Fall 2008, USA Archery Magazine

Fall 2008 National Governing Body for the Sport of Archery Fall 2008 usa archery magazine 6 Archer Spotlight on . The Junior Dream Team Aspiring champions converge on the Chula Vista Olympic Training center. The next stop—the Dream Team, then being a Resident Athlete. 8 Lorig 5th Wunderle 6th at 2008 Olympic Games Both Lorig and Wunderle do well at an Olympics in which the Koreans were not so dominant. 10 Carmichael and Fabry Garner Bronze at Paralympic Games The U.S. does medal in Beijing. Fabry’s performance was expected, Carmichael’s a pleasant surprise. 11 Results from the 124th Nationals While the Olympic team was in China, the rest of the U.S. contested for national championship medals. USA Archery is published by USA Editorial Submissions Design/Layout Steve Ruis Archery, 1 Olympic Plaza, Col- Please submit editorial materials to: orado Springs, CO 80909. Postage Bradley Camp, CEO USA Archery is produced by paid at Amherst Junction, WI and USA Archery magazine Watching Arrows Fly, Chicago, IL additional mailing offices. 1 Olympic Plaza Colorado Springs, CO 80909 The views published within this pub- Subscriptions Fax 719.632.4733 lication are those of contributing writ- USA Archery magazine can only ers and do not necessarily represent the be obtained as a benefit of mem- Production Manager/Editor opinion of USA Archery magazine bership in USA Archery. Claudia Stevenson or USA Archery. 2USAArchery magazine also in this issue . The USA Archery 5From the CEO Board of Directors by Brad Camp USA Archery is led by an elected ten-person Board of Direc- 14 US Takes 3 Golds at World Fields tors, which consists of representatives of the following con- stituency groups: Judge, Coach, Collegiate, JOAD, Allied orga- 15 Van Natta Takes Gold in Boe nizations, At-Large, Athlete, and Independent. In addition, there are four representatives, one from each of the geographic 16 2009 USAT Named regions: East, North, South, and West. The Chairman of the Board is elected from within 20 HP Report the board, while a full-time Chief Executive Officer over- sees the national office and the various programs run by 24 Coaches Corner the organization. Graduation Day Blues by Dee Falks 26 The JOAD Pages CHAIRMAN Independent Bill Corbin 29 JOAD Nationals Coverage DIRECTORS 32 World University Games Allied Organizations Brian Sheffler Athlete Phyllis Shipman 33 4th Paralympic Grand Prix Athlete Nancy Zorn At-Large Vacant 34 USAA Calendar Collegiate Derek Davis Coach Sheri Rhodes Independent Belinda Foxworth JOAD Denise Parker Judge Tom Green REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES (previously elected to the Board of Governors) East Randel “PeeWee” Turner North Darrell Pace Cover Photo by South Jane Johnson A. Ron Carmichael West Lloyd Brown CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Dean Alberga Lloyd Brown Gary Holstein Dee Falks Randi Smith USOC Steve Newcomb A. Ron Carmichael FITA USAA STAFF Chief Executive Officer Bradley Camp [email protected] High Performance Manager Tom Parrish [email protected] National Coach KiSik Lee [email protected] Resident Program Manager Guy Krueger [email protected] Office Manager/Programs Christine McCartney [email protected] JOAD/Membership/Merchandising Terry Casey [email protected] phone 719.866.4576 fax 719.632.4733 email [email protected] USAArchery magazine 3 4USAArchery magazine FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Olympic Expectations We are about to enter our staff, Todd Kuzior, all of our judges, volunteers and orga- 130th year as an organization. nizers, Lorinda, Tara, Bill, MJ, Marihelen, Patty, Steve It all began back in 1879. We and Darrell. have come a long way since that time, and we want to cel- We are approaching a new quadrennial in preparation for ebrate our heritage and our new opportunities with World Championships, Pan Amer- future throughout 2009. ican Games and the 2012 Olympic Games. We are rolling up our sleeves and getting “back to basics” in many areas, A few special thank you’s are specifically youth development and growing JOAD. required after our endeavors We created a commemorative archery pin for the Bei- in Beijing and at the U.S. jing Olympic Games (see photo bottom of page left). This pin National Championships: was provided to our Olympians for trading purposes. Made •American Whitetail sent a portable target “cube” to Bei- in limited quantities, this pin is now available to the archery jing so our athletes could practice in the village. community. An order form is on our website under Mer- •Nike made numerous efforts to correct a sizing mistake chandise. Discounted quantities of 1-4 are being sold for in the uniforms so our archers could have appropriate $10.00 each; 5-9 for $9.00 each