Strong Start For Team USA Juniors at World Championships 9-26-2011
gengberg August 26th, 2011
Strong Start for Team USA Juniors at World Championships
Legnica, Poland - Team USA’s top young archers are off to a strong start at the World Archery Youth Championships in Legnica, Poland. Qualification rounds began Wednesday and concluded yesterday, with very solid performances by the U.S. compound archers.
The USA has qualified number one in the compound junior women’s and compound cadet men’s categories; third in the compound junior men and compound cadet women’s categories; ninth for recurve cadet women, and twelfth for recurve cadet men; eleventh for recurve junor men and sixteenth for recurve junior women.
Qualification rounds opened yesterday with a full FITA round from the recurve cadet men. Korea’s Park Seong Cheol and Lee Seungyun led the category with 1337 and 1332, respectively, despite windy conditions. Chinese Taipei’s Wang Yuan-Ching took the third position with his score of 1330. The U.S. team was led by Matthew Zumbo (CA), whose strong scores at 60 and 30 meters placed him in 11th with a 1312; he was followed by teammate Alex Wifler (IA), shooting a 1294 to rank 19th, and Eliot Simon (NY), qualifying 84th with a 1205.
For the compound junior men, shooting a 72 arrow, 50 meter compound round, it was Mike Schloesser (NED) who edged out World Champion Christopher Perkins (CAN) for the top spot. Both archers hit scores of 701; however, Schloesser shot more tens. USA’s Garrett Abernathy (NC) ended his ranking round in third, shooting a 694. Teammate Ben Cleland (OH) took the eighth spot, shooting a 691, while Aaron Groce (GA) hit a 679 to qualify 30th.
Kendal Nicely (ME), who recently medaled at the World University Games in Shenzen, China, was the USA’s strongest qualifier in the compound junior women’s group, qualifying second with a 682. Continue Reading »
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