gained moment quickly with a natural talent for the sport, shooting for a Junior Olympic Archery Development club, then USA Archery’s Junior Dream Team at age 13. She tried for a spot in the 2012 Olympics at the age of 16, and managed to place in the top 16. From there, she went on to become a resident athlete at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California. Brown, now 21, had a strong showing throughout the entire Olympic qualifying process, earning an individual and team gold at the Archery World Cup in Poland last August, and then taking home a silver in the World Cup Final in Las Vegas. Mackenzie Brown ultimately placed first during the Team USA Olympic Trials in Chula Vista, and since the US Women’s team didn’t manage to qualify for a spot in the 2016 Rio Games, Brown was named as the sole female archer for Team USA. She’s also been affectionately dubbed the “Girl on Fire” as an homage to Katniss Everdeen. Regardless of how she performs in Rio, I think it’s safe to say we’ll see great things from Mackenzie Brown.

Brady Ellison

Brady Ellison, born in 1988 in Glendale, Arizona, started his archery career at the age of 7 with his first compound bow. He later killed a bear with that bow at age 11. He currently holds a world record for being the number one ranked men’s recurve archer for the longest continuous period, which lasted from August 2011 to April 2013. His career as an archer is impressive, to say the least. He has received six medals in World Cup competitions, five of which have been gold. He’s also earned an Olympic silver medal, World Archery Indoor Championship bronze medal, and two Pan American Games gold medals. He also received the 2013 world title after competing with a broken hand.

Zach Garrett

Zach Garrett was born in Wellington, Missouri, in 1995. He was introduced to archery around the age of four when his grandfather gave him a homemade wooden bow. Garrett, now 21, is currently ranked No. 3 in the world. His notable career highlights include: 2015 World Archery Youth Championships, team silver medal; 2015 AAE Arizona Cup, bronze medal; Texas Shootout, gold medal; 2014 U.S. National Target Championships, bronze medal; and 2014 U.S. Open, silver medal. This will be his first time competing in the Olympic Games.

Jake Kaminski

Jake Kaminski was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1988. He competed in the 2012 Olympic Games, bringing home a team silver medal with Brady Ellison and Jacob Wukie. His long list of career highlights include: 2014 Pan American Championships, individual gold; 2014 Archery World Cup Stage 2, team bronze; 2014 AAE Arizona Cup, team gold; 2013 World Archery Championships, team gold; 2013 Archery World Cup Stage 4, team silver; 2013 Archery World Cup Stage 3, team bronze; 2012 World Archery Indoor Championships medalist individual silver, team gold; 2012 World Archery Field Championships, team gold; 2012 National Field Champion; 2012 World Cup Team gold medalist; three time 2011 World Cup Team gold medalist; 2011 Pan American Games Team gold medalist; and 2011 London Archery Classic Team gold medalist.

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Mackenzie Brown (Flint, Texas) was already locked in for the games in the U.S.’s individual quota spot after finishing the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in first, but Hye Youn Park (Cupertino, California) and Khatuna Lorig (West Hollywood, California) needed the team to medal in today’s events to clinch their spots. Lorig was fighting to make her sixth Olympic team.

The first match started out rocky, with a 6 for USA and Mongolia took the first set 50-46. Then the U.S. suffered a miss in the second set and was down 4-0. Despite a 5 in the third set, they managed to turn the tables 4-2 and then pulled out an awesome 56 to tie the match 4-4. After a strong shoot-off performance the U.S. advanced to the quarterfinal match with Ukraine.

Ukraine took the first set 52-50 as the U.S. picked up their rhythm. They pulled a tie in the second set 52-52 to bring the score to 3-1. In the third set the U.S. and Ukraine were tied after 5 arrows – Ukraine loosed a 9, opening the door for Lorig to take the set with a 10. Her arrow was also a 9 and the score became 4-2.

Needing a win, the Brown and Hye Youn opened the set with arrows in the red, but with two arrows to go, the score was again tied between the two teams. USA finished with two more arrows in the red rings – Ukraine needed a 7 to win, and they shot a 7.

While the U.S. did not qualify a full women’s team, USA Archery is very proud of and excited for the four archers who are going to the Games this summer. Mackenzie Brown will join the full men’s team: Brady Ellison (Globe, Arizona), Zach Garrett (Wellington, Missouri), and Jake Kaminski (Gainesville, Florida). We wish them the best of luck as they continue on their Road to Rio.

Complete results from the event can be found here. For more, follow USA Archery on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

About USA Archery

USA Archery is the National Governing Body for the Olympic sport of archery in the United States. USA Archery selects and trains Olympic, Paralympic, World Championship, and World Cup teams, as well as developing archery at the grassroots level across the United States. For more information, visit USA Archery’s website.

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Antalya, Turkey — In the final World Cup qualifying event of 2016, Korea’s Olympic Team set a new World Record for the team round with a whopping eight point edge over the previous record, also set by a Korean women’s team.

The combined scores of Ki Bo Bae, Choi Misun and Chang Hye Jin totaled a combined 2045 points at the third stage of the 2016 Hyundai Archery World Cup to beat the recurve women’s team ranking round world record by seven points, from 2038.