and 10+ for $8.88 each. apparel in which to compete. Even though we did not Please let us know how E-Nock can serve you better. meet our expectations in Beijing, it wasn’t for the lack of We want to provide you with up-to-date information on incredible support we received. programs and activities. Our new website is active at •To the crew working the U.S. Nationals, thank you. For www.archery.teamusa.org and content is being migrated as the first time managing the event, you did a wonderful job. time permits. You may have seen the press release and the •Special thanks to the Colorado Springs Sports Corpora- article in this issue regarding our new partner Compete-At. tion, the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs We hope to have this online service active for you by the Sports Management students, the Gazette Telegraph, time you read this column. Colorado College, the Colorado Springs City and Parks Brad Photo by Gary Holstein USAArchery magazine 5 Archer Spotlight on . The Junior Dream Team by Dee Falks As I descended the escalator from the sky walk at the San gram. The idea is to start archers in the Champs Program Diego Airport Terminal Two I could see the familiar and, as they gain experience and ability, they move up to Olympic Rings on the Training Center van and Alfredo, the the Junior Dream Team. Members of the Junior Dream driver, with a few young archers loading bow cases and suit- Team are then selected as members of the Resident Ath- cases into the van. I trundled my stuff down the escalator and lete Program. This progression is a logical one that is now over to the van. Quick hellos were exchanged between the starting to yield great results. archers and Alfredo and me and we headed out to the Chula For 2008 two Junior Dream Team members, Megan Vista Olympic Training Center to begin another USA Carter and Amanda Purvis were selected as archery Res- Archery Junior Dream Team Camp. ident Athletes. Megan remained for 2009 and was joined At this point I should explain a few things about the on the RA team by six more Junior Dream Team Mem- Junior Dream Team (JDT) and where it fits into the USA bers: Tyler Schardt, Peter Kelchner, Heather Koehl, Bar- Archery High Performance Plan. In the summer of 2006 bie Cyin, Emily Blake, and Kristin Braun. Tyler finished the JDT was formed from archers who had placed in the first in the Jr. Division and second in the Men’s U.S. Open top three places in their class in the Olympic Recurve and Heather finished first in Jr. Girls and fourth in the division at the Junior Olympic Archery Development Women’s U.S. Open in the 2008 Target Nationals. These (JOAD) Nationals or the U.S. Target Nationals and archers were invited because they demonstrat- ed excellent potential for advancement. The Junior Dream Team was made up of twenty-four archers, twelve male and twelve female. Their ages ranged from fourteen to eighteen years and they came from all parts of the country. The Junior Dream Team is the second tier of the USA Archery High Photo by Dee Falks Performance Program. The first tier is the JOAD clubs and Champs program. The third level is the Resident Athlete Pro- Members of the Dream Team and hopefuls doing SPTs. 6USAArchery magazine archers were selected into the Junior Dream Team Program in November 2007. Half of the Res- ident Athlete Program is now made up of archers who started out as members of the Junior Dream Team. There was a lot of excitement leading up to the September 2008 Junior Dream Team camp. This was a “candidate” camp. Due to natural attrition (age, college attendance and selection to the RA Program) the ranks of the Junior Dream Team had shrunk over the past year. Fourteen new Photo by Dee Falks candidates from across the country had been invited to attend camp and train for selection to the Junior Dream Team for 2009. They ranged in age from twelve Coach Lee working with Rachael Trafford. year old Jenny Han from Chula Vista, CA, to seventeen Klavsen, second year Junior Dream Team archer from year old Lee Fordyce from Denver, CO. All of these East Walpole, MA had the following observations, “I was archers are vying for a position on the team. very fortunate to be able to spend a week as an observer Training days are long and practice is tiring. We start during the September Junior Dream Team Camp at the at 7:00am on the track for warm-up, cardio and OTC Chula Vista. It was an invaluable experience to endurance training for 45 minutes. After that it’s break- watch the coaches teach the B.E.S.T. method to the 23 fast then to the range by 9:00am. The day at the range young athletes—from all over the country—attending the includes stretching and technical form training using the camp.

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