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Tristan Skarvan of
Elk Mound just returned from the US Olympic Training Center in CO
Springs where Tristan competed in the National Archery Assoication's
National Outdoor Championships and the U.S. Jr. World Team Trials.
The tournament was six full days of shooting. There were many great
shooters that competed, but 3 including Tristan that really stood
tall amongst the rest. Tristan along with Kailey Johnston and Paige
Pearce broke all but 2 standing National Records! Tristan's scores
broke 5 standing national records!
The NAA
Outdoor National Championship: At the end of the NC (288 scoring arrows worth a possible
10 points each at 4 distances.....30meters, 40meters, 50meters,
60meters), only 12 points separated 1st through 3rd place. Tristan
ended up with the bronze only 4 points down from silver. Tristan
beat these same competitors down in OK in the JOAD National
Championships.
The
Jr. World Trials:
The top 8 archers from the National Championships were seeded into a
Round Robin competition where each competitor had to shoot heads-up
against the others in an Olympic Round - 12 arrows at 60 meters - a
total of 7 matches. Again, very close competition between the 3 big
shooters. Tristan ended up beating Kailey Johnston (who had placed
first in the NC) by 4 points. Paige Pearce (who had placed 2nd in
the NC) beat Tristan by 1 point, and Kailey Johnson beat Paige by 1
point. Each of the top 3 had only one loss in the round robin
competition and those losses were to one another. Their average
scores in the Round Robin also smashed the standing national
records.
Tristan, Kailey and Paige are now the 2008
U.S. Jr. World Team in their division and will represent the USA in
the Jr. World Championships that will be shot in Turkey this
October! Good Luck in October |
