This story has been bouncing around the Intertubes for a day or so now, but former USA Olympic Archery coach is heading to Great Britain to replace Peter Suk. Brown will replace Peter Suk, who led Great Britain to the Beijing Olympics, where Team GB failed to collect a medal, after Alison Williamson had taken bronze [...]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Braden Gellenthien (Woodbridge, Va.) established a new match record for the compound division in the semifinal round of the 2009 Archery World Cup by shooting a perfect 120 in four ends with 12 total arrows. The Woodbridge, Va., archer defeated Jorge Jimenz (Spain), 120-114, to advance to the championship match against Italy’s Sergio Pagni.
ULSAN, Korea - Reo Wilde (Pocatello, Idaho) defeated Great Britain's Liam Grimwood 118-116 to win the 2009 World Archery Championship gold medal in the men's individual compound division. Both archers were tied with 29 points after the first end of the championship final. In the second of four ends, Wilde took a one-point lead, 59-58. After three ends, Wilde increased his lead to 88-86. In the final...
The junior teams followed the medal winning ways by securing the Gold Medals in their matches. The junior compound women archers followed the lead of the cadets, earning a Gold Medal and setting a New World Record! In the Gold Medal Match the team of Samantha Pruitte, Kendal Nicely, and Sarah Lance defeated [...]
Some of the best junior archers in the *World* are competing this week in Utah. Best of luck to the Americans, with a special callout to Georgia’s own Samantha Pruitte! Good luck team! The 12 juniors, representing state from as far away at Maine and Georgia to as close as California, will competing in [...]
An accomplished archer, Watson is a member of the 2009 World Championship Team representing the USA in Korea this September, and recently was a member of the Gold Medal winning women’s compound team at the World Cup event in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. “Diane brings with her the perfect blend of general archery knowledge, JOAD experience [...]
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - USA Archery welcomes Diane Watson as the new USAA JOAD Coordinator. Watson has 25 years of archery knowledge in both recurve and compound disciplines. She came up through the JOAD program, ultimately achieving her Olympian status, and founded the Tampa Bay Hot Shots JOAD club in Tampa, Florida. She is also the current coach of the Sunshine State Archers JOAD Club in Tampa. For...
Marco GALIAZZO (ITA) vs Simon TERRY (GBR) Evidently Marco was so sick earlier in the week that he almost had to be admitted to the hospital. Two amazing archers.
Some familiar names on this list: 1st place Male Recurve : Vic Wunderle 1st place Female Recurve : Jennifer Nichols 1st place Male Compound : Roger Willet Jr. 1st place Female Compound : Erika Anschutz Read more here: http://archery.usoc.org/news/article/12250
As a club we’ve been following Jake’s archery career so I guess you would say we’re fans. Jake was kind enough to share his technique in a video. I keep looking at the great form from his elbow position, relaxed hand, and anchor point. Take a look!