Williamsburg, KY – Georgia S3DA recently hosted their 2018 3-D State Championship and more than doubled last years registered archers with 130 students. Georgia continues to see tremendous growth with increases in student, team, and club memberships. Lindsey Wilson College, University of the Cumberland’s and University of Pikeville each offered scholarship opportunities to all high school students earning a podium finish.
This year’s tournament was hosted by Refuge Archery, Georgia’s largest S3DA club with nearly 80 students. Refuge archery is an affiliate of the Maysville Baptist church in Maysville, GA. The church was gracious enough to allow the use of their land and facilities for the tournament. The fully air-conditioned fellowship hall was a welcome place for lunch and awards to get out of the record 92-degree heat. Michael Reynolds serves as the Ministry Director and Head Coach of the Refuge Archery program. Michael stated, “We were honored to be selected to host the 2018 3-D State Championship”. Refuge Archery wanted to be sure and thank all the coaches and parent volunteers for the months of preparation and range work that went into hosting a tournament that entertained the absolute best 3-D youth archers in the state.
The tournament day started with a mandatory safety meeting and was followed up with a few words from S3DA National Board of Directors member, Hank Forester. Jake Martin, S3DA Georgia State Coordinator had this to say, “It was a real treat to see a board member show up and witness the start of this great tournament. It was just one of the many things that made this year’s tournament even better than the last. As an organization, we are growing and learning. We successfully took the lessons learned from 2017 and implemented change for 2018.”
Georgia S3DA archers are now shifting their focus to the National 3-D Tournament being held in Metropolis, IL on June 22-24, 2018. Jake said “Georgia S3DA has set a goal to be represented by at least 60 students at 3-D Nationals and he personally hopes to see a Georgia student in every podium picture while in Illinois.”
Results:
Elementary School Division:
8-11-year-old Female Traditional: 1st Audrey Hester
8-11-year-old Female Fixed Pins: 1st Hailey Metternich, 2nd Alyssa Melton, 3rd Maddy Kantz
8-11-year-old Male Fixed Pins: 1st Ries Thompson, 2nd Austin Weber, 3rd Trevor Bargeron
8-11-year-old Female Open Compound: 1st Reagen Ferguson, 2nd Jessie Adams, 3rd Ava Putnam
8-11-year-old Male Open Compound: 1st Bryson Croft, 2nd Cannon Holloway, 3rd Caleb Brown
8-11-year-old Male Olympic recurve: 1st Carter Hawkins
Middle School Division:
12-14-year-old Male Traditional: 1st Robby Hester
12-14-year-old Female Fixed Pins: 1st Grace Oglesby, 2nd Payton Brown, 3rd Alyssa Hall
12-14-year-old Male Fixed Pins: 1st Kale Renfro,2nd Justin Bates, 3rd Grayson Webb
12-14-year-old Female Open Compound: 1st Destrie Vescuso, 2nd Kaci Therrien, 3rd Madison Adams
12-14-year-old Male Open Compound: 1st Tanner Foster, 2nd Jonah Durrence, 3rd Weston Skippet
12-14-year-old Female Olympic Recurve: 1st Makayla Callaway
12-14-year-old Male Olympic Recurve: 1st Grant English
High School Division:
15-18-year-old Female Fixed Pins: 1st Lillie Woodall, 2nd Marissa Fullard, 3rd Haley Newsome
15-18-year-old Male Fixed Pins: 1st Aaron Andrews, 2nd Adam Hendrix, 3rd Michael Oglesby
15-18-year-old Female Open Compound: 1st Allie Penn, 2nd Shelby Rohrbaugh, 3rd Kabri Hart
15-18-year-old Male Open Compound: 1st Alex Grizzle, 2nd Wesley ‘Tad’ Bussey 3rd Jacob Turner
15-18-year-old Female Olympic Recurve: 1st Dahja Wright, 2nd Josey Dyer, 3rd Ashley Espolong
15-18-year-old Male Olympic Recurve: 1st AJ Clements, 2nd Joshua Brown, 3rd Keller Hawkins