Photo courtesy of Wendy Cowley
In June, archers from around the world gathered in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to compete in the World Archery Championships. Two schools from Price (Mont Harmon and Creekview) and some individuals qualified to compete in the tournament.
In order to qualify students had to first compete at the Utah State Tournament in March, a good showing there allowed you to move on to the Western Nationals at the South Town Expo Center in late April with the top finishers receiving an invitation to the World Championships.
In competition, there are two different target types that are used, the bullseye, which is the more traditional target, and a 3d target, which is six different animal targets made of foam.
Along with the teams from Mont Harmon and Castle Heights, Hunter Cowley, and Kelton Carlile from Creekview and Maggie Truman and Cheyanne Slaughter from Carbon High also qualified for the competition.
In the bullseye shoot, Mont Harmon ranked first out of 43 schools. Lexi Cowley was the top scorer for the Pirates, with 288 points, finishing sixth out of 444 middle school girls. Sarah Lasslo earned 287 points Madison Donathan, Lanaya Pitcher, and Spencer Pitcher rounded out the top five.
In the 3d competition, the Pirates finished fourth out of 46 middle schools. Spencer Pitcher scored 283 points to lead Mont Harmon. Donathan, Carter Abbott, Jantz Greenhalgh, and McKenzie Fredricksen made up the top five.
Truman shot a 291 in the bullseye shoot ranking seventh out of 556 high school girls, and in 3d, Slaughter who also shot a 291, finished in eighth out of 188.
Castle Heights team of 3d shooters powered their way to 14 out of 24 teams led by Chet Fredrickson’s 256 points. Kezlee Greenhalgh, Brayton Brady, Bridger Christensen and Warrick Way made up the rest of the top five.
Their bullseye team finished the tournament in 21st place out of 40 schools. Fredrickson once again finished with 249 points. Andrew Seeley, Way, Brady and Christensen made up the top five.
Hunter Cowley of Creekview Elementary ranked first out of 238 students in the 3d competition and fourth in the bullseye shoot with 282 points.
Carlile ended the tournament with 271 points in the bullseye shoot landing in 31st place out of 428 and 250 points in the in the 3d shoot ranking 67th out of 238.
For the complete results of the World Archery Championships, click HERE for bullseye or HERE for 3d.