CHULA VISTA,
Calif. - Following a thorough team selection process featuring a 144 arrow
qualification round and seven round robin matches, the cadet and junior archers
who will represent the United States at the World Archery Youth Championships
have been selected.
The twenty-four
youth archers will travel to Wuxi, China for the biannual World Championships
event, October 13-20. The team features strong talent in cadet and junior
archers, with familiar archers and emerging stars joining the team.
In fact,
spectators were treated to down-to-the-wire competition in several categories,
as point totals were tied or nearly tied for spots on the team until the end of
the day, with strong southern California winds making creating dramatic score
and standings swings.
Strong recurve
teams will feature several Rio 2016 hopefuls and many Resident Athletes. The
recurve junior women's team features the triple threat of Mackenzie Brown (TX),
Ariel Gibilaro (CT) and LaNola Pritchard (CA) taking to the field for Team
USA. The recurve junior men's team athletes are Jeremiah Cusick (MN),
Daniel McLaughlin (OH) and Sean McLaughlin (OH), the latter of whom are twin
brothers.
Rising star
Collin Klimitchek (TX) will be joined on the recurve cadet men's team by Andrew
Mateo and Geun Woo Kim (CA). The recurve cadet women's team will feature Lauren
Clamon (CA), Anna Miscione (CA) and Eliana Claps (WA), all of whom have had
strong performances on the national level, and several of whom are members of
the Junior Dream Team (JDT).
On the
compound side, Kailey Johnston (GA), Lexi Keller (WI) and Paige Pearce (CA)
should be strong medal contenders in the junior women's division. Bridger Deaton
(IA), Danny Button (WI) and Alex Wifler (IA) delivered match wins to clinch
their berths to China on the compound junior men's team.
The
cadet compound women's team features archers from Texas, Arizona and
California: the triple threat of Emily Fischer, Danielle Reynolds and Sonia
Mayu Taniguchi earned their spots in a tough field. Cadet compound men's team
members Tyson Pruitte (NC), Chris Bee (MI) and Justin Dixon (TX) will also
compete in Wuxi.
Bee,
a standout in the cadet division who is notable for involvement in the National
Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) as well as USA Archery, has also earned a
spot to participate in the All-Nation All-Star NASP Championship in
Johannesburg, South Africa, later this year.
Complete
results from the Team Trials are available here. Photos are available on USA
Archery's Instagram, Facebook and Twitter feeds.
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