Korea held the previous record – and has held it since before the start of the World Cup era, when the Korean Olympic team at Athens 2004 scored 2030.

Choi Misun equalled the individual world record – 686 – in Antalya, too. It was the same score, shot by Korean Ku Bonchan, that lead the men’s event at the third Hyundai Archery World Cup stage of the year.

It is the second time in 2016 that Olympic Champion (and Choi’s teammate) Ki Bo Bae’s world-leading mark has been matched. Deepika Kumari also scored 686 at World Cup stage one in Shanghai, China.

Every current recurve world record was set with Easton’s X10 arrow, which has also won every Olympic title since its introduction at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.

To see the full lineup of Easton Target arrows, visit Easton’s website.

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USA Archery CEO Denise Parker was very pleased to share: “Congratulations to all of the athletes who made it to the finals of the Olympic Trials this week. The depth of the competitive field was impressive and I am excited to see the quality of archers we are sending to Rio. We will all be cheering our women on in Turkey in their quest to secure a team slot.”

The U.S. has qualified a full team of three slots for the men for Rio, but so far has only secured one slot for the women. This means that top finisher Mackenzie Brown (Flint, Texas) is locked in for the Games, but Hye Youn Park (Cuptertino, California) and Khatuna Lorig (West Hollywood, California) will need to medal with Brown at the Archery World Cup in Antalya, Turkey in June to earn those last two slots.

Brown (Flint, Texas) commented: “I’m in shock and awe. I’m speechless, elated, I don’t even know how to put it in words… Thank you so much to my parents, family, Coach Mel Nichols, and all of my childhood coaches that helped me and supported me on this long journey. All praise honor and glory goes to God. My focus now is training with the team for Turkey to ensure we have our full qualification.”

Park finished second in the Trials as a bit of a Dark Horse. Park just started competing in the U.S. recently after emigrating from Korea several years ago and attaining U.S. citizenship in 2015.

“You know this process is hard for all the athletes, and harder than I thought it would be,” commented Park. “All the archers here did a really good job. I wanted to try for the 2012 London Olympics but I couldn’t get my U.S. citizenship, so I was only able to try now, and this has been a long road. Now in 2016 I feel that it’s very different. That time was very hard but it is even harder now. There are so many great archers now so it will be even more difficult. On behalf of all the other athletes I will do my best to get the other two spots for the U.S.”

This will be Lorig’s sixth Olympic Games and she is also feeling confident about the team. Her focus will be: “Keep practicing, stay positive and lots of team work. Having a team means having more chances to get a medal – you can have two medals instead of one, and for the U.S. it is more realistic to medal as a team than as individual. I have a strong team and I have no doubts. My fans’ support was huge, this is the first time in 20 years that I felt like people really cheered for me, thank you so much Team Lorig!”

“I feel good about how the Trials shaped up and the level of competition in our women’s program,” commented National Women’s Head Coach Guy Krueger. “This is the first time that we’ve ever had three or four women who are able to shoot over 330 70m scores. That level of competitiveness and how much they’ve improved over the last year and a half is great. I like our chances in Turkey, we have a very talented and dedicated and experienced team so we’ll see how we do.”

National Head Coach KiSik Lee agreed: “I’m very confident. We have a strong team compared to other Olympics because we selected the best archers through this Trials process. They are getting stronger and stronger day by day. Our men’s team is especially strong – we have a new archer joining experienced archers, and that will make a big difference. There is evidence of this as all three men have shot 340+ in international competition.”

Brady Ellison (Globe, Arizona) and Jake Kaminski (Gainesville, Florida) were two thirds of the team that won silver in London 2012. Ellison is excited about the team that was put together for Rio: “We have an awesome team, we have a team that has the ability to shoot better than we did in London and the Games are still a long ways away. We still have several tournaments in between so my focus is Turkey and the rest of the competitions before the Games.”

“It makes all the hard work and the planning totally worth it,” commented Kaminski. “It’s a long road, it’s not, as they say, every four years-its every day and that’s the truth. I’m honored to make my second consecutive team and am proud to represent the USA in Rio.”

On making his first Olympic team, Zach Garrett (Wellington, Missouri) shared: “I feel relieved but we’re only half way to the goal, I don’t’ think that anyone or I will really feel accomplished until we’re standing on the podium. We’ll have our team camps and that will be good to get a feel for how we shoot as a team. Personally I will make some slight form changes, check on my equipment and continue training. Hopefully the scores will be where I want them to be. Thanks to everyone who came out and watched and supported me.”

Huge congratulations from USA Archery to all the Trials participants, especially including our 2016 Olympic Team and alternates Daniel McLaughlin (West Chester, Ohio) and LaNola Pritchard (Lehi, Utah).

Complete results from the Trials can be found  here. Updated standings for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Archery, final nomination shoot are also available here.
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• Brady Ellison (Globe, Arizona): “Maximum effort was required today and that’s what I did. We had a beautiful, beautiful first half – a lot of us were able to shoot a good score; I shot a really good score. The second half was tough, it was windy, but I fought through it and got more bonus points and jumped into a fight for first place going into the rest of the tournament.”
• National Head Coach KiSik Lee: “It would have been nice if there wasn’t as much wind today, but competition is competition. I think the archers are trying really hard and that’s what I like to see; they’re dedicated.”
• Ariel Gibilaro (North Branford, Connecticut): “My goal is to shoot awesome tomorrow.”
• Ariel’s father Noel Gibilaro: “It’s fantastic to be here, I’m not nervous, just excited and absolutely proud of my daughter.”
• Meghan Collins (High Springs, Florida): “It’s been an amazing experience just being here and knowing I can compete against people who train as their job, so it’s amazing just knowing I can do it.”
• Jake Kaminski (Gainesville, Florida): “I almost shot a PB this morning until I made one mistake, but it was still good enough for me to feel good about it and have a confidence boost.”
• Collin Klimitchek (Victoria, Texas): “If you have bad shots, don’t get down on yourself. I did that on a couple of shots and it didn’t help. On the shots where I could have a confident hold-off, even if it didn’t go where I wanted it to, if I could focus on what I needed to improve on, I could make it better and I ended up having a pretty decent day.”
• Sean McLaughlin (West Chester, Ohio): “Stay aggressive.”
• Easton Foundations’ Nick Kale: “We had good weather in the morning, kinda rough this afternoon, it’ll be interesting to see how everything ends up.”
• Anna Miscione (Ramona, California): “Be confident.”
• Jacob Wukie (Fremont, Ohio): “Competition is stiff. It helps having been through several Trials before and knowing what the process is like to some extent, even though it’s a new format. On the other hand, the level of competition has increased so much over the last four years and it makes it very competitive. You give it all you’ve got, everybody else does too and you see where you end up.”
• Heather Koehl (Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin): “I’m happy about today, I’m going to take that into tomorrow.”
• Zach Garrett (Wellington, Missouri): “I feel like I’m miles ahead of where I was last year mentally, which was really encouraging, but I still think that I could have done better. My first half was not good, my second half was pretty good, really good compared to the field, so I’m pleased with that – I put myself in a good position for the rest of the event.”
• Lauren Clamon (Palestine, Texas): “Today was a bit frustrating but I’m going to reset because I’m pre-disastered for tomorrow.”
• Daniel Schuller (Lancaster, Pennsylvania): “I need to work on timing and especially shooting decisions in the wind.”
• Coach Diane Watson: “It was an awesome day for shooting.”
• Matthew Requa (Houston, Texas): “Focus on where you want the shot to go, not on your dot or your bow, just focus on where you want your shot to go and make good shots.”
• Karissa Yamaguchi (Phoenix, Arizona): “I’m feeling good about how I shot today. I shot my plan about 99% of the time.”
• Hye Youn Park (Cupertino, California): “Just shoot.”
• Coach Mel Nichols: “Our archers are learning how to shoot in the wind really well and they’re starting to handle it better than they did at the first nomination shoot, so that’s good.”
• Jeremiah Cusick (Scandia, Minnesota): “It would have been nice to have time travel powers today so I could have gone to the beach half way through the day and cleared my head. It’s a new day tomorrow though and it all starts over again, keep your head up.”
• Lori Cieslinski (Howell, Michigan): “The wind was fun. My morning was awesome, I’d like to do that over!”
• Ryan Fortenberry (Bulverde, Texas): “I’m really glad to be here!”
• Madison Eich (Brier, Washington): “I had a decent start, could’ve finished better.”
• Daniel McLaughlin (West Chester, Ohio): “Today was full of ups and downs, but I feel like I handled every challenge in the best way that I know how, and I am ready for the rest of the week.”
• Brian Bullis Jr. (Glendale, Arizona): “If I could have had any super power on the field today, I would want to be able to only shoot 10s.”
• Erin Mickelberry (Bothell, Washington): “Depend on your coach and shoot strong.”
• Nathan Yamaguchi (Phoenix, Arizona): “I wish I’d been judging the wind a little better, I made some good shots that just got blown off at the last second which was a little unfortunate, but tomorrow’s another day and I had a great time shooting on target with Jeremiah Cusick.”
• Women’s Head Coach Guy Krueger: “The athletes performed well in challenging conditions, but we still have work to do to be ready for the World Cup in Turkey.”
• Khatuna Lorig (West Hollywood, California): “Go Khatuna!”
• Christine Kim (Cerritos, California)’s coach, Josh Smith: “Archery’s hard.”
• Coach Hilary Hirsch-Ascani: “I’m feeling confident and looking forward to tomorrow.”

For complete results from today and to see the current standings, click here. For more, follow USA Archery on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. For media interested in this event, credentials are available for free – please contact Sarah Bernstein or 201.919.8050 for any information or questions on the Trials process or participants.

About USA Archery

USA Archery is the National Governing Body for the Olympic sport of archery in the United States. USA Archery selects and trains Olympic, Paralympic, World Championship, and World Cup teams, as well as developing archery at the grassroots level across the United States. For more information, visit USA Archery’s website.

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