Louisville, KY - Mud, water, wind, rain and even a little bit of sunshine were the weather conditions that Scholastic 3-D Archery students encountered this past weekend at the West Kentucky Regional 3-D tournament held at Myer Creek Park in Calhoun, KY.
"We had sunshine, wind, rain and lots of mud," stated Chris Curtis, Kentucky Regional S3DA Coordinator. "We heard very few complaints about the conditions and we even had several great scores posted."
Archer Emily Kelly of Daviess County Middle School stated, "I loved the outdoor shoot. It was the first one I've ever done. The weather and wind definitely made shooting hard and I missed the target once but besides that I came out with a 160 total with two 12's. I fell into the water and mud crossing a ditch to retrieve someone's missed arrow, but it was a lot of fun and I would be willing to do it again every day if I could. I definitely like outdoor 3-D shooting and I can't wait for the next competition."
Kentucky hit another record high attendance with 235 archers competing this past weekend. Special thanks to the parents and archers from Apollo High, Burns Middle, College View Middle, Southern Oaks and Audubon Elementary Schools for all their hard work to make this a great event.
Western Kentucky Regional 3-D Tournament Results:
Elementary Female Fixed Pins: 1st Becky Heavner, 2nd Audrey Kaylor, 3rd Braedyn Strebeck
Elementary Female Traditional: 1st Mary Jurus, 2nd Emma Vicars, 3rd Isabelle Moore
Elementary Male Fixed Pins: 1st Rylan Long, 2nd Benjamin Moore, 3rd Austen Prince
Elementary Male Open: 1st Tanner Willis, 2nd Landyn Cox, 3rd Elijah Cook
Elementary Male Olympic Recurve: 1st Ethan Williams
Elementary Male Traditional: 1st Trey Stuecker, 2nd Adden Witt, 3rd Jason Purvis
Middle School Female Fixed Pins: 1st Savannah Philpot, 2nd Emilee McFadden, 3rd AK Warren
Middle School Female Open: 1st Tyra McWilliams, 2nd Madison Marcum, 3rd Serena Witt
Middle School Female Olympic Recurve: 1st Natalie Williams
Middle School Female Traditional: 1st Audrey Routte, 2nd Lela Moore, 3rd Grace Peak
Middle School Male Fixed Pins: 1st Kenton Banks, 2nd Shane Truett, 3rd Gavin Gilmore
Middle School Male Open: 1st Asa Flowers, 2nd Grayson Montgomery, 3rd Cooper Jones
Middle School Male Traditional: 1st Lucas Wheatley, 2nd Jack Haley, 3rd Mason Hammons
High School Fixed Pins: 1st Hallie French, 2nd Kynsley Redmon, 3rd Taylor Adkinson
High School Female Olympic Recurve: 1st Manon Georges
Started in December 2012 by the Scholastic Archery Association, S3DA has grown exponentially as a next step program to follow introductory programs offered as part of 4-H or the National Archery in Schools Program. S3DA addresses the need for a program to bridge beginning target archery experience and more advanced activities such as 3-D shooting and bowhunting. The program currently operates across the United States with hundreds of certified coaches serving thousands of young archers, grades 3–12.
For more information on S3DA membership go to: WWW.S3DA.ORG or email: infos3darchery@gmail.com
